[Verse 1: Jay Verze]
It's the 410. Yeah, the home of the birds
Home of the crime. People sleeping on the curbs
I'm dedicated, educated, really means I'm separated from all of the k**ing and gang violence. Segregated
But everybody fail to see the big picture, huh? If you got two ears, you better listen up
Yeah. An adolescence in society. I'm trynna give back cuz my city lives in poverty
And I will never stop until this music die to me
Politicians sitting back and so is the economy
Now do that make sense?
Feeling like we on our own, and we playing defense
We at the Harbor on the weekend. Yeah, you sleeping
And when you come into my city, it's a deep end
Them foreign people scared to take another peek in
Ain't nothing better than the air that we breathe in
Shout out to my fans, cuz I need them
And we never took a loss, cuz we win
And we standing tall. I forever stand true, repping my city cuz you know I'm from..
[Hook]
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's horrible
Just a little
X2
[Verse 2: Bobby Woody]
Guess nothing has changed past me being a black kid
Not tryna show the world what a rapper is
I wanna show the world that anything is possible
If I make it farther than Baltimore, I can pa** any obstacle
From the harbor to the Avenue. There's no place I love better
I'm a struggling student rolling with the weather
And whether or not you need the money, you don't need it that much
Act like a thug, then you'll you die like one
I act like a kid, so will I not die?
I never took the puff, so am I not high?
Baltimore kid tryna make a change
That's what my brother said. I'm just tryna make some change
There's a bike lane, but no road for an artist
The hardest part is tryna figure where the start is
And my start goes before Cathedral street
Before I was even born, this comes before all of me
And it all started with a daydream. I do not know how these things seem
Just staring from the window from my apartment
Save your light house, we all need one of those
When we're lost and can't figure where to start again
Oh Baltimore, I feel like I owe you something
Brought me in with my mother, but I'll be leaving with nothing
Small world? Or is this a small city, huh?
Baltimore, Maryland, f** with me bruh
[Speech]
Furious Styles: Why is it there is almost a gun shop on almost every corner?
Old Bystander: Why?
Furious Styles: I'll tell you why. For the same reason, there's a liquor store on almost every corner of the black community. Why? They want us to k** ourselves. You go out to Beverly Hills, you don't see that sh**, but they want us to k** ourselves. Yeah, the best way you can destroy a people. You take away their ability to reproduce themselves. Who is it that's dying on this street everyday?
(looks to young, black men.)
Y'all
Old Bystander: yeah
FS: Young brothers like yourselves
Young, Black male: What am I supposed to do? Fool roll up, try to smoke me, I'mma shoot the mothaf**a if he don't k** me first
FS: You're doing exactly what they want you to do