Ethan Harrington - The Dirty Rose lyrics

[Verse 1] Gotta spit it on a Kanye West beat This my f**ing homecoming, back to my old street Corners where the friends meet, you know Melrose is my city And I'm the best from around here, motherf**ers come and get me 02176, 781, 617, it's The place where August 11th's a hit The city's so small, y'all probably know who I'm with Eigth grade, running through the city with Austin and Vince I could tell you about those days Sticking to our old ways Robbing the convenient store downtown always Not thinking 'bout getting paid We thinking 'bout getting laid Not working with numbers, now we thinking 'bout financial aid You can't find a town like this, no where Million dollar houses, but some people got no gear Bunch of kids running they mouth like they got no fear Stepping up to people at parties like: “You don't go here” But oh yeah, this the city where it's grown clear Most people ain't leaving until they got like no hair So scared Ending up like that'll make you wanna get out pronto I ain't staying all my life, this isn't Drake, this ain't Toronto I would leave it tomorrow if I could But ask me if I'll ever return, I'll say I would This a place to raise children, yeah but watch their back They could grow up to a million or get stopped on smoking crack! I'm at [Chorus X2] The city I ain't choose it's The best I ever could it's Where kid's are coppin' shoes It is Melrose Ma**achusetts The city where it's cool it's The city cops pursue in The old and then the new It's just Melrose Ma**achusetts [Verse 2] Melrose Ma**achusetts, how you doing? Lincoln Elementary to MVMMS for schooling Cooling, on the playground way back Used to play Alligator, shouts to the kids that know that Fast forward, way past Drinking in the woods at Golf courses, of course it's Pa**ed down from late grads Cops mad, parents mad Noise complaint, where they at Trying to find us but they can't On foot, too fast They pa**ed us Hiding in the bushes, we too good at Getting away, but today I'm getting good at getting paid And if you go out in my town you should know that When you hear: "Ske-ew!" you better Ske-ew back! I'm in [Chorus] [Verse 3] Melrose Ma**achusetts, how you do this? How you have expensive schools and dirty public pools it's Crazy to me, that this place came to be Downtown's just a few blocks of stores on main street There can't be, another place like this in this country A small city, everywhere here's within short reach But if you gotta walk, it could end up being far That's why most of us by junior year have got ourselves a car That's why the parking lot at Melrose High gets you caught In traffic every day, move two feet forward and stop No it ain't like LA, nah it ain't like New York It's just my tiny hometown that I am putting on for! I'm in [Chorus] [Verse 4] Melrose Ma**achusetts, they all love me in my city At least they will after this, so I will take you all with me I'm repping us like Bed Stuy, y'all can start calling me Biggie Lifting off on the red-eye, see these other cities are pity's I said I'm ready for you others to come and get me I'm letting Boston and Melrose discuss it like a committee So hit me, it's tricky to claim these things Might think it's risky But Melrose Ma**achusetts is my motherf**ing city