Artist: Politic Live f/ Oozeela Album: Ellipsis Song: Birth of a City (Elympia) Typed by: polilive@gmail.com [Bigga Nolte] This is my city and I been through it all Shoot outs, fist fights, rough nights, the brawls The club lights, kicking down a bathroom stall See a fake nigga slam his head gainst the wall Back then, I used to play ball with my friends Now we all bag balls, just to make ends It come hard, but they like when it stay soft On blow off, when the Oilers hit the playoffs That's how it is, hard core and grimy City of champions that's where you find me The place where the boys be pullin' them stunts And if you hit the club nights it be smellin' like blunts And if you livin' life right, you be getting' it rich The place where the hoes looking for pimps Yes they all come quickly, yes they all roll with me Cause I'm just too Gritie, yes I built this city [Dirt Gritie] I could recall when these parks never had fences And you could leave your car running in the winter But it was much colder then Seasons change, people age and the city expands Trades attract young men As the oil boom got us profiting Though we might win some seems we lost it man That good old community feeling Litter in the streets ain't quite as appealing And I wonder what's my part in this is Bodies being found in apartments (damn) That's my neighbour I don't talk to them But I always knew they would be a problem While the world gotta ask where's God been Artist such as myself struggle hard for spins When the air waves cluttered with American trends [Chorus 1X - Dirt Gritie & Oozeela] What up world can't you see, this ain't a melting pot it seems to be A nice pool of diversity, ayo we built this city I said we built this city, you know we built this city I said we built this city, ayo we built this city [Dirt Gritie] From China Town to Little Italy Enoch and the Somalians on 107 street, we cleverly Celebrate heritage in festival city Elympia, aka E-Titty Supple mother earth with the milk in her titties Been with her since my birth man I love this city On heritage days the food is displayed Scope the scene with my team and watch the booty displayed [Arlo Maverick] Sorry if my words dismantle, what's been put on a mantle For every river valley, there's a fiend in the alley And if Akeem still travels, his journey surely unravels The membership between desolate and what we embattle Should of read the preamble, but you chose to gamble Now you scramble and pan handle picking pennies off the gravel Disparity is poetry, but rarely do we notice these Voids in society stemming from improprieties [Chorus 1X - Dirt Gritie & Oozeela] What up world can't you see, this ain't a melting pot it seems to be A nice pool of diversity, ayo we built this city I said we built this city, you know we built this city I said we built this city, ayo we built this city [Arlo Maverick] Good morning, Elympia, proud to meet you Since these politicians won't, I'm a speak for you How we re-elect a man who in a housing crisis Sat back and wouldn't intervene on prices Truth is, they own the properties we rent So them dollars right there don't make sense Then when we see crimes spread like cancer They employ more police like as if that's the answer Children lose innocence living on the streets Showing up to school with no food eat At recess instead of playing sports with their peers They rummage through backpacks, hoping to find snacks Now I love my city like BIG loved the Stuy It's a shame that her birth only came when she died I said I love my city like BIG loved the Stuy It's a shame that her birth only came when she died [Chorus 1X - Dirt Gritie & Oozeela] What up world can't you see, this ain't a melting pot it seems to be A nice pool of diversity, ayo we built this city I said we built this city, you know we built this city I said we built this city, ayo we built this city