cleveland state of mind

Lyrics

, let me take it back to cleveland, where i love the peeps, yeah, grind all night, sleep once in a leap year, never had a beach chair, city of the hard knocks, let one of us make it out the city, bet we all rock, coming out the east side, where they do not play much, clouds always loomin, we don't see the suns rays much, still i got the paper, gotta make sure the lights on, its the mistake on the lake to you, but this is my home, tatted it on my arm, bet i represent that, homie i'm from cleveland, i will tell the president that, hardest year, we been there. made some of the greats here, midwests best, this is mgks year, shouts out to st. claire, uptown, yes yall, heading to the flats, get it poppin off with steph floss, o state monster, this the home of king james, we are not the empire, but this is where the kings play, in cleveland, though we rep our city, who likes separating the grime from the gritty, where's slick fitty? well cause trouble in any city that we live in, when you're from cleveland, survivals a must on these streets, we hustle and don't sleep, out here in cleveland, cleveland, cleveland, oh, oh, ok, ok, now here we go, welcome to the cleveland show, but this ain't no cartoon, reality is all we know, youre tuning into bravo, yeah you hear me everywhere, but theres only one of me, let me make that very clear, yeah i'm from that terminal, you can see the lake from here, faith in my teams, we keep gettin closer every year, but we got the king though, so hopefully we overcome, yes i have a dream, and i no i ain't the only one, art modell tried to steal my heart, but we brought it back, thanks to cleveland clinic, now they call them kids the cardiac, rock hall, science center, tower city, all of that, warehouse district, euclid corridor, and all the flats, you know that i'm a tribes fan, and i love slymans, crocker parks a perfect place for me to spend some time in, baby this is cleveland, it is so much more to us, you can even go to severance hall to see an orchestra, in cleveland, though we rep our city, who likes separating the grime from the gritty, where's slick fitty? well cause trouble in any city that we live in, when you're from cleveland, survivals a must on these streets, we hustle and don't sleep, out here in cleveland, cleveland, cleveland, long nights, cold winters, it ain't nothin pretty, so much hate up in this itty-bitty city, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, put your hands up in the air, everybody say yeah! yeah! yeahhh!, in cleveland, though we rep our city, who likes separating the grime from the gritty, where's slick fitty? well cause trouble in any city that we live in, when you're from cleveland, survivals a must on these streets, we hustle and don't sleep, out here in cleveland, cleveland, cleveland