Obie Trice - Detroit State Of Mind lyrics

What up Jokes on us Everything in the city ain't pretty When you're looking at the curvy, thick Trying to make a way to survive Even though it ain't right I'm trying to preach another ghetto hymn A state that doers be Hustling to come up all my life Testify, it's just a Detroit state of mind Detroit win'er, cold in December Hustle on the corner, tether on the fibula N_ wanna stick ‘em up cause O's getting richerer That ain't a word, but birds they speak literature Literally hood house, semi in the couch Figuring life out with this last half an ounce We just trying to defeat the drought, make ends meet Flous like a motherf**ing bous Slim Thugger Sig Deuce ninety Drug smuggler, they ain't got love for us Cuff us, throw us in jail for being hustlers We on that knuckle so why would you f** with us? [?] Y'all don't know Pacific Just to be 'pecific, N_, came out of Michigan No pot to piss in Just a few rocks in this pocket for flippin' Everything in the city ain't pretty When you're looking at the curvy, thick Trying to make a way to survive Even though it ain't right I'm trying to preach another ghetto hymn A state that doers be Hustling to come up all my life Testify, it's just a Detroit state of mind Turn this sh** the f** up [J-Nutty:] I come up amongst the monster youngsters Blazin' a**, wrong facing time They'll blow out a N_ state of mind Real talk, white lines That's real chalk, night time we peel off Through pipelines, we deal raw, real boss Seen it all through my optical at spots Aunties and uncles coppin the blow In areas not many cops can go If possible, I got a purpose God put me here on purpose, or worse [?] Or am I worthless? I wish life was picture perfect The feds taking pictures, snitches working Them dealers lurking, through the traffic Pushers pushing the package Neighborhood full of addicts, graveyard full of caskets They asking, time waits for a dboy Where the street noise it's the real deep d voice Evading the decoy, all shooters on deploy f** the crime rate, my mind state is Detroit Everything in the city ain't pretty When you're looking at the curvy, thick Trying to make a way to survive Even though it ain't right I'm trying to preach another ghetto hymn A state that doers be Hustling to come up all my life Testify, it's just a Detroit state of mind Everything in the city ain't pretty When you're looking at the curvy, thick Trying to make a way to survive Even though it ain't right I'm trying to preach another ghetto hymn A state that doers be Hustling to come up all my life Testify, it's just a Detroit state of mind