Apollo Brown - Detroit lyrics

[Verse 1] Detroit's so immaculate, you only seen the half of it Trying to dismantle it in memories Ill streets with poison, boys posted on the block Trying to get with what they got, but misdirect obviously Environment Privatizing hoods Knocking down everything good about it's history Riddle me with sentiment Intimate and distant, the place I hate to visit When it's cold so much more than just the snow and the ice Started life here Pride, fear and anger make emotions tangle If I stayed and rose above would it prove I love it? Look, our life does it, look at the price of it Detroit daughter so far beyond the boarder so close Heed the orders that's the path I set before it and move Pay dues, bring it back and make it new Make it feel like it used to Home is where the heart is, regardless of how dark it is I represent [Hook] Let's have a toast for the home team Chrome things on the Caprice let the speakers be Pop a bottle it's a celebration Fresh out the shop we keep the haters hating Ain't the place for you to take a vacation Keep a pair of gators, my Detroit players Ride for the realest if it's home I know you feel it Known as the place of the home of greats My n***as 'bout to show you how we do [Verse 2] Don't nobody care about us, all they do is doubt us Till we blow the spot then they all wanna crowd us n***a shut your mouth up, I'm 'bout done Haters talking sh** but you ain't never been You ain't never rode on Jefferson or hit the Isle styling All you know is 8 Mile and Where my city breathe you can stay asleep I should take you to the east side and leave you for a week How you miss the beauty, focus on the ugliness Because of this you never will experience the spirit of it Or see the vision that I'm speaking of All in love with the music, how my city does Hanging on the nuts of n***as that's above Selling self and fall in love Just because you should be ashamed Top to bottom how we came on the come up just the same We are warriors Shine victorious Known to make them envy The pretty and the gritty, Detroit Rock City [Hook]