As true as you and me there's a mayor on every block Singing The Dramatics and playing with ready rock Usually it seem like he's waiting to catch a drop You're clinging to his habits, he saving you from a spot Round the way work, jewels in the ground, hit the pay dirt Love is love, you're in good hands, Dennis Haysbert Openly protected by who you be neck and neck with 'Til you looking over like look at what they done made work Circling the block, I know your call before you start Put your phone down, Pyer Moss to the heart Word to all of that, love it or leave it we're afforded that 20 D batteries, count them wrong, brought them back Attracted to what you see on the screen But then thinking you can recast it to keep who you need Keep it cool, shit is cool, you don't need me to leave Word to God it's nothing to let you be who you be I mean for real though There's a fire sale in the Stuy 30 floors up Burnt the vibe clear out the sky Had a view worth a mil but Views get for real and Usually get killed when you in here to buy There's a fire sale in the Stuy 30 floors up Burnt the vibe clear out the sky Had a view worth a mil but Views get for real and Usually get killed when you in here to buy Please Philly don't let this happen to you Please Atlanta don't let this happen to you Please DMV don't let this happen to you Please LA don't let this happen to you Please Detroit don't let this happen to you Please Chicago don't let this happen to you Please Texas don't let this happen to you Please New Orleans don't let this happen to you To whom it may concern don't let this happen to you True to what you heard they want this back like a loop They gave you a curb and kept you back on the stoop And now what they prefer is to help you pack when you move And an argument is made, for calling out a blame Visions of a doorstep and all that it became They ain't have the heart to stand on it 'til today The smoke all clear and they just wanting the remains Funny ain't it, the bottom of the bag is what you make it Jump the line cause, I ain't never seen money waiting Shit you ran from is what you tryna run away with And brownstones is looking Salvation underrated Told us tag a dotted line if you care to survive And if not pick a spot and just be here for the ride The aura of quarter waters over Mary J Blige My neighborhood give you life but was you here when it died Riddle me that There's a fire sale in the Stuy 30 floors up Burnt the vibe clear out the sky Had a view worth a mil but Views get for real and Usually get killed when you in here to buy There's a fire sale in the Stuy 30 floors up Burnt the vibe clear out the sky Had a view worth a mil but Views get for real and Usually get killed when you in here to buy Please Philly don't let this happen to you Please Atlanta don't let this happen to you Please DMV don't let this happen to you Please LA don't let this happen to you Please Detroit don't let this happen to you Please Chicago don't let this happen to you Please Texas don't let this happen to you Please New Orleans don't let this happen to you Block party every summer, 40 acres and a mule Same block where it was from and it became the living proof Last of a dying breed, praises is due While you're cursing out the stage from your roof You came here itching for the vibe, take it with us if we gone No money in Sal's, blame the pictures on the wall A box of Kennedy fried got you thinking you involved Shit is smooth, I was there too before I moved along Funny ain't it There's a fire sale in the Stuy 30 floors up Burnt the vibe clear out the sky Had a view worth a mil but Views get for real and Usually get killed when you in here to buy There's a fire sale in the Stuy 30 floors up Burnt the vibe clear out the sky Had a view worth a mil but Views get for real and Usually get killed when you in here to buy Please Philly don't let this happen to you Please Atlanta don't let this happen to you Please DMV don't let this happen to you Please LA don't let this happen to you Please Detroit don't let this happen to you Please Chicago don't let this happen to you Please Texas don't let this happen to you Please New Orleans don't let this happen to you Chopped cheese and Kennedy friend and Dollar Arizona's and Four wings with fried rice And extra duck sauce All of the reasons you was out front for Coming with us if we up and gone Chopped cheese and Kennedy friend and Dollar Arizona's and Four wings with fried rice And extra duck sauce All of the reasons you was out front for Coming with us if we up and gone