So New Orleans! (feat. Dr. Brice Miller)

I'm so New Orleans, we like syncopated beats with uptown grooves.

When you hear that big bass drum, you can't help but move.

 

I'm so New Orleans, from the west bank to the east.

No matter where you live, drop that beat, we buck jump in the street.

I'm so New Orleans, being petty is how we roll.

Yeah, our Saints got robbed, so we had us a Boycott Bowl.

 

I'm so New Orleans, I be pretty as Wild Tchoupitoulas on Mardi Gras day.

And when you hear this Uptown funk, you know we coming to slay.

I'm so New Orleans, I remember living in the 9th Ward meant you was poor.

Nah, but now, that's where all the new hippies wanna go.

 

I'm so New Orleans, Buddy Bolden's blues and the birthplace of jazz.

Our music be so funky, make you shake your thingand shake it fast.

I'm so New Orleans, I remember when crawfish was $1.27 a pound.

Shopping at Circle Food Store and St. Rock Market is how our folk used to get down.

I'm so New Orleans, we brass so hard, tickle all the teeth in your mouth.

Band, give'm a lil taste so they know just what I'm talking 'bout!

I'm so New Orleans, I know everything that makes my city special is Black.

You can change whatcha want, but HA!, nah, you can't change that!

I'm so New Orleans, I remember when rent was five hundred bucks.

But in this new New Orleans, yeah, twenty-five hundred, if you got good luck.

I'm so New Orleans, it makes me proud that Louis Armstrong was a Zulu King.

That let me know from an early age, I could do just about anything!

I'm so New Orleans, man this music here, it changed my life.

I love my city, love my culture . . . Mr. Hamp and them Purple Knights!

 

I'm so New Orleans, you know we used to have parades out in the East.

Ice skating at the Plaza, Sunday Skate Country, the Zephyr at Pontchartrain Beach.

I'm so New Orleans, I really miss those lemon Hubig pies.

Yeah, come smoke my peace pipe, it'll put tears in your eyes.

I'm so New Orleans, I 'member back when the Honorable Dutch Morial was our mayor.

Our city done seen some hard times, but we blessed with love and prayers.

 

I'm so New Orleans, but Charity Hospital ain't where I was born.

Yeah, Big Daddy's grown, 6'2 Chocolate, let me blow some of this horn!

I'm so New Orleans, what you know about Fortier marching through the schoolhouse doors?

Or the skating rink in the 9th Ward, the one with those hardwood floors?

I'm so New Orleans, from Jazz Fest to second-line parades.

Yeah, strike up the band, 'cause we'll find a reason to party every day.

I'm so New Orleans, 12 inches, extra butter. Ohhh, you nasty!

I'm talking about a shrimp po-boy, girl, get your mind out the gutter.

Now you got me all worked up for nothing!

I'm so New Orleans, red beans on Mondays and daiquiris to go.

This here be them African grooves, yeah, stomp ya feet on the floor.

I'm so New Orleans, we celebrate life, out here in these streets.

Do whatcha wanna, roll with it baby, shake that thing for me.

 

I'm so New Orleans, I like to make it do just what it do.

And I'm swinging with the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, baby, bringing the party you!!!