[Hook] What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this? What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this?
[Verse 2] They say, "You from Ann Arbor, right? "Oh, you had it good!" Don't get me wrong, these ain't your worse-than-average hoods But there's people struggling here My family included Don't let the campus fool you It's a whole different planet for students Blacks we outnumbered Only a handful of us But poverty's real for most of these fams growing up Poverty varies I'm sure it's worse in other places What makes it bad is They dangle work in front of our faces Like there's opportunities with the U and Google here But it's a glass ceiling Like snow globes for souvenirs Go in the south side You really see the patterns of races; Ypsilanti might as well be an African nation Second class citizens Second class living conditions Second class schools Are for second-class kids to just skip in Back in the Deuce Some of the best public schools But so many of my homies still chose the hustler root Why? And got the nerve to wanna beef and act foolishly Knowing our separation Is only about 2 degrees Something ain't right Something ain't adding up We gotta stick together cause We got it bad enough
[Hook] What part of Ypsi is that? What part of Ypsilanti is that? What part of Ypsi is that? What part of Ypsilanti is that?
[Verse 3] Broken glass Shitty pampers Dirty needles Nobody passes All fear We see the evil Public education Who the fuck gon' make it Ain't nothing change It's the same situation Generation drug dealers Tell me where that leave us? Is it just me cause everybody smoking reefer? We take pride when we say we from the south side But that's small thinking I'm trying to reach worldwide Different standards But everybody's got the answer Making that Michigan's white chocolate is dancer ??? The spot got hot from breaking bullets down to rock Crooked cops taking money from your socks
[Verse 4] Home sweet home Where it's impossible to beat the game Niggas sold they soul And told 'em, "Keep the change." Are we to blame? Cause around here It's, "Fuck them niggas!" Like Bush when Katrina came Prime made the south make when they keep the thing Wealth made the niggas grind in the freezing rain That's the west side Trust me, the east the same Stonybrook boys heavy like keys o' cane Believe it, man, this is hell, y'all It ain't college dreamland, like they tell ya' South side, Y-town, where the shells fall Niggas keep answering when the jails call But I rep my city, what I'mma switch fo'? I mean, Detroit listens, but it's the crib, though It's all fucked up, as far as the shit go But if you ain't living for change Then what's to live for?
[Hook] What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this? What part of Ann Arbor is this? What part of Ace Deuce is this? What part of Ypsi is that? What part of Ypsi is that? You know the ones That have been ignored
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A devastating critique of the false progressivism of “liberal” towns. A sort of modern-day update of Phil Ochs' classic “Love Me, I’m a Liberal”
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