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Such a pleasure to come home'cause |
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I...I have a very special love for this city |
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Well all right, well okay [x3] |
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Well all right [x3] |
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I wanted to make a song about where |
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I'm fromYou know? |
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Big up my home town, my territory, my state |
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But, I couldn't figure out much to brag about |
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Prince lives here, we got 10,000 lakes |
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But wait, the women are beautiful, to me they are |
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And we're not infested with pretentious movie stars |
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And it hit me, |
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Minnesota is dope |
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If only simply for not what we have but what we don't |
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It's all fair, it ain't out there, it's in there |
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It's in the mirror, behind the breast under the hair |
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Follow the dream doesn't mean leave the love |
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Roam if you must, but come home when you've seen enough |
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I love New |
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York and Cali, but |
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I ain't movin' |
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Too overpopulated saturated with humans |
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And I'm not big on rappers, actors, or models |
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If I had to dip, |
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I'd probably skip to |
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ChicagoNone of this is to diss no one, nowhere |
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Like damn, |
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I'm from Minnesota, land of the cold air |
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Too many mosquitoes and our fair share of egos |
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But like my man |
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Sabe says, that's where my mommy stays[Chorus:] |
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So if the people laugh and giggle when you tell em where you live |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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And if you know this is where you wanna raise your kids |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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If you're from the |
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Midwest and it doesn't matter where |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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If you can drink tap water and breathe the air |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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Got trees and vegetation in the city |
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I stayThe rent's in the mail and |
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I can always find a parking space |
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The women outnumber the men two to one |
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Got parks and zoos and things to do with my son |
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The nightlife ain't all that, but that's okay |
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I don't need to be distracted by the devil every day |
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And the jobs ain't really too hard to find |
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In fact, you could have mine if you knew how to rhyme |
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This is for everyone around the planet |
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That wishes they were from somewhere other than where they standin' |
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Don't take it for granted, instead take a look around |
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Quit complaining and build something on that ground |
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Plant something on that ground, dance and sleep on that ground |
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Get on your hands and knees and watch the ants walk around |
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That ground |
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Make a family, make magic, make a mess |
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Take the stress, feel your motivation and build your nest |
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It sucks that you think where |
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I'm from is wack |
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But as long as that's enough to keep your ass from coming back |
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And with a smile and a hint of sarcasm, he said"I beg your pardon but this is my secret garden" |
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All right(In the land of ice and snow) |
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Well okay(In the land of ice and snow) |
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Well all right(In the land of ice and snow) |
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Well okay(Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minneapolis)[Repeat Chorus] |
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If the playground is clear of stems and syringes |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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If there's only one store in your town that sells 12-inches |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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If no one in your crew walks around with a gun |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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And if you ain't gonna leave cause this is where you're from |
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Say shhh, say shhh |
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Well alright, well okay [repeated in background] |
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St. Cloud, |
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MinnesotaMankato, |
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MinnesotaDuluth, |
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Minnesnowta |
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Kansas City |
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St Louis, |
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MissouriColumbia, |
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MissouriOshkosh, |
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WisconsinMadison |
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MilwaukeeCincinnati, |
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OhioColumbus, |
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OhioBoulder, |
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ColoradoLawrence, |
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KansasTulsa, |
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OklahomaSioux |
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Falls, South |
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DakotaAnn |
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Arbor, Michigan |
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Indianapolis |
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Say shhh.. |
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Minneapolis [repeat to fade] |
