D.R.I.L.Y. Lyrics by Raheem DeVaughn & Bee Boy$oul (feat. Radio B & Fan Ran)
This is more than just media information
More than a city in a nation
More like a nation within a city
This is hip-hop, I brought my city with me
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup (Yo), yup (Uh)
Richmond, here’s my love letter, you know how much I love letters
That’s why I put your name on them sweaters
I wanted them to rep you how I rep you
‘Cause how can they neglect you? Any out-of-towners better respect you
Don’t talk about my city ’cause you ain’t walk the strippy
On Main Street before Gaston made it all slippery
That flood changed everything, look at how we bounced back
Caution at an all-time high, we brought the sound back
The art back, the heart back, the history, the hardbacks
Now bein’ rewritten startin’ with them monuments
They used to have us down bottom, down bottom
But nowadays the views don’t look so downtrodden
Full of youth and exuberance, workin’ on some unison
Still a lot of issues, too many hot pistols
Too many shitty cops and pissy politics
But still a lot of love with the people though, how could we not acknowledge it?
This is more than just media information
More than a city in a nation
More like a nation within a city
This is hip-hop, I brought my city with me
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup, yup (Look)
Live from hell block to the cell block
Bars on bars, I could do a real shot
You talkin’ to the god while the side walk
I ain’t ask for it, that’s God fault
You know the pedigree, F-F-E
Too white off a ki’ at the ODC, please
How you want it, the Addy or the molly?
We do it all, say amore to the brollies
We’ll be quick to pull a homi’
White hoes at the bar, rewind kindly
I’m sorry if I sound over-confident
But the liquor in my liver so prominent
And the smell of my L so dominant
I need a house and a statue on Monument
I’m sorry if I sound over-confident
I need a house and a statue on Monument
This is more than just media information
More than a city in a nation
More like a nation within a city
This is hip-hop, I brought my city with me
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup, yup
This is more than just media information
More than a city in a nation
More like a nation within a city
This is hip-hop, I brought my city with me
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup
Dear Richmond, I love you
Yup, yup