I grew up in the city of Memphis, Tennessee
Everything I got, I got it out the streets
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
I grew up on the north side of Memphis
Everything I got, I got it out the streets
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
Yeah
Got a call from my brother, Project Pat, he said my nephew died
Damn, soon as I heard the news a part of me died inside
Prayed to God and asked him "Why?"
Lost him way before his prime
Man, I thought we had more time
It's too soon to be saying goodbye
So much evil in my city, I'm tryna turn my life around
We gon' have to stop the violence if we wanna save our town
We wanna watch our kids grow up, too many babies in the ground
North Memphis, south Memphis, east Memphis, Orange Mile
Gotta stay hating each other, we all gon' lose if we don't change something
Might not be from the same mothers but we come from the struggle
My city a warzone, mane, it's so sad to see
If we stop killing, just start healing each other, it would be a masterpiece
I'm tired of losing my friends, eye for an eye, I wonder when it's gonna end
Me and you ain't even gotta be cool, I still want you to win
We should be sticking together, mane, this world already so cruel and cold
I wanna ball like the Super Bowl instead of going to funerals
I grew up in the city of Memphis, Tennessee
Everything I got, I got it out the streets
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
I grew up on the north side of Memphis
Everything I got, I got it out the streets
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
Shout out to my city 'cause my city made me
