[Bridge]
Look
Don't talk to me if you ain't talking 'bout what I wanna hear
It's hard to stay close to home when love don't live that close to here
See, where I'm from it ain't about who you know at all
If I don't come home just know I do live close enough

[Chorus]
I love my city, I hate my city
I love my city I swear I do
I love my momma, love my brother, love my father, I love grandma too
But I have to fly away I have to escape the complacent space of my room
I have to, I have to do what I need to do so
Yeah, woah woah woah, yeah yeah yeah, woah woah woah
I have to do what I need to do so
I have to do what I need to do so

[Verse]
Yeah, everyday I feel I lose a lifeline
Ay, I wonder how many do we have in this lifetime
Having pipe dreams with a broken pipeline
Man I swear ain't nothing fancy 'bout life
Man I might wish upon a star I'm asking God 'can I dance with mine tonight?'
Ay, bless my city I hope my people okay
1999 I remember the days
When we worry about a dolla, not dolla control us
Stuck inside a box, the Nintendo controller
Drinking every morning, yeah I swear it's every morning
I really feel I forgot how you look when you're sober
You notice these things when you live and grow older
Then move or just remove that chip from your shoulder, like

[Bridge]
Don't talk to me if you ain't talking 'bout what I wanna hear
It's hard to stay close to home when love don't live that close to here
See, where I'm from it ain't about who you know at all
If I don't come home just know I do live close enough


[Chorus]
I love my city, I hate my city
I love my city I swear I do
I love my momma, love my brother, love my father, I love grandma too
But I have to fly away I have to escape the complacent space of my room
I have to, I have to do what I need to do so
Yeah, woah woah woah, yeah yeah yeah, woah woah woah
I have to do what I need to do so