Southside Salvation

Intro

Uh

The Chi

I survived

We alive

Chorus

This the anthem for the blocks that we bled on

Every fallen soldier that we had to keep our head on

Yeah it's Chicago

I made it out the jungle

Yeah it's Chicago

The concrete grew the struggle

From the Stateway Garden gates to the top floor

Finally closed that heavy prison yard iron door

It's Chicago

My city is the greatest

It's Chicago

Even though they hate us

Verse 1

Thirty-fifth street had a grip on my soul

Selling rocks until my blood turned ice cold

Gang banging was a job

Witnessed shooters mob

Buried friends under dirt while the preachers would weep

Counting nights that the devil would keep

Barely got out of my cell with my mind straight

I refuse to succumb to a state fate

Now the whole world watches as the Southside rises

Chorus

This the anthem for the blocks that we bled on

Every fallen soldier that we had to keep our head on

Yeah it's Chicago

I made it out the jungle

Yeah it's Chicago

The concrete grew the struggle

From the Stateway Garden gates to the top floor

Finally closed that heavy prison yard iron door

It's Chicago

My city is the greatest

It's Chicago

Even though they hate us

Verse 2

I came

I fought

I won

Left the penitentiary before I turned thirty-one

Too many murders stained the view

Black and white suits for the whole crew

Missing brothers in the graveyard rows

Still we wearing designer from the head to the toes

Call to action for the kids in the halls

Pick up the torch and break down the walls

Never forget the grit of the red and the white

Chorus

This the anthem for the blocks that we bled on

Every fallen soldier that we had to keep our head on

Yeah it's Chicago

I made it out the jungle

Yeah it's Chicago

The concrete grew the struggle

From the Stateway Garden gates to the top floor

Finally closed that heavy prison yard iron door

It's Chicago

My city is the greatest

It's Chicago

Even though they hate us

Bridge

Stateway lived through me

The garden bloomed in me

The struggle grew in me

Now they can't handle me

No more funerals

No more lockups

No more sirens

Only royalty

Chorus

This the anthem for the blocks that we bled on

Every fallen soldier that we had to keep our head on

Yeah it's Chicago

I made it out the jungle

Yeah it's Chicago

The concrete grew the struggle

From the Stateway Garden gates to the top floor

Finally closed that heavy prison yard iron door

It's Chicago

My city is the greatest

It's Chicago

Even though they hate us

Post-Chorus

Stateway we on

Gardens we on

Chi-town we on

Yeah we still on