[Chorus: Esham]
N***as on the east side
N***as on the west side
N***as on 7 Mile
N***as on 8 Mile

[Verse 1: Esham]
N***as in my hood still actin' jelly
Since they saw the 850 ice skate Pirellis
You might see me solo talkin' on the telly
[?] like [?]
Back in '84 I was settin' up shop
I made all my money from the fiends on the block
I never ever thought that me hustle would stop
'Til one rock house raid and one dead cop
Affiliation and drug relations, East Side Hoes And Money
[?] drug seller
Detroit street rider, easy [?]
Blaze up, raze up, where all the n***as at?

[Chorus: Esham]
N***as on 6 Mile
N***as on Linwood
N***as on Chalmers
N***as on Dexter
N***as on Woodward
N***as on Jefferson
N***as on Puritan
N***as on Greenfield
N***as on Fenkell
N***as on Livernois
N***as on Schoolcraft
N***as on Joy
N***as on Van Dyke
N***as on Dickerson
N***as on 7 Mile
N***as on Dexter
[Verse 2: [?]]
Fuck a crack house, n***a, I'm sellin' out my car
Face only on TV 'cause I broke the law
You see, bitches on my block still smokin' stone
Pocket full of money [and the cell of your phone?]
People be callin' me an alcoholic
Just because I be throwin' up in the toilet
Fuck a AA meetin', [fuck it ain't they meetin'?]
Nineteen years old and hair recedin'
[?]
Always get my dick sucked when I was nine years old
Murder intended, license suspended
Every rule I got best believe I bid it
Makin' more money than you and never graduated
Pocket full of cash drivin' while intoxicated, with my

[Chorus: Esham]
N***as on the north side
N***as on the south side
N***as in Highland Park
N***as in Inkster
N***as in Ypsi
N***as in Oak Park
N***as on Gratiot
N***as on Shaner
N***as on Schaefer
N***as on Meyers
N***as on 7 Mile
(Tip n***a, sell dope) N***as on
[Outro: [?]]
You know what I'm sayin'?
N***as on
There more crazy n***as down from them projects too, man
All my n***as from Detroit