"I'm from Baltimore, and whenever I tell people that I'm from Baltimore they ask me, "Is it like The Wire?" It upsets me because the violence in our city, the crime in our city, what the news show in our city... they don't show the love. This song is for Baltimore.
'BMORE
This is Baltimore, the most underrated north-south city pretty gritty, boarded up, with a whole lot of possibilities
Wasn't born here, yet proud to call this place my home/ A New Test Spawn, immigrant, with no where else to go to
This Bmore, be beautiful like our hearts desires/ We shine, and son rise, single moms tired, raising children into survivors, with charms that light up/ corruption and prejudice was the real reason for the riots
This is Bird land, home runs call, two rings, Raven's claws/ Bea Gaddy, Dawson Family, Freddie Gray, tears fall
Beyond the block, save a dope boy, before heaven calls/ Off the corner, half N half, chicken box, with hot sauce
With a club bounce, got our own sound, with gold fronts, and a big smile/ Where Womb Works, right now, see ya around, down town
If you call this bodymore, Murdaland, I guarantee
You don't love this city, I'm bonafied, I say Baltimore with a T
I represent Baltimore to inspire
We be more than the wire
Raising children into survivors
With charms inside that light up
This the City of hard luck
Squeegee boys out here, just trying to make a buck
Cease Fire just wants all the violence to stop
While politics serve only the cream of the crop
Rarely benefits us
12 O'clock boys wheelies pop
Cops on the beat, like Baldamore HipHop
Lost boys forgotten in the back of lock up
Charm city is rough, like heroin addicts in love
Naloxone nodding off
At Lexington markets auction block
As corny as this sounds
Still, just say no to drugs
Use all that you've got, fight the hate with your love
Yes to more hugs
Club music's a Paradox
So, we dance with our heart
This is where 300 men marched
Like This is Sparta!
We leave a mark,
Foot prints in the dark
we walk the walk,
Dug eat dug
Baldamore vs ya whores (all)
crabs in a barrel
is not a metaphor that's meant for us
I represent Baltimore to inspire
We be more than the wire
Raising children into survivors
With charms inside that light up'"
~Femi DriFish
Neighborhood: Greenmount West