[Intro]
Welcome to Chi-Town
Open your eyes now
Notice the lifestyle only seen in my town
We off the Richter
We pinned(?) the system
The only city without paparazzi pictures
[Hook]
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
Where we let them guns go!
Hit the club and get low!
Party ‘til it hits four!
Police be on some sh** so
Get your whip and drive slow
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
[Verse 1: Ja**on Perez]
Chicago, I love you
(Oi!)
But you're bringing me down
(Oi!)
I got this hate in my heart
(Oi!)
Because I'm from this town
Yo!
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
Dude from the north-side
Yeah, that's right
If you didn't know
Now, n***a, know
I was born in the Chi, I was raised in the Chi
And when it's that time, I'mma die in the Chi
(Word?)
Used to be hip-hop but we juke beats
Now drunk white girls with two left feet
Coked out whiteys that f** with techno
Black art kids who dress all retro
Condo crackers who call us ghetto
Some of seven boys who beg for fame
You claim to fame, but we did the biz
You claim to speak, but we's raisin' it
You bought us style to be who we is
Trekkin' on the scene, looking right for hype beats.(?)
But one pair of Nikes does not make you street
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
Where we let them guns go!
Hit the club and get low!
Party ‘til it hits four!
[Verse 2: Epic]
Mic check one two, one two
It's BBU do what is you gon' do
Got Mano on the track so you know it's through
Chi city in the back screaming, “What that do?”
(What that doooo?)
BBU know we act the fool militant lyricists with a hand that juke
Screamin', “f** the police and they children too,”
(f** ‘em!)
‘Cause they treat black folks like criminals
What? You dudes didn't know we was activists?
With the beat down-low we hazardous
Juke with a message, mastered it
“Chi Don't Dance” is a cla**ic hit
And we did that sh** without management
Got the whole world screaming, “I'm a African
I'm a African
I'm a African
What!?
And I know what's happening.”
[Hook]
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
Where we let them guns go!
Hit the club and get low!
Party ‘til it hits four!
Police be on some sh** so
Get your whip and drive slow!
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
[Bridge]
Welcome to Chi-Town
Open your eyes now
Notice the lifestyle only seen in my town
[Verse 3: Illekt]
It's the go
Used to go back on needs
‘98 on the corner sellin' crack and weed
Party(?) up on the block so we rival ease
When we twist it do with that and some master P
I could never believe how far I come
The outcome of life's tragedies
My flow
Go like go
Call me your majesty
Cuz' I kick it so magically
Y'all can't
f** with this
I don't mean to break it down so tragically
You will never really know what it means to live life happily
‘Cause you do it so hap-
Hazardly
But proceed if you must
I'mma give you something to believe in: the trust
It's here
At dawn
At dusk
Guess what? If you must
The C.H.I
C A
Motherf**er
G O
You know
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
Home of the yey, crack, and the dro
Home of the rich and home of the poor
Home of the folks and home of the Moe's
No matter what it be
UC is still be home to me
Why, it's the C.H.I.C.A. go!
It's the C.H.I.C.A. go!