Belief - Deuce/Ypsi lyrics

[Verse 1: Invincible] White picket fences, green lawns, nice, rich, expensive College campus, so progressive Every child advances Lies and deception Difference is tolerated With a few exceptions So liberal and colorblind you hear a "beep" when you cross the street Let the bubble pop from culture shock and the cost of deceit Off the beaten path Reaching in my past How'd I get involved? Trying to keep the Klan from speaking on the roof of city hall But an*lyze oppression on the daily The truth of the deuce, city that raised me and failed me Even worse than the Klan, still asking Why across the street from Braeburn and Forest Hills is where they built the landfill? Colorful like mill creek Most of us we grew apart but some of us we still speak Introduction to America, Bryant Elementary Childhood friends from Stonybrook now in the penitentiary It ain't coincidentally Tracked before middle school as criminals By teachers who belittled you, claiming they're "liberal" By 14 most of my feminine friends raped Many males expelled to Stone or Clemente Detroit was another planet–broken and abandoned We so blinded, close minded, hoping to expand it [Hook] What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this? What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this? [Verse 2] They say, "You from Ann-Arbor, right? "Oh, you had it good!" Don't get me wrong, these ain't your worse-than-average hoods But there's people struggling here My family included Don't let the campus fool you It's a whole different planet for students Blacks we outnumbered Only a handful of us But poverty's real for most of these fams growing up Poverty varies I'm sure it's worse in other places What makes it bad is They dangle work in front of our faces Like there's opportunities with the U and Google here But it's a gla** ceiling Like snow globes for souvenirs Go in the south side You really see the patterns of races; Ypsilanti might as well be an African nation Second cla** citizens Second cla** living conditions Second cla** schools Are for second-cla** kids to just skip in Back in the Deuce Some of the best public schools But so many of my homies still chose the hustler root Why? And got the nerve to wanna beef and act foolishly Knowing our separation Is only about 2 degrees Something ain't right Something ain't adding up We gotta stick together cause We got it bad enough [Hook] What part of Ypsi is that? What part of Ypsilanti is that? What part of Ypsi is that? What part of Ypsilanti is that? [Verse 3] Broken gla** sh**ty pampers Dirty needles Nobody pa**es All fear We see the evil Public education Who the f** gon' make it Ain't nothing change It's the same situation Generation drug dealers Tell me where that leave us? Is it just me cause everybody smoking reefer? We take pride when we say we from the south side But that's small thinking I'm trying to reach worldwide Different standards But everybody's got the answer Making that Michigan's white chocolate is dancer ??? The spot got hot from breaking bullets down to rock Crooked cops taking money from your socks [Verse 4] Home sweet home Where it's impossible to beat the game n***as sold they soul And told 'em, "Keep the change." Are we to blame? Cause around here It's, "f** them n***as!" Like Bush when Katrina came Prime made the south make when they keep the thing Wealth made the n***as grind in the freezing rain That's the west side Trust me, the east the same Stonybrook boys heavy like keys o' cane Believe it, man, this is hell, y'all It ain't college dreamland, like they tell ya' South side, Y-town, where the shells fall n***as keep answering when the jails call But I rep my city, what I'mma switch fo'? I mean, Detroit listens, but it's the crib, though It's all f**ed up, as far as the sh** go But if you ain't living for change Then what's to live for? [Hook] What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this? What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this? What part of Ypsi is that? What part of Ypsi is that? You know the ones That have been ignored