uptown roamers

4. 3. uptown roamers

and south side riders

up up up uptown up up uptown up up uptown

(yea! we got a lot of star power in the building tonight. rock

mikey what up? trey what up? yea! here we go! forest creek what up

glenarden what up

cap heights what up

barry farms what up

lincoln heights what up

michigan what up

montana we ain't playin with em! aww!)

district has arrived us

time to shine

yea

i am the nail forever holdin em down

down in the slums to the burbs

where they migrate

who the one they talkin bout? that's what i thought

wale!

a long way from a grammy

i'm a get it

i promise the moment it's with me i'll leave it in the district

yea

and i'm just doin what i gotta do

flyer than the rest of em

i still got my nike boots

let me enlighten you

i am the brightest of the youth

the booth can't do it i provide to it

it's by youth with the mind of a g

i never cook coke

no sir that ain't me

but i'm so dc

and maryland

virginia

dem other bammas pussy like placenta

the center of the east coast my emblem reads

4-3. yea

remember that please

uptown roamers

and south side riders

up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town

it's dc

brought to you by me

the only thing higher than the crime rate is the fiends

semen get leaked to the women of the future

the ladies baby boomin before they high school juniors

yea

and these niggas don't be steppin up

baby mothers quittin school

nigga now it's up to her

believe ya'll

i ain't tryna stephen king ya'll

but most stay high with they eyes like the singapores

i'm singin poems for supporters of my songs

and all them out-of-towners

just to show you how we goin

the poor to the ballers

ardwick ardmore

the forest creek stars

even ya'll out in rockville

the home of marvin gaye

that's all i gotta say

iverson was cool

but i supported victor page

it's the dc thang

incase you ain't notice

landova

saratoga

and i'm uptown. uptown roamers

and south side riders

up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town

yes

it's wale

currently out in maryland

i should be in the carry-out

truthfully i am ever fresh

i'm everesant

nobody do it better

they all are pretenders

i am the 7th letter

yea

and that's my name

they ain't forgot it

the 9th letter's forgotten

you will never be acknowledged

i get it poppin like pacman

ask polo

ask g

he'll tell you that i'm into go-go

ask mikey

he'll tell you that the hoes like me

my prada lows

for the most part it's only nike

some spite me

but they try to be a lot alike me

you goin have to sell some more records

niggas

stop tryin'

uptown roamers

and south side riders

up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town

uptown roamers

and south side riders

up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town