Aye I rode down H St like a week ago it was some apartment buildings right there
I rode back pass like it was some condos from like the low 500 thousands
I was like where's Ms. Bowser
Keep DC Alive still in me
But it's all white washed like Fenty
And you know they runnin' the city out
So we just run through the city now
Bikelife, tryn EAT but I'm Hippie down
I mean everything in my city gone
Go-go's no more, what the f*ck we on
Getting killed for a hood we dont f*ckin own (Whoa!)
We know Trayvon, but what about Rayon and Tayon
Playgrounds played on more about power than hopscotch and crayons
Team Jordan played on couldn't get a playoff
I pray off my debt
Internet a death wish I stay off of that
The Master ain't P we can say uhnnn to that
The faster we see we ain't runnin' jack
But challenged for lots
And you know we ain't got a spot to piss
Let alone a motherf*ckin' mound to pitch
So the things that we praise don't amount to shit
And you know we ain't got a spot to piss
See Bozzuto and you know it's bout to switch
So the money that we save don't amount to shit
Things that we say ain't about that shit
Handcuffs get clicked and they down to snitch
They was all gang gang, they was posting pics
Cameras turned like tables and they turned you in
Omerta was the code and you heard your men
Omerta was the code and you heard your men
Things sure change in the city
Gentrification was more than a fluffer
Now we ain't gettin' paid in the city
Rentin' a room is a bad mother, bad mother
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city now
How they want me shop in dispensaries
When the homie still locked on D St
1901 is the setting, but it's 2019 gotta feel me
See em joggin' with dogs in Trinidad
Starbucks, Petco in the hood we ain't feelin' that
Strange fruit still on the trees, niggas still gettin' killed in DC by police
And the mayor keep askin what we need
For you to leave
Maybe leave Tony Lewis the keys and we could breathe with ease
Let me make it clear Visine, you don't see what we see get the red out
Ballou probably had to cheat cause in the budget y'all cut the bread out
Let's air it out
Y'all cut us clear out when we mentioned them babies that missing
Hope your head down like a puppy that's bouta get his ass whoopin' for shittin'
Keep clenching your lips and that posing conveniently
This ain't no diss, tell your people to DM me
Speaking with passion, my shots coming vehemently
Dropping them diamonds, my lines like the DMV
Things sure change in the city
Gentrification was more than a fluffer
Now we ain't gettin' paid in the city
Rentin' a room is a bad mother, bad mother
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city now
Things sure change in the city
Gentrification was more than a fluffer
Now we ain't gettin' paid in the city
Rentin' a room is a bad mother, bad mother
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city now
Things sure change in the city
Now we ain't gettin' paid in the city
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city
Lord know they changin' the city
We could be the change in the city now