Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin' to find the ocean
Lookin' everywhere

Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain't nowhere to run to
There ain't nothin' here for free

Hooker on the corner
Waitin' for a train
Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk
Sleepin' in the rain

And the people hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
'Cause the city is dyin'
And they don't know why

Oh, Baltimore
Ain't it hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Ain't it hard just to live, just to live

Go and get and my sister Kia
And my bigger brother Tae
Buy a flee of Lamborghinis
And haul em all away

And we live out in the country
Where the mountain's high
Never gonna go back there
'Til the day I die

Oh, Baltimore
Ain't it hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Ain't it hard just to live, just to live