Ayo, Tech, I got something to say, man

Tech, let me get at 'em real quick

St. Louis, stand up

St. Louis, city of all cities, yeah, I said it

My life, I'd bet it (no doubt), my wife, I'd met her (no doubt)

And you only doubt us because you don't know where we all headed (right)

To the top with a fate that's thoroughly threatened

And I ain't fly a plane into the building (nah), but the cameras are watching me

On top of the streetlights, yeah, that's Homeland Security

This is what I voted for, this is why I paid taxes

So you can treat me like an animal to find social classes

I should be able to eat legally, the madness has got to stop

I ain't never had a jump shop and I better stop selling rocks

We've all done this and that and such, some illegals

Now, I think, is that really the message you want to send to your people?

For future reference, you ain't nothing right

If you tell me my music's hot

Just meet you a man about yours, you don't mind giving props

And as long as I'm alive, then the city has a name (St. Louis)

I do this for hip-hop, divide the rest amongst you lame

Life is this, life is that (no doubt)

That life is bliss when the writing is that 'cause life is black

And we all know this, but we live in shades of gray

And try to get back tomorrow what we wasted today

(War of the masses, the outcome, disastrous)

(I never have dinner with the president)

(A smooth operator, op-op-op-operator), check

I need us to get serious, get a job, and we'll death stop flirting

Invest in 401k or spend retirement working

'Cause the GOP's still jerking (no doubt), so you better have a plan

'Cause when Schnooks runs out of food, it's back to the summer sand

I got a new woman in my life, and her name's Deanna Renee

And she gotta direct the neck between me, my Wiz, and me, my Dre

She shines with five points, and that's right in the exact understanding (no doubt)

Concise decision-making, super ego commanding (come on)

I'm white and flower blue, the sun loves the moon

And when I step in, if I step in, knowledge fills the room

The epitome of the stardom, artists fly with flies on my face

Get over, don't expect y'all, put you in your proper place

I know that he works (uh), and you work (uh), and I work harder (no doubt)

The rep the harder, the harder, but backpacker's smarter

So as long as it's black on black crime, there'll be Nato Caliph

Lifestyle, fly the X, A.K.A. plan B

Life is this, life is that (no doubt)

That life is bliss when the writing is that 'cause life is black

And we all know this, but we live in shades of gray

And try to get back tomorrow what we wasted today