[Intro]
Uh... yeah... what's up, Kev?
Good looking out on this beat though
Kev be getting mad, ya'll
He be like "Man, what you want my beats for? You make your own beats"
The shit hot, nigga!
Yeah... I was gon' rap about rapping on this joint or something
Some generic shit about love or something like that
But you know me
Yeah, just ride with us then
[Verse 1]
Did I mention I was from Largo?
Where niggas ride dirty, with more green in they whips than Wells Fargo
Ya'll know this whole side of the District
Where niggas move quick when they couch get evicted
Ouch, they right with it, they house tax raised up
Gentrification on the rise, they like "pay up"
It's no surprise when White folks is moving in
'Cause they got the money and time to pursue the trends
Same trends be the end of what's pure
Mom and pops store replaced by Couture
A Starbucks here and a Starbucks there
How much coffee you need?! My god, it's unfair
They move away from the 'burbs to escape the monotony
Bring along with 'em they pilates and pottery
Classes and all that Ugg fashion
My city don't look the same
What a shame, it's tragic
[Interlude]
Yeah, that shit is kinda crazy though
Rockville niggas moving out the city, out to PG County and shit
But it's all good, Magic Johnson building us a new movie theater and shit
We got Bojangles you know what I'm saying
"All niggas welcome, all niggas will come, all niggas accepted"
Yeah... Mo County now, niggas out there too
[Verse 2]
I heard niggas from the city is moving out to Mo County now
Section 8 relocating them to Germantown
Aspen Hill too, Rockville, Wheaton
"Tom" and "Jane" move in, and "Leroy" leaving
It's something to see when the authenticity of a city is
Replaced by college kids and high saddityness
Urban decay, making way for Ikeas
Luxury lofts replacing, what I see is
A history lost
My mother used to eat at Ben's Chili Bowl
When she was young and had love and on a date
And now I'm grown up and I grab a plate
At the same place she used to congregate
And to me, that's sacred
I can't fake, shit
I don't eat there, 'cause of inflation
The whites came in
I used to get a chilli dog with fries for 5 but now I pay 10
They gotta pay rent
So now they raise the price
The U Street takeover, it's the greatest heist
A major makeover, and my people ain't included
We getting booted out the city, like it's nothing to it
[Outro]
Uh, shit wild, man
Heard the same shit going up in, uh... up in Harlem
Going on over there in, uh... Chicago too, man
Shit crazy
And you know when Hurricane Katrina came through New Orleans
They was glad to just... wash all the niggas out
Think they gon' help 'em, help 'em get they shit back together?
Hell naw, man – that shit boutta be ritzy down there, man
High saddity, haha
Same shit going on in Atlanta too
Up in Philly, all the major cities, ya'll
Yeah... heh, just rock wit' me... heh ha