Detroit Summer

[Hook: Invincible]
Summer in the city, wonder how we made it through the winter
So hot and humid but the music gets me through and feeling good
Look forward to this way of life, we represent the future
You only see the bad-ass shit that's real, but we still feeling good

[Verse 1]
I woke up to buildings in flames, am I still in my dream?
Rub my eyes, see my reflection off the windows, it's the lovely sunrise
The brightest fuchsia rays, here to light the future days
On my way to the Isle, playing Nina on the radio dial
I stay for a while, I daydream
I blaze sensimilia, about to meet with Shea at the marina
Around the corner from the Roostertail, thinking bout the schools and jails
Put our youth for sale, that's why we fighting tooth and nail
We refuse to fail til justice and truth prevail
Setting sail, elders tell us about the rumrunners, thinking of booze and ale
Underground Railroad -- last stop, Detroit River
Escaping to freedom, had to swim across the winter
Can you feel the ancestors in these currents?
To swim upstream it takes vision and endurance
Look at the horizon, sun reflecting off the water's surface
Detroit is better made, dog, so I'm sipping on some Vernors

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
Detroit in the summer, it's more than a season
When I moved to the city, was the core of the reason
Can I clarify all the distortion you seeing?
Gotta break your mind out of prison while the warden is sleeping
Politicians make a fortune by thieving
The air quality since the Model T could shorten your breathing
Follow me to a city where empty lots turn to garden plots
Got alternatives in place so we could disregard the cops
It's still a seedling, but the future the D brings
Getting to the root while you still cutting off the tree limbs
Strengthening the weak links, brownfields from rotten tires
Sunflowers reaching high to detoxify the D
D -- everybody rocks a fitted but don't watch the Tigers
A block party tonight in spots where the shots are fired
It's hot, cool it up by opening the hydrants
Call Motown a ghost town, but the city's vibrant

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
Detroit's alive and well, don't need no more requiems
Elected officials, they greed has infected em
Sell the residents out, then they leave and neglected em
Guess they couldn't see that now the D is the next to win
Not as in some self-appointed demagogues developing these
Overpriced and empty dark casinos where old ladies play the penny slots
Trying to pay they rental costs
Living on a shoestring or some dental floss
Here's the real renaissance
Go from post-industrial to the most illustrious
Anyone who wants a change, you better know it's up to us
Start working together, no more crabs in a barrel
When did freedom ever come about from asking a Pharaoh?
That's rhetorical; why wait for opportunity to knock when
You could build a door or two
Self-reliance out of crisis, that's what we transforming through
We the oracle
Like summertime, Detroit is what the world has to look forward to

[Hook]