Oh, Toledo

The streets and buildings built by the hands of my father and some of the women carpenters I'm proud to say he taught them Lino traveling all stars I'm talking softball at Pargo's Softball at Scott park Oh Toledo Toledo olde Towne community organization or TOTCO for short Where a man named Lino and several women carpenters built homes in the old west end of course Oh Toledo The birthplace to art Tatum himself Never forget where I come from Boys and girls club Homer Hanham Sett Self expression teen theatre Where I spent my days at the Frederick Douglas center learning about The mighty Marcus Garvey to our ancestors I paid homage led by brother Mohammed I did a 360 -about face Oh Toledo The glass City Well, let me correct myself The glass capital of the world Some of the best nurses were born and raised here Surrounded by swamp land and mud hens Downtown renaissance Living the good lyfe Living life without whys Must be nice Midwest kids planting flowers all over the glass city and now he's worldwide With the matching adidas I wear this linen with pride EJM1 Oh I thought it was EJMI, that's personal between him and I Oh Toledo Jazz in the park Jazz in my heart Botanical gardens where me and my daddy took that one walk He said she said I do Where my husband and I jumped the broom Oh Toledo I can't wait for the day that LadyVice signs a bun @ tony packo's And maybe just maybe for that day they'll serve tacos Oh Toledo When I - yes me Was a student at Martin Luther King Jr elementary school On Lawrence not Forest An elementary not an academy Where pic gave me my first opportunity to become a working young woman Oh Toledo Toledo where it all started