I'm a legend where I come from Go ask around, they'll tell you stories If I was there, that party never stopped Until tomorrow morning From bandos on the east side To the skate park where they sipping 40s If I was there, that shit was never boring That's hella true My hometown was the Wonder Years Must've drank a couple hundred beers Must've jumped a couple dozen fences Running from the cops, blood and sweat and tears And everyone who I knew back then Still waiting for me back home They're like, "Fucking Tom MacDonald, man That guy was such an asshole" "He's a racist, he's just famous 'Cause of controversial songs" Shut the fuck up, I just beat Eminem on the iTunes charts I'm number one, bitch I broke the hearts and burnt the bridges Find me at the skate park or getting stitches Find me on the East Side in my free time With Vietnamese guys, they were a bunch of killers Y'all counting your pennies, I'm counting my blessings This shit is depressing I left and got famous, y'all stayed in that city Got jealous and angry and broke and arrested It's your hometown hero Can I please have your attention? Hate me if you want, bitch I am legend You're not where you came from You are what you make of it You're not your small-town hole-in-the-wall If they say my city Then, they know my name's coming next I'm that hero, you can like it or not You're not where you came from You are what you make of it You're not your small-town hole-in-the-wall If they say my city Then, they know my name's coming next I'm that hero, you can like it or not But you don't know Everybody got history Li'l me, I was in the shit Can't get in? Call me quick If you ran outta weed I always had a grip If they're talking shit that I'm there Not afraid to go make things weird Li'l boy, I ain't scared I don't really care Post my address I'mma be there Y'all told me I was no star Baby wouldn't go far Baby moved to Hollywood And showed up with a crowbar Keep talking shit My back breaks, the whole city on straps What? Don't @ me, you should be thanking me For putting your town on the map, fuck! Y'all told me I was way lost How you like your day jobs? I'm still playing games and smoking weed Now, nothing's changed much News flash, mahfuckers We done blew up and we're gone We're your hometown heroes If you like it or not You're not where you came from You are what you make of it You're not your small-town hole-in-the-wall If they say my city Then, they know my name's coming next I'm that hero, you can like it or not You're not where you came from You are what you make of it You're not your small-town hole-in-the-wall If they say my city Then, they know my name's coming next I'm that hero, you can like it or not Land of the fake (Right?) small-town, dope lake (Right?) No one been great? (Right?) Throw it in they face (Like...) Everybody just gave up "It's too hard, we don't make enough" "It's our demographic, not the way we're rapping They've just never heard of us" Man, it's time for you to just face facts Never play the game around one lap You never made a name, you never happened You're not a has-been, you're straight trash You can hate me, but you need me I am what you daydream I became what you want There's no way to replace me News flash, motherfuckers I done blew up and I'm done Still got that popular vote I see the signs on their lawns I'm your hometown hero You can like that or not I got the keys to the city And I'm changing the locks You're not where you came from You are what you make of it You're not your small-town hole-in-the-wall If they say my city Then, they know my name's coming next I'm that hero, you can like it or not You're not where you came from You are what you make of it You're not your small-town hole-in-the-wall If they say my city Then, they know my name's coming next I'm that hero, you can like it or not