Verse 2: I used to run around Tysons on some D M C Till I got my own license at the D M V Started to hit the city nightly on the G DUB P Thats the Parkwayyy We called it the "Sparkwayyy" Me & T Had dreams of blowin up like T N T The Beltway Bombers promisin to pay homage Red yellow blue green orange line delay on it Marvin Gaye - Kwame Toure' - still gettin taxed w/ no say on it Let freedom ring like Curtis Doyle - i need a ring Tone rapper to realize im a grown rapper Showin these yappers & whipper snappers ill be the king Ruling the world & not blowin it like when Kurtis sings The breaks & blues - big band rhythms & swing Duke Ellington's U street Cherry Blossoms in Spring REDSKINS - CAPITALS WIZARDS - NATIONALS DC's for Da Capitol These are a few of my favorite things! Chorus: I got that DC pride Movin w a swagger - that's my DC stride Take em through the streets - like a DC guide Maryland n Virgina - yeah we DC wide Riiiight ... ? This that DC pride Glidin thru the city on a DC high The free world capital - this DC ma Make & Break (the) rules - thats what DC liiiike Haaa ... ! Verse 2: We in this District of Columbia - city of imperfections Where homeless people sleep beneath the monument's erections The type of place decisions made by which you be effected Where Mayors caught smokin a rock can still get re-elected Really eclectic Murder cap - not to be effed with Washington Bullets flyin Like Rod Strickland in red fits Entries & exits To the politickers a nexus We welcomin Obama but Bush was better in Texas Federal inspectors Lobbyists - generals - s**ists Abma**adors & metro pa**engers Carry protection In every direction NORTH - SOUTH - EAST to the WEST END Cemetary where my pop's restin The cops dressed in Blue & black Leavin brothers black & blue Evidence markers numbered like the street signs too 14th - 16th - 18th on through Three stars - two stripes - red & white Thanks to you I got that … Chorus: I got that DC pride Movin w a swagger - that's my DC stride Take em through the streets - like a DC guide Maryland n Virgina - yeah we DC wide Riiiight ... ? This that DC pride Glidin thru the city on a DC high The free world capital - this DC ma Make & Break (the) rules - thats what DC liiiike Haaa ... ! Yeah – shout-outs to the whole DMV Area … for those who don't know that's DC – Maryland & Virginia … Northern VA to be exact … Anybody reppin a 202 – 301 – 703 – 240 – or a 571 … You know what I'm talkin about … If you sittin bumper to bumper in rush hour traffic on the beltway – 395 – route 1 – 66 – 270 … then you know what I'm talking about … If you grew up listening to Donnie Simpson - Russ Par – Olivia Foxx – Dianne Rehm – or Kojo Namdi … You know what I'm talking about … and if you in the clubs on 18th St – M St – Adams Morgan – and you can't wait to hit up Ben's Chilli Bowl after hours for a half-smoke … then you damn sure know what I'm talking about! Outro Hook x 4: It's taxation without representation But now its time to represent Represent – what!