Song Lyrics

Machine Gun Kelly: Cleveland

Man, I’m so Cleveland it's a god d*mn shame

So East side I’m a god d*mn gang

Said you ain’t heard about my god d*mn name,

Betta ask 'round here, I’m a god d*mn king

Man, I put my work in these god d*mn streets,

Earned my stripes like a god d*mn beast,

tatted up no shirt still got sleeves

and im good from the heights to 116th

muh f**ka this me, Kells

f*ck the fame 

still roll through the blocks where they up the thang

With the same h**s that tatted up my name , I’m still the little white boy outta shaker, mang

i go hard(hard) home (home)go in (go in)dawg

but you don’t wanna test my G, 

Because I got one, two, three, four thousand soldiers in E.S.T

Pow Pow!

Chorus:

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

You know I put it down for, Cleveland

I rep my state , my hood, my side of town in, Cleveland

King of this sh*t, that’s why I wear my crown in Cleveland

So don’t come around Cleveland,

Bi-Bi-B**ch I'm from Cleveland

tatted it on my arm you know I’m repping, Cleveland

….this where Im from you wanna hate, dont step in Cleveland Laced Up I got to keep on running, Cleveland

Yeah, yeah!

B**ch I’m from Cleveland,

I say b**ch I’m from Cleveland!

O.K.

I done came from a long way

F**k ya'll I love where I stay,

Cleveland is my city put the pedal to the side

You know how we ride

Hate on me? No hate on your momma

Cause she birthed you,

and you aint worth a dolla

Sh*t i should smoke

put kush in my throat

Gettin money lil N**ga 

later on imma holla

DUBO!

Do I know you?

I don’t know! 

Do I know you?

East Side, let’s go!

I Could show you!

West side got tools no pro tunes

I Know a couple n**gas down the way,

East high school Yeah I went down the way, 

Aye

now i been Cleveland ever since then i've been down to stay.

I’ve got a mean swag ta snatch a b**ch.

bankroll, pringles, gotta stack my chips

Oh no, I ain’t play much,

But E.S.T. be the team i play fo

I got love for the niggas that f**k with me,

No love for the niggas that don’t f**k with me,

It don't matter if I’m out of town,

Everywhere I go I let them know im Cleveland bound, 

Chorus:

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

You know I put it down for,

I rep my state, my hood, my side of town in,

King of this sh*t, that’s why I wear my crown in.

So don’t come around Cleavland,

B B**ch i'm from

tatted it on my arm you know I’m repping,

this where I from you wanna hate, go an step it!

Laced UP I got to keep on running,

B**ch I’m from Cleveland,

I say bi-b**ch I’m from Cleveland!

Man its East side right here, did crime right here,

Blood sweat and tears I cried right here,

tatted my city and showed pride right here,

Looking at it like 'this mine right here',

So what you’re talking about?

I can’t ride right here?

Your mother f**kers think im gonna hide right here,

raised in this god d*mn city, no i wasnt born in it, but beleive imma die right here

Cleveland bred , Cleveland fed.

My Cleveland girl give me Cleveland head,

And anybody sayin that Cleveland's dead,

F**k ya'll!

Tell them that’s what Cleveland said.

Cleveland fit, Cleveland hat,

anywhere I go is where Cleveland's at

So when the world ends i think you’ll know where we’ll be at

B**ch right here in Cleveland

Chorus:

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

You know I put it down for,

I rep my state, my hood, my side of town in,

King of this sh*t, that’s why I wear my crown in.

So don’t come around Cleavland,

B B**ch i'm from

tatted it on my arm you know I’m repping,

this where I from you wanna hate, go an step it!

Laced UP I got to keep on running,

Yeah, yeah!

B**ch I’m from Cleveland,

I say b b**ch I’m from Cleveland!

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