What's The Real Meaning Of City Of Gods By Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, & Alicia Keys? Here's What We

Alicia Keys is back singing about the "concrete jungle," as she opens the song "City of Gods" with "New York City, please go easy on me tonight / New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine," and later singing, "'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another / New York City, please go easy on me" (via Genius). Keys' choruses are simple, but reveals a relationship between the singer and the city. It's as if she is praying for New York to heal after she was cheated on and she's looking to the city for comfort.

Both Keys and Fivio Foreign are from New York, and the city is referred to as the "City of Gods" as each of the verses and choruses are a personal love story to the Big Apple, per Song Meanings and Facts. Foreign raps about growing up in the city, as well as pays homage to some of the biggest cultural dance trends, such as the Milly Rock and Shmoney Dance.

According to Song Facts, Kanye West — who is originally from Chicago — shouts his hometown out in his verse, but quickly says that his "home" is now New York. West says "I'm from the Chi' but I'm always New York / The city that treat me like Jesus is walkin'" in the song, which references one of his other songs and states that in New York, people tend to treat him well.

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