Me and Irv from a town that's full of the envy
Thank God that no bullets got in me
But it made me a poet an emcee
And a hustler, don't hold it against me
Yeah, for sure we know that it's risky
Chasing after your dream
Plus responsibilities, you gotta be stacking that cream
Topeka it raised me, streets were so crazy
Bone Thugs vs the whole Midwest was bigger than Nas beefing with Jay-Z
Small hopes we believing in maybes
Midwest where they feeding their babies chicken fingers and gravy
And people be lazy, greedy and angry, but them demons can't phase me
My dad's a preacher but he never told me that Jesus would save me
Thank God for that, the reason I'm making these dollars stack
Up before the sunrise, eyes redder than Donald's cap
T'Challa black, what I been rocking from head to toe like Colin Kaep
We got his back
The Top is back, our starter pack, chronic sack
Marlboro pack, blunts, lighter and prob a strap
We hear your music we call it wack, that shit wack
And to the homies in the city
I gotta blunt who's trying to roll with me to Wendy's

Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Grew Up in the Midwest, Grew Up in the Midwest
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Gotta go hey hey
Gotta grow hey hey
Every day I will miss you
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Grew Up in the Midwest, Grew Up in the Midwest
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Gotta go hey hey
Gotta grow hey hey
Every day I will miss you

Tell Cole, hey somebody gotta be mopping up Wendy's
Ain't a bunch of good paying jobs in the city
TPD they stop and they frisk me, why they always got to offend me?
Feel like the cops are products of inbreeds
Their parents are cousins, America thuggin
I'll be there with a onion, where u get your onion rings
Meet at the Sonic, selling u chronic, everybody hustling
Trying to profit, never goin stop it
My homie got himself an ocean water
I'm sitting there thinking how to move this dosia smarter, hmmm
This is 1999, forever eternally on the grind
I need to do surgery on my mind
Obsessed with the currency all the time
This blood wanna murder me for my pine
Me and Irvin be writing rhymes
Trying to get the Sphere going, trying to get your ears open
Finally, my career chosen, nicest emcee, hey here's hoping
I become it and if I don't hip-hop's been great to me
Besides my parents, the city and rap were the ones that were right there raising me
I dated a half black Asian chick in the Top she look like Amerie, I swear

Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Grew Up in the Midwest, Grew Up in the Midwest
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Gotta go hey hey
Gotta grow hey hey
Everyday I will miss you
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Grew Up in the Midwest, Grew Up in the Midwest
Top City Raised Me, Top City Raised Me
Gotta go hey hey
Gotta grow hey hey
Every day I will miss you