[Verse 1] You wear your grin too neat Like wax on a dashboard seat I read the badge on your sleeve You want a piece of me My house got a locked-up name Your side of town ain't the same You came with a borrowed shine I came from a harder line [Pre-Chorus] Behind your gated life I see the fence, I see the bite I don't have that life So keep your distance tight [Chorus] Oh man, behind your gated life (oh man, behind your gated life) See man, I don't have that life I don't have that life We're both residents Not of the same life We're not the same color Resident color I protect what's mine You got yours to protect We're not the same resident color (we're not the same) [Verse 2] You speak in polished rules I speak in broken tools Your hands stay clean in the light Mine fought to stay alive I know that look too well Soft mouth, hard little shell You stand on a borrowed floor I kicked through that before [Pre-Chorus] Behind your gated life I hear the chain-link shake I don't have that life So don't make that mistake [Chorus] Oh man, behind your gated life (oh man, behind your gated life) See man, I don't have that life I don't have that life We're both residents Not of the same life We're not the same color Resident color I protect what's mine You got yours to protect We're not the same resident color (we're not the same) [Bridge] [Breakdown] Haunted clean strings scrape the floor Then the whole thing bends and roars Your name on one side, mine on the other Same earth, different border We don't wear the same scars We don't sleep under the same stars You can keep your gated life I keep mine alive [Final Chorus] Oh man, behind your gated life (oh man, behind your gated life) See man, I don't have that life I don't have that life We're both residents Not of the same life We're not the same color Resident color I protect what's mine You got yours to protect We're not the same resident color (we're not the same) Resident color
