Illtown Chronicles

Uh, Jerz From Illtown to your town This for the city, Oh yeah Let me talk my talk On the corner of Springdale and Brighton ave Waiting for that 34, see it coming and flying past Flag it down, pay the $2.25, head right to class Just to rush back, get home and hit the Triton fast And these my Illtown Chronicles The urban life made a man of me, made me logical Was gang infested and the presence was unstoppable Now these cops swarming and follow wherever I would go Harris Diner and Sandwiches where we chill and eat Hearing bout that Harp Middle A and B building beef And I ain't go to school in the town We out early, I gotta deal with Truancy now And with the bars, we were so so nice I was still always tryna get my Pro flow right Playing manhunt, we own those nights Watch for po-po lights Another day another almost fight And these my Illtown Chronicles, always ballin up at Soveral Park The Pop Warner competitions had the park buzzing And I ain't like ballin with other niggaz, I always brought cousins One of which caught beef everyday cause his height And back then I wasn't aiming to fight 'Til this nigga got fed up and looked me straight in the eye Saying please nigga ride for one day in your life That good ol' Doddtown I walk to Main street cop down I remember the Vault was the best place shop 'round Now it's a new spot now Before Bacardi Gold and a fifth a Henny We were sipping that Sco and MD 20/20 And after that it was Uncle Pauly I ain't tryna get into all the stories about when we were saucy And these my Illtown Chronicles, 2 am walks for a late session Get to Central Ave safe, work hard, and spend the day resting All in all it was a great blessing Performing at Bogies on a random night Just tryna build this brand of mine They turned Upsala to Campus High The best egg and cheese spot was on Springdale and Lincoln, I can't deny Peace to Naughty, Queen La, and Chino XL Dionne Warwick, Naturi Naughton and Lauryn Hill To the city, y'all still relevant To all 65,000 residents It was Newark Mountains after the settlement But Beast Orange is a better fit Every weekend, every summer, we would see the fam The balance of Roselle and EO made me that decent man Illtown was the family and church life Made my first demo, this the city I'd first write Every single verse, was always spitting my written fast Shout out to Springdale, Burchard, and Whitman Ave And when I pass, every memory is coming with me On everything brah I love this city And we goin get that street named after my grandfather, cause we bout that And we buying my grandparents house back My Illtown chronicles