[Intro]
Larry...
[Theme]
Man, waste nothin on haters when they come for your belt
Don't let em make you feel sh**ty for bein yourself
You tryna body the game, they tryna take your health
You tryna build you a name, they tryna take your shelf
I said waste nothin on haters when they come for your belt
Don't let em make you feel sh**ty for bein yourself
You tryna body the game, they tryna take your health
You tryna build you a name, they tryna take your shelf
[Post-Theme 1]
So n***a build!
Like yo dad
It ain't hard
Just gotta do it
So just do it, and get it poppin when them checks come
[Verse]
Cause you ain't never starved
And you ain't never seen your mama workin two jobs
Might've had to dodge a few bullets
But n***a that's Chicago, ain't nothin odd about it
And ain't nothin odd about you
It's only how you feel about yourself
But n***a you can beat with some family and health
Don't let nobody try to tell you anything else
You in Chi-town anywhere you go
Goin all the way to Cali if you comin from New York
And beyond, so f** muhf**as
Cause they'll probably take you up the rope
And hang you when the pay day approach
And you know, cause your daddy had you workin with the brick
And breakin down walls ain't sh**
But breakin down walls on the '9, gotta have common sense
Why you think they call the sh** House?
Cause in the Winter we can stick it out
And you know that, cause you get that
A Chi-town n***a, you could build that
And when the sh** finish, gotta give back
Tell the whole damn world they should feel that
Like, yeah!
[Interlude]
...Chicago
And a couple months ago, your daddy said you had landed down in the city
And that you was gon' come by and come see the church, come see what you did
But I ain't mad
You out there in school
In California! Skinny jeans and sh**
I mean, I ain't knockin it
People be wearin skinny jeans out here too
It just don't be my old a**
But yeah, man, we was out there listenin to House
Back in the 70s and 80s
Same thing as it is now, y'all just put a different spin on it
Same music, same concept
Yeah, mang
And don't forget to thank yo dad
He the reason why you here, yo mama too
Yeah, make sure you show that love
[Theme]
[Post-Theme 2]
So n***a build
Like yo dad
It ain't hard
…Chicago
[Outro]
And stop it with the tryna make your mama feel guilty
That she raised you in a bungalow and not Section 8
You could be the realest if you tell it like it is
Cause a real n***a stackin his money like a storey
And the fabric in the storey ain't a muhf**in fake!