Ain't No Secret (Love My City)

It ain't no secret It ain't no secret, man I love my city I love it, I love it I love it, I love it It ain't no secret It ain't no secret, man I love my city I love it, I love it I love it, I love it This from the Carolina boy, born and raised in the South Granny cooking for the hunger, pouring tea for the drought Never making it out, without some food for your mouth And at the end of the route, eating never in doubt I'm talking love from the start, meeting love from the ending When the timing was hard, love ain't never depending Cause it was always gonna be there, never searching to find Very reason why the intro, always stuck in my mind But then I started the grind, left the city although Eight oh three in my heart, I was ready to go They say they never loved you, if they wanted it so That you always stayed the same, by refusing to grow It ain't no secret It ain't no secret, man I love my city I love it, I love it I love it, I love it And so I moved to the Queen, in two oh eleven Graduated high school, just to learn the cuisine Thought the love would be the food, but it was really the scene After filtering the fake, I was building my team I'm talking love from the Cedar, all the way to the View As the circle started shrinking, I was viewing the crew Hit the hookah next to NoDa, slowly blowing it through Then I'm headed Uptown, just to see what was new Got some stories for days, that'll truly amaze Reminiscing on the times, me and Rodney would blaze Me and Reggie hit the road, after many delays Tryna lay the track down, for the first mixtape Kicking back after class, serving up on two-k Blacking out at the View, for C-I double A When I'm walking through the city, feeling like everyday Eating out with my lady, at the diner at eight But then I had to move back, shortly after the fact Mama had the transplant, when the liver attack Moving down to the cap, I was filling the gap Transferring to the C, I was building my mad It ain't no secret It ain't no secret, man I love my city I love it, I love it I love it, I love it I feel like Drake in oh-nine, when he was so far gone Yelling Houstatlantavegas, by the end of the song I got love for the Met, got me up in my zone Confidence was slowly growing, as I poured the patron Then it kept going up, once the hangover gone From the river to Pavilion, Shell to the Exxon I was gone off the gas, spraying on the cologne Heading down to the points, feds waiting to spawn Playing G-T-A five, five o'clock in the night Could've squared up with niggas, what's the point of the fight So my hard fucking work, quickly losing the height And I'm back to square one, see the outcome was quite Fucking different, its a mission, avoid all the division Reminiscing over the times, I stopped the inhibition Add it up to the fact, that I'm constantly backed By my love from each verse, flowing over the track I got love for the Crossroads, I got love for Rembert I got love for the Den so, I'll never divert I got love for the Queen, even love in between I got love for Soda City, as I'm living my dreams It ain't no secret It ain't no secret, man I love my city I love it, I love it I love it, I love it Up in the city, I got love Got love, I got love Say I'm up in the city, I got love I got love, I got love Say got love for the city, my love My love, my love Flowing over the city, my love My love, got love, my love