Paradise Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene (Ft. Evidence)

[Intro]
It seems to me like ever since I was a little child, I've been starving (yo)
I've never known anything but hunger
(Everybody gotta eat)

[Verse 1: Philmore Greene]
Look, the score for the night was pure silence
Off-key church bells, drug deals, and sirens
The city whistles every time the wind blows
Nymphos secure deals behind tinted windows
Sex advance for the cash at hand
The wrong worlds collide, Chi-town is Pakistan
It’s no return when the casket slammed
A nigga ‘gon dress you up, Dapper Dan
When the city sleeps run for cover
The night a’ take your mother, stray your sister, and leave a bastard brother
The stick swinging like pinatas for the candy
For the bread theya’ do you like the robbers did the candy, family
The pastors say the church belong to God
Backsliding like mechanics under cars for the worship jars
A thief in the night will stay at large
Never sleep but this is only your odds, paradise

[Chorus]
(Paradise, paradise...)
Cause when the night time cover the city
You better search for a safe place
You could stay and just find your way
(Paradise, paradise...)
Cause when the night time cover the city
You better take your black ass somewhere safe