4ever Detroit

Lyrics

[Intro: Awesome Dre] DJ Clay, what up doe This your man Awesome Dre Reppin' that Let 'Em Bleed, Volume 2 You know how we do, yeah, all day Got Blaze Ya Dead Homie My man Violent J Yo, check this shit yo, we forever Detroit, yo [Chorus] E-e-east side, W-w-west side Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah E-e-east side, W-w-west side Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 1: Blaze Ya Dead Homie] I rep the city like a giant, I'm defiant 'til the very end Offense plus statistics and defense breeds champions I'm a Bad Boy from the 80s, chillin' with Chuck Daly Sippin' Mai Tais, watching Carmen Harlan speak on crack babies Left in garbage cans like every Lions season The stadium stays packed tight when we all know they losin' The beat of the heart ain't it cautious in the music From Motown to the Label Beneath the Streets, and we prove it We the renaissance, the rebirth, the product's back for more to hurt We sellin' out of joints in the 'hood, we never out of work Forever Detroit, born and bred like Better Made From the East to the Southwest side with DJ Clay It's all day, the CDs stay on play Bend curbs on Woodward on the way to see the Wings game It's ya homie Blaze, Awesome Dre, and Violent J Forever Detroit blood pumpin' through our veins [Chorus] D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever [Verse 2: Violent J] My veins trek through my body like the map of Detroit I'm everything in between Dearborn and Eastpointe I'm the old train station and the new Ford Field I'm everything they demolished and all that they built Detroit forever everyday from DJ Los to Clay I'm immune to the poisonous skies of Delray See me cruisin' down Seven Mile or drunk at Harpos Queuin' on Belle Isle, fuckin' hoes when the park close I'm the Hip Hop Explosion with Reggie Hotmix The Merciless Ameer and AWOL, you don't want none of this Forever Southwest where bitches asses got bottom Cutlass' on 24s, on every corner we got 'em My mother was a housekeeper out in Beverly Hills And she did it for me to feed my belly the meals Now I'm strong like Detroit City, fall I will never With Blaze and Awesome Dre, we be Detroit forever [Chorus] D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever [Verse 3: Awesome Dre] Detroit, Awesome Dre, 12th Street and the Boulevard Forever hard, four blocks quick to pull ya card Also Fenkell, Wyoming still holdin' down Puritan, 6 Mile, 7 Mile, still holdin' ground We got people all across the city From Lahser to Gratiot, motherfucker we gets gritty Forever Detroit like The Wizard and Mojo The Auto Show, snow blizzard at Cobo The festivals on the river, Hart Plaza Belle Isle, Rouge Park, and Chandler I stay forever Detroit like patent leather Timbs Max Juliens, Gandalfs, and sheepskins Errol Flynns, Eminems, BKs, and Best Friends YBI, all them other guys, you saw the films Rhyme pays, it's Blaze, Violent J, and Clay It's forever Detroit, this Awesome Dre [Chorus] D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever D-E-T-R-O-I-T (East side) Forever find me in the 3-1-3 (West side) Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever Forever Detroit, we be Detroit forever