EWNESW

By Danny Brown

On XXX

Released on August 15, 2011

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[Verse 1]

I was born one day before Saint Pat

I guess a nigga miss luck just like that

Henry Ford, not even one mile from Motown

Explains all the soul that you hear in my sound

A ten minute ride to Linwood, I begun

My mama first son, look what I just become

A weedhead with words more potent than what I'm smoking

And this ain't no reggie, caught the plane ride from Oakland

I used to play with pistols in crackhouses

Skippin' school just to fuck bitches on dirty couches, abandoned houses

Find one with the lights on it

Landlord came, pulled the hook, now it's locks on it

Money? I'm plotting on it, I put the block on it

I'm gon' get it, four deep, no shocks on it

We sit low, rep the D 'cause it's all I know

And my name ring bells in any hood you go


[Chorus]

You're from the East Side? (East Side, East Side)

You're from the West Side? (West Side, West Side)

You're from the North End? (North End, North End)

Are you from South West? (South West, South West)

You're from the East Side? (East Side, East Side)

You're from the West Side? (West Side, West Side)

You're from the North End? (North End, North End)

You're from the South West? (South West, South West)


[Verse 2]

Around first grade, we move to the East Side

Was like throwing rocks at a beehive

A lot of niggas gone over something unimportant

That it ain't worth mentioning because it's unfortunate

Like stick a fork in it, where's the enforcement?

Walkin' off of Gratiot just to sit on niggas' porches

Passin' 'round forties, brown paper bags

Rolling up a Swisher while this rat freak a Black

It ain't about nothing, but let me hold something

Ate a Lunchable for dinner, nigga, I ain't fronting

Caught the bus to Eastland just to walk around it

Ain't buy nothing, nigga, just walked around it

Looked at some hoes, I ain't even holler

'Cause I'm broke as fuck and they is all about a dollar

I'm livin' in the city where the weak get swallowed

Belly of the beast, we don't care about tomorrow

I'm livin' in the city where the weak get swallowed

Belly of the beast, we don't care about tomorrow


[Chorus]

So, dog, you're from the East Side? (East Side, East Side)

You're from the West Side? (West Side, West Side)

You're from the North End? (North End, North End)

Are you from South West? (South West, South West)

You're from the East Side? (East Side, East Side)

You're from the West Side? (West Side, West Side)

You're from the North End? (North End, North End)

Are you from South West? (South West, South West)