Steve Metz - Sweet Home Chicago lyrics

Pre-Chorus Sky lights, street lights People, take me away Dark nights, dream-like I wanna go to Chicago Chorus Sweet Home Chicago (oooh oooh) Sweet Home Chicago (oooh oooh) Sweet Home Chicago (oooh oooh) Sweet Home, Sweet Home Verse 1 (Matty Rico): I'm from that city of murder, you ever heard of it Where mo'f**as are serving bricks Or they idle like furnishing A fire couldn't burn this sh**, attire is all black Aspire for all that we lack, caps go forward or you're wacked Get one to the back, wondering back when I was a shorty My uncle spilling his 40, I thought that this life was for me Society's favorite story, they painting the only pictured they showed 'em You give him d**h and he know it, he sees that gun as heroic She sees that money she's blowing, she's open wide And she's clothes off; you think it's a closed book Just know that we partook, didn't notice the hard times The part we decided to feed our family with small crimes, we're all trying To get by, get going, or move over it Founding father Orfanage, trying to become more than a stat A number, societal sad fact When you breathe in our city, inhale all that Chorus Verse 2 (Constant L. Burts): C H I C A G O You see the po po, they on patrol When I think about the wind And them guns, they all like to blow No it's not a compliment, I actually think its foolishness It's like a damn trend and the kids think it's cool as sh** But this ain't all bad, in the Chi we have our good times Thick, pretty girls walking around showing they back sides Chi City, I love it here, and I'm proud to be here Feeling stressed out, corner store, grab a loose square There's a lot of things to do, so go ahead and have your fun But when you walk outside that door you need your bible and your gun I've seen Christians put their Bible down for a gun n***as running like up, run Forrest, n***a run North side to the east side, east side to the west side But I rep that south side, but my a** gotta bless all sides Shout out to my city, boy I love the Chi So I raise my right hand, it's that Chi City pride Chorus Verse 3(Jupiter Jim of The Pro Letarians): Never forget your home, never forget your home Cause we be putting on for all the people that put us on Yea I love the city, put it in all the songs And if you feel the same, feel free to sing along Tell my town they got us, magazines that spot us That say you did it for the city, made it and forgot us We gotta make this better, the streets should come together Cause all the d**h rates shouldn't rise with the weather We was one in the same, break away the chains Cause when the kids died, we all was feeling their pain And this for everybody trying to make it out the corner If they break us down, we gon' build it back stronger One time for the city Chorus Verse 4 (Benny Nice): Given to Emmanuel, murder rate raised annual Wicker Park hipsters, flicking Bics on fixed gears I wasn't born here, but I was formed here Elevated trains, man we celebrating change When I was just a boy, we toyed with the idea Of leaving our Eden, deployed by our fears I've traveled across the sea to dramatically different scenes But the Chi lives in me, the Chi is what I need man I knew the meaning when they tore down Cabrini Many poor lives depleted, not to be heard or seen From this community of souls, the poor to powerful Are powering their dreams with steam and charcoal I'm relishing ever minute, I'm here until the finish My faith has been replenished and influenced every sentence Sinful and elegant, simple, intelligent My kinfolk are hella bent, on Midwest development, uh huh Chorus