Killer Mike - Anywhere But Here Lyrics

Classic

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Damn that bass is fire

Great song

Gotta, gotta, get awaaaaaaaaaaay.

Sounds like We'll Be Fine (Drake x Birdman)? Anyone? Great song either way

One of the dopest hooks I've ever heard.

Like the dream of the King, when the sniper took his life
On the balcony of Lorraine's Motel
From now forthward these young black boys seem to self sabotage theyselves
Or maybe they just smart, and they choose to go hard
Cuz they know the good guy will fail
So you ask what happens to a dream deferred, Langston?
Well it kills itself

These lyrics are some of the realest of the real right here.

Am I the only one that feels this song should have a proper video? The song (and album) released in 2012 but I can't think of a more apropos time than now for a song that is both haunting and hopeful in it's assessment of life's inequities. You could have El-P do a cameo with head bumping - no need to change the beat, it's perfect.

beautiful

Moving through New York City in a black seven fifty
Like Batman moving through Gotham
Dodging pot holes as I gently move
Through Harlem with my wheels on slalom
Pain in my eyes as I'm passing the place
Where they found Sean Bell and they shot him
Forty one times, he committed no crime
But I guess life ain't Times Square
But in the city that's gritty where the bottom is shitty
Where the mayor's a billionaire
You learn Manhattan keep on making it
And Brooklyn, keep on taking it
Cause life just ain't that fair
For the kids in the park, watching out for the Narcs
Putting Sour Diesel in the air
Trying to flip them a pass, that they got a couple back
And make them get the hell out of here!

Let the city peel away right from under you
There are too many clouds in the sky
I can hear them calling out to me
I can hear them calling out

Let the city peel away right from under you
There were too many ghosts in this town
I can hear them calling out to me, out to me!

Let the city peel away 
There are too many ghosts in this town
I can hear them calling out to me, out to me!

I maneuver through the ATL in a black SL
With the goddess of a black female
This is black male Heaven with the ballers are professing
But to me home feels like Hell
Even though it's black cops from the mayors to the top
Black blood still gets spilled
They raided a house, no drugs were ever found
But a black grandmother laid killed
Like the dream of the King when the sniper took his life
On the balcony of Lorraine Motel
From now forthward, these young black boys
Seem to self-sabatoge they selves
Or maybe they're just smart, and they choose to go hard
Cause they know the good guy will fail
So you ask what happens to a dream deferred
Langston, well it kills itself (Atlanta)

Let the city peel away right from under you
There are too many clouds in the sky
I can hear them calling out to me
I can hear them calling out
Let the city peel away right from under you
There are too many clouds in the sky
I can hear them calling out to me
I can hear them calling out
Anywhere but here

killer mike and his wife did a will and jada on my girl. now we having problems.

this album shreds and this is best song on it. if you disagree then tootsie roll back to your seat cause no one likes you.

Jeff Scott Townsend nice company flow reference homie ✌

I couldnt find Killer Mike's Greatest Hits or Best Of, does he have one ?

He does not, he really only has maybe 3-4 albums.

Cause he runs a different name on different pieces of music

its not killer mike rapping the verses tho

huh?! why would someone named marjory come on here and say this? cause you're wrong as shit.

You're fat.

@Jeff Scott Townsend Marjory Stewart-Baxter is wrong as shit, indeed, Killer Mike barely put the mic down. Why did she come on here to say this? That's beside the point, get her number, take her out, she's a subtle beauty. Mr Fingers is not due back til after the war, according to Cumberdale.

top 5 best killer mike songs. so chilling...

+TheQupus chilling.

for real

fuck theneedledrop this track is huge

He dont know shit

Geez, everyone's a critic.  Just enjoy yourself!

+TTYumYum enjoying

welcome to the rap world on YouTube. idiots arguing over pointless shit 24/7.

favorite track on the album, the hook is damn fire!

Lookinglasself hook me up with Tucka

If you think the hook is wack then you have no sense of musicality.

Damn these comments seem so old since rtj2 comes out this year

god damn killin it

love this track

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The hook is just as bleak as it should be given the subject matter. I don't get the complaints.

One of the best songs on the album.

It's kinda cheesy but really who gives a fuck when the song or the whole album is absolute banger?

i come here and get taken away by the music, the rest of yall come here and get taken away in your own selfless hate for each other.

killer mike deserves more fame.

beat is great, verses are mellow, hook is a little flat though. overall 8/10

The hook is awful though.

then, why am i here?

i can clearly see that your taste in music is terrible

this hook ruined the album for me

the bass line rescued this track ;) Could be worse boy, step up!

if the chorus is the best part, Killer Mike might not be the artist for you.

even in the comment section....anywhere but here

I think not seeing any red dot on the like bar speaks for itself.

Like Batman moving through Gotham.

so fuckin good.

love the last minute

The chorus is the best part i think ;)

Love the beat in this song

female on female crime must stop lol

*facepalm

Not ashamed this song actually made me cry. Killer Mike is a poet, and this might be the greatest rap-album since Coldvein

him and Dick Gregory were doing a lecture at an event center near East Point. For something called the legacy series, look killer mike up on twitter, he is always speaking somewhere.

the instrumentals kill it, mike kills it.. and then this chick has to sing. :X

Real music

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you so dumb hahaha

I seen mike bigga speak tonight about the state of hip hop. Dude is more than just a song, he got something to say. Go out and buy all his albums, you wont be disapointed!!!

The thought of asshole crust made me grimace...

Killa Mike is on a frequency that is out of reach of this matrix. This frequency is actually much more threatening to the status quo than the self destruct program being spoon fed to these poor gullible kids.

in the city where the bottem gritty and the mayor a Billionare

that's messed up but it be like that sometimes.

KILLER MIKE DA MAN FUCK THOSE MAINSTREAM BITCHES

Massive!!!

LOOOOL there is no sample in this song

dat beat. DAT FUCKING BEAT

El fuxken p

Shut up you fuckin spaniard cocksuckin bitches...This Shit is REAL....Go pick your beans....

et cette saloperie de refrain chanté casse tout bon sang !

merde, les prods de l'album sont dingues !!!

Sick.... There's not much better these days... Lyrically and production wise... real...

KILLER!!!!!!!!