In 2012, they held a competition

I ain′t win, but The Specktators got their wishes

Dropped that EL Girls and stopped paying tuition

Told my mom some Lansing kids might really make a difference

They Jumpoff, like Charge It to the Game now

See them Neon Lights in their Campaign, so I got on my grind, yeah

Ooh-oh, the old city rockin' with me, sold out my headliner

Went foreign, I met Chance, we took a chance at this rhyming

Freestyle right off top, the days off top ramen

Now when I be feelin′ down I text Chance about my problems, yeah

And I don't mean to stunt

But one hell of a ride I been on since I jump

And like Packy's girlfriend, see them backs from the front

Now when I step on stage, ain′t no backs to the front

All them eyes on me, hope you catch what you been missing

And if life is a bitch, only date a long distance

But this life full of risks, and this b***h is kind of different

Had to put up with the s**t ′til I could find me other bitches

And this that s**t from my city, from my city, alright

This that s**t from my city, from my city, oh

This that shit, I been on a ride, go something like this, yeah

This that shit, I been on a ride, go something like this

My city, my city, my city, my city, my city, alright

Gos like this, my city, my city, my city bae

Still not used to this, I'm learning

I know you don′t like it that you can't see behind the curtain

I know that other artists tell you every time they work

And say my feelings for the music, I don′t talk unless I'm certain

I just ain′t built like that, talk is cheap and it's still like that

My heartbeat on these beats better than them though

I just feel like that

Yeah we both claim it real but they ain't real like that

People reading in reverse, they back to frontin′

Bullshit freestlyin′ a verse, then it's back to stuntin′, what talent?

They got a gift, but they ain't wrapping nothing

If I got it, I really got it, I′m bad at bluffin'

This s**t been driving me crazy, y′all on that bandwagon

Fake is the new real

Might make that the name of the album, no tellin'

Get it in the city that we dwell in

Everybody with me, 517, and bet that s**t is sellin'

People actin′ like they stayed down

They want that hero s**t but this ain′t Cape Town

Nobody safe now

Came a long way from dropping, getting no love

Been around the country where we poppin' and they know us

Looking back to see how far it′s come and it's far from done

Still the best one with the bars and that′s barrin' none

Shout the fans, made the Sixteens really dope

′17 is 'bout to be crazy up in my city though

This that s**t from my city, from my city, oh

This that s**t from my city, from my city, oh

This that s**t from my city, from my city, oh

This that s**t from my city, from my city, oh