[00:09.22]I’m a writer and a lover
[00:11.55]I’m a Mid-West music man
[00:13.83]And I’ve been to a lot of places
[00:15.86]But I’m gonna end where I began
[00:18.52]I took class in Carolina
[00:21.12]Got high smoking joints
[00:23.16]And now they know my name in Paris
[00:25.14]But I’ll be buried in Detroit
[00:27.24]
[00:27.52]Next to my father, and my father’s father too
[00:32.43]I used to live in New York City
[00:34.29]But, baby, that ain’t no substitute
[00:36.73]Not for my hometown
[00:39.50]That place people avoid
[00:41.76]I made love in every city
[00:43.62]But I’ll be buried in Detroit
[00:46.18]
[01:05.23]I don’t claim to be a prophet,
[01:07.68]I just speak my mind
[01:10.00]I try to tell it like it is
[01:11.94]And sometimes God makes it rhyme
[01:14.28]I like my songs how I like my women
[01:17.09]Honest and to the point
[01:19.14]You see I got ****** up in Stockholm
[01:21.20]But I’ll be buried in Detroit
[01:23.08]
[01:23.46]Next to my father, and my father’s father too
[01:28.33]I used to live in New York City
[01:30.22]But, baby, that ain’t no substitute
[01:32.77]Not for my hometown
[01:35.40]That place people avoid
[01:37.70]I made love in every city
[01:39.45]But I’ll be buried in Detroit
[01:42.03]
[02:01.15]Man, I always kept it righteous
[02:02.56]Knowing it would come back to me
[02:03.50]Even when my hunger was outweighing the strategy
[02:05.98]And I’d pray to God like I hope you a map for me
[02:08.36]Up at 5 am like nobody want it as bad as me
[02:11.06]I guess hunger either kill you or it energize you
[02:13.37]Motor city, boy, I been a driver
[02:15.17]The young Detroit legend
[02:16.21]I swear I got the city inspired
[02:17.93]And bought em out too just to solidify it
[02:20.33]D-boy, D-boy, that’s how I was raised
[02:22.41]Boss up and put the city on, forever my ways
[02:24.56]Me and ma started charity to give the kids clarity
[02:26.90]And take it further than the foundation we laid
[02:29.30]Thanksgiving Day parade, I got carried through the city
[02:31.50]And after that, I hope I get married in the city
[02:33.92]And after that, I hope I get buried in the city
[02:35.94]Even when I’m gone, you still gon hear me in the city
[02:38.75]
[02:55.00]Buried in Detroit
[02:56.81]Whoa ho, whoa ho
[03:04.27]Buried in Detroit
[03:06.01]Whoa ho, whoa ho
[03:13.63]Buried in Detroit