where you from?

said the city of dirt

and it's all in the air in the city it hurt

baby it's just a pain in the city it birth

you see the trap and the snare and the treachery lurk

you see the weed and the liquor

the broke and the rich

the pain in the land and the evil it pitch

the magic and voodoo the holy and sick

the blood on the leaf and the roses we pick

said the home of the braves

the black and the slave

the brown and the peach

the sun and the rain

the love and the hate

the peace and the rage

the screams and the cries

the lost and the saved

baby that's where I'm from

they be snatchin our soul

they put the salt in our wombs and it wont let us close

and we cant trust a soul and we all on our own

baby that's where I'm from

city of dirt where you from

where you from

where I'm from

where I'm from

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where I'm from

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where I'm from

the city of dirt

where you from

where I'm from

city of dirt where you from

where you from

where I'm from

city of dirt where you from

where I'm from

where you from

where you from

(where you from?)

said the city of dirt

and they quick to put your pic on a shirt

keep your eye open baby stay on top

niggas ain't real and they all love to plot

and they all love to watch

they watchin the clock

niggas all waitin to steal your spot

everybody's sellin whether real or not

some niggas sell drugs some niggas sell box

but it's all from the pain and it's all from the hurt

and they keep it on them gotta stay alert

keep your eyes open can't trust in no word

and the system can't stand us they hate our birth

nigga where you from?

baby said I'm from the city of dirt

we ain't seein peace until we in the earth

ain't a smile it's a frown it's a snarl it's a smirk

nigga that's where I'm from

city of dirt where you from

where I'm from

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where you from

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where I'm from

city of dirt where you from