Jaeti - A Better Way Lyrics

Miles down
under the
under the
under the underground
The murder mount
If you don't know somebody
You don't come around
The summer sound
6 x 9's bumping out an old Buick
My stomping ground
None other than East St. Louis
Edgemont is the set
East St. Louis the city
Illinois is the state
St. Clair is the county
Trying to find a better way
Surrounded by these debts to pay
Looking for a brighter day
But still it's all the same
Nothing new
Several distractions fogging up my river view
Wanna relax and sip a brew
But what is there to do
Do who
Me
You
Feeble people
Bill collectors peeping in my peep hole
We know better
Dying over quick cheddar
Short dudes pushing GTi's
That's a quick Jetta
Now it's all better
But it seems we forgot
How we all came up on the block

Edgemont is the set
East St. Louis the city
Illinois is the state
St. Clair is the county
Edgemont is the set
East St. Louis the city
Illinois is the state
St. Clair is the county

Crossing the bridge

Crossing the bridge

Crossing the bridge
Notify your next of kin
Herb and exhaust fumes
What a delicate blend
I'm telling you
In the city bear witness
For real
Survival of the fittest
Ya'll know the deal
Welcome to the city where the cops disappear
And everybody's from here
But nobody lives here
65,000 residents
But we're well known
You can call it East Boogie
But we just call it home
From Miles Davis to Darius Miles to Jackie Joyner
Ike and Tina
Brian and John Cox and Jeffrey Hunter
No wonder
We pummel every borough around
The exact place where you don't want to be from out of town
Run it down clown
Run the jewels
And holla back
Hit me with a track
To put my city on the map

Edgemont is the set
East St. Louis the city
Illinois is the state
St. Clair is the county
Edgemont is the set
East St. Louis the city
Illinois is the state
St. Clair is the county

If it don't always work out
You can find another way
Find another way-ay-aye

Now you heard the history
But what you don't know is
It's all lies
Tell you it's a place you don't go then
They come in and buy
The whole city up
Place we grew up in
City we used to love then
They get us to move out
And then they move in
Your grandmama's house
That used to belong to them
Take it all back
Get us off track
Make us feel unsafe
Then sit back and wait
Corrupt politicians
Supported by the county
Your kids act up
Send them up to county
Their kids get out of line
Community service
You moved out east
Now everybody's nervous
Now they're coming back
Slicing up the map
Low cost land
Sold to the white man
Get us out the way
And they did it all properly
Just to get their hands on that riverfront property