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Fifty Houston

Verse

There's fifty ways to lose this city, fifty ways to run it

Fifty-fifty splits, but somehow I'm the one who funds it

They used to call me, "Chief," now they call me "Defendant"

They used to say they love me, now they want me off the planets

A lot of Houston people been texting me lately

Asking why I'm moving different, why I'm acting shady

'Cause when they needed a handout, I was ready with the paper

They wanted me to make 'em rappers, I was not the one to save 'em

That's a different kind of savior

They claim they want to see me shine, but they be praying for the taper

I'm in the H again, I'll rent the Toyota Center

Just to pace the floor, just to show 'em how much space I'm in it

They want the old Drake, they want November '09

They want that So Far Gone, I'm like, "Why can't we move in time?"

It's sad 'cause I feel like Houston never appreciated

The type of impact I had here, the way that I activated

The culture, I brought OVO Fest to the Bayou

Then turned the Bayou to the Southern branch, it should remind you

I brought the heat even in the winter

Then the winter came and froze the city and they blamed the sender

The power went out, they blamed me for the power outage

They say I'm insulated from the cold, this is the worst result

Like, "What's the difference between a tribute and a robbery?"

And I've been trying to figure that out like a robbery

For a minute now, like, "What else can I do?"

'Cause the line's been crossing into something that I can't condone

When I dropped Houston Appreciation Week, they tried to tell me

Keep the city on the map, but they just tried to tell me

They want me to pay for everything, split the percentage fifty-fifty

But they forgot the part where I'm the one they try suing

And they forgot the part where I'm the one who kept the lights on

Yeah, the lights on

Outro

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Fifty Houston

OVO

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