Kawann Shockley - Emerald City lyrics
Refrain: Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear Verse 1: Welcome to Emerald City, where all the women pretty Where people live to get these dollars while the buildings glistening Everybody say they got a lotta what you missing The hem of greed in the key of E, are you listening? I know you yearnin' singin' unison The love of money and the fruit of it'll do us in Is it the root of it ‘cause we got it down to the stem The tree I'ma sit under give me shade From poverty and the shame so Bask in the currency currently We are in the current of a reoccurring current see It's like we get mo' to spend mo' Force-fed like Gitmo to get dough just so our friends know And so, hop out of that limo, fly by in that Lambo, Sambo Here's a freakin' brain for you to sample Better yet, here's a freakin' heart that you can have yo But you rather have some mo' dough so Refrain: Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear Verse 2: City of Champagne and caviar dreams We carry our dreams on the carriage of greed Money ain't the object but it is the subject We covet the wealth of the public and double it So don't you love it? The finer robes and designer clothes Exotic models with bottle-shapes don't know how to pose Here ain't nobody broke or that's what I was told Pockets can't be down, they gotta keep up with the Jones Look at them city lights, them really pretty lights It's Emerald City life, you say what it's really like Is it everything you dream of and more? Is it as it seems when it's on the screen? Are you sure? They told you how to get here and now that you got here What you ‘bout to find here is the Wizard of Os here They call it the city that never sleeps A city that never sleeps is psychotic at least, oh be Refrain: Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear Verse 3: City of Emeralds, pity we never do If you can't make it on your own then this ain't for you Corporations are worse, merge into a gang or two We tryna fill up our pockets hoppin' around like kangaroos Munchkins are the bunch and there's a gang of you But y'all the little people so we know what you ain't gon' do Wise up and rise up ‘cause y'all love The prospect of Os yes, y'all love Lookin' at diamonds from a distance admirin' the riches Salivatin' toleratin' the sickness Ig'nance is what bliss is, listen to the wizards Not really what it seems though it seems so terrific Women switch they image to cover up the blemish Fashion - they use it to mask them, ask them I see it from inside of my mansion I know what it is and I know what it has been, laughin' so Refrain: Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear Welcome to Emerald City, land of the high sadity Where everybody got dough and the girls are pretty You ain't made it nowhere 'til you make it here Now that you made it here, let me make it clear