Ode to the City Video (MV)

Numb to this shit
Southside
Just a little ode to my home city
Though I doubt anybody there remember me
Besides my family
I hate the looks on people's faces when I tell them what city I'm from
They look at me like I'm an escapee or something

I remember waking up running to the window
Used to love looking outside to the fresh snow
Grits on the stove bout to go but the windows froze
Gotta heat up the car gotta wait some more
While I'm sitting on my hands cause my hands so cold
Wearing extra socks just so I can feel my toes
But I swear I love my city and I always will
Even though I'm not there just know the love is real
Gotta keep on moving forward never standing still
From Atlanta to Daytona got my mind on them bills
Gotta build my mind gotta sharpen my skills
So when I go back they're glad to have me
City so happy cause it's glad it made me
Eastside born it was the south that raised me
Even though them days they thought yo boy was crazy
Used to love the library in those books I would bury
I Remember
I loved the month of December
Windy city looking good looking pure in the winter
Guess wearing all white will make a saint out a sinner
City no longer red like it was in November

It was cold (Aye)
I remember it was cold (Aye)
I remember there was snow (Yeah)
I remember there was snow
In cold streets Chicago

Man my city get a bad rep
People treat it like I left death's doorstep
Like it's something I should hide away and forget
Every time they talk about it I get upset
See all my city people got grit
That's what happen when you gotta deal with the shit
Rising spreading flower petals up in the ditch
So that more can grow and rise up out of the shit
Beauty in your midst often overlooked and missed
But you gone see this tear in my eye
Remember days gone by
Grandma said time would fly
Didnt believe her back then but Grandma never told a lie

It was cold (Aye)
I remember it was cold (Aye)
I remember there was snow (Aye)
I remember there was snow
In cold streets Chicago
It was cold (Aye)
I remember it was cold (Aye)
I remember there was snow (yeah)
I remember there was snow
In cold streets Chicago

It's something bout that fresh snow
Looking at it used to make me feel hopeful
Like the next day bringing something new
Brand new day for me and you
Something to look forward to
Besides the deaths in the news
Some kid shot for his new shoes
Got them windy city blues
Even when the city white
We see red at night
Looking like bulls and nigga its on sight
Gunshots in the moonlight
Wake up another lost life
Closed eyes they lost light
Just another cold night
Cold night
A cold night
Another cold night
Cold night
Another cold night
Cold night
Another cold night
Cold night
Another cold night

It was cold
I remember it was cold
I remember there was snow
I remember there was snow
In cold streets Chicago
It was cold (Aye)
I remember it was cold (Aye)
I remember there was snow (Aye)
I remember there was snow
In cold streets Chicago

I miss my city you aint gotta ask me where im from cause you heard it
You already know off 76th street
Love you Grandma
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