chorus: throw yall L's up for lakeland (2x's) and niggaz thats hating its swans & gardens swans & gardens swans & gardens swan & gardens when i ride through my city (2x's) and i stare at the buildings through the window pasts its beauty is a lot of lost children verse1: yo dont be fooled everything is not like it seems yes my city is so beautiful and its real clean lake mirror is amazing hollis gardens a dream but past glitz and glamour awaits mystic steam dark alleys with a couple dark lakes on the side a few misunderstandings and dead bodies to hide a lot of grown teenagers wont swallow they pride a lot of poverty living in double trailers wide lakeland born and raised so my county is polk i dont witnessed it all from niggaz fighting to dope only help is cross necklaces prayer from a pope watch ya back it night walkers posted corners to choke chorus: throw yall L's up for lakeland (2x's) and niggaz thats hating its swans & gardens swans & gardens swans & gardens swan & gardens when i ride through my city (2x's) and i stare at the buildings through the window pasts its beauty is a lot of lost children verse2: and i think i love this city despite all the bad all the low income livers trying to make it just sad mexicans unite blacks divide it make you mad mama always told me go get from when i was a lad we got traps on every block yo the drugs are shifted cops call it a disaster thugs call it gifted like a mini new york please dont be delayed by appearance a couple thieves to snatch yo display of the rack clearance chorus: throw yall L's up for lakeland (2x's) and niggaz thats hating its swans & gardens swans & gardens swans & gardens swan & gardens when i ride through my city (2x's) and i stare at the buildings through the window pasts its beauty is a lot of lost children