[Verse 1: Uptown XO] Get ready it's heavy, It's deadly it's 70's 80's, 90's relevant, ever since heaven sent Evidence better men, let 'em in Better get etiquette, stepping in my city Crack right up the block from the president Smell it as soon as you step in it (You smell that sh**?) Yup there it is The block is a mother, that segregate parents get Overshadowed by arrogant Concrete boulevard, avenues, terraces Howard you to the home of the terrapins Never get sh** twisted 'Cuz it will be off with your head, and it Won't be easy to put on your head again You 'gon feel this, k**az gorillaz We the trillest, we the villains, the sickest They said that i couldn't, but look at the way that i did it The picture we painted about life,coming up right here in the district We made it cool for K.Dot to do what he do Oddisee better than Kanye too Real DC n***a not that other sh**, before rap Was in the trap my gun was the publicist After Alpo you couldn't come to my city And you ain't know who Wayne Perry was 'fore jay said it One album went to number one in the city We functionally dysfunctional you let them tell it I know you ain't think that the brothers was through f** it we better than all ya'll too Call y'all crew, trap rap, that's all ya'll do This mac in my back pack, will make you call out truce [Verse 2: yU] This what they wanted- uppercuts to they stomach Nup yo a**, and get busted on the mic whenever We touch it Look what them s**as loving, that sh** that ain't saying nothing Ahaha I get to chuckling like f** 'em we way above 'em Something coming with substance, and crushing that's how we does it Do this rulers you foolish we finish fellas for fronting I'm from where dollars are printed Many monuments in it Senate be signing sh** that determine how we be living And if you bullsh**ting They getting your paper properly like monopoly So if you don't save up neighbor, wake up you got to leave Partna' if you do not agree then have a lot of cheese Or else it is: Officer please take these cuffs off of me The talk is cheap, less living, better we all would be Listen if the Diamond District is what you want to see We stalk the beat so awkwardly, like all of them raw emcees So what up, put an apostrophe after the awesome three [Verse 3: Oddisee] The prodigal sons of the city returning From the ashes where we rose when the city was burning From the riots in the streets to the streets that be quiet The city's ours, you don't believe me come meet me, and try it I know you mad that a n***a from the county be repping the entire city I do it better without a question You don't like it, I'm sorry, you n***as sorry, and my sh** is absolute, and you prolly Aye, let me k** these n***as more, let me dig these ditches more, let burn these bridges more, I don't need these n***as though Something they already know, so they say that we cool You don't f** with me, my n***a I don't f** with you Don't try to be difficult, go on step aside Diamond District's the crew, and for the city we provide Taking it international all the way from the capital This March on Washington, get ready for the ride