4…3… Uptown roamers, and south side riders up up up uptown up up uptown up up uptown (x4) (Wale: yea! We got a lot of star power in the building tonight. Rock, Mikey what up? Trey what up? Yea! Here we go! Forest Creek what up, Glenarden what up, Cap Heights what up, Berry Farms what up, Lincoln Heights what up, Michigan what up, Montana we aint playin wit em! Aww!) [Verse 1] District has arrived us, (ah) time to shine Yea, I am the nail forever holdin em down Down in the slums to the burbs, where they migrate Who the one they talkin bout? That's what I thought, WALE! A long way from a grammy, ima get it I promise the moment it's with me I'll leave it in the district Yea, and im just doin what I gotta do, flyer than the rest of em I still got my Nike boots Let me enlighten you, I am the brightest of the youth The booth can't do it I provide to it It's by youth with the mind of a G I never cook coke, no sir that ain't me (nah) But I'm so DC, and Maryland, Virginia Dem other bammas pussy like the center The center of the East coast my emblem reads 4-3… yea, remember that please Uptown roamers, and south side riders up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town (x2) (Wale: yea yea yea yea, ay ay ay, Yea. Landover what up, 1-2-4 what up, 1st Quarter what up, Kin Land what up, Texas Ave what up, Largo what up, Trinidad gettin cash fa sho, yea) [Verse 2] Its DC, brought to you by me The only thing higher than the crime rate is the fiends Semen get leaked to the women of the future The ladies baby boomin before they high school juniors Yea, and these niggas don't be steppin up Baby mothers quittin school, nigga now it's up to her Believe yall, I aint tryna Stephen King yall But most stay high with they eyes like the Singapores Im singin poems for supporters of my songs And all them out-of-towners Just to show you how we goin tha poor to the ballers, all went off More Forest Creek stars, even yall out in Rockville The home of Marvin Gaye, that's all I gotta say Iverson was cool, but I supported Victor Page It's the DC thang, incase you aint notice Landover, Saratoga, and im Uptown… Uptown roamers, and south side riders up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town (x4) [Verse 3] Yes, its Wale currently out in Maryland I should be in the carry-out truthfully I am ever fresh Im evervesant, nobody do it better They all are pretenders, I am the 7th letter (WALE! WALE!) Yea, and that's my name, they aint forgot it The 9th letter's forgotten, you will never be acknowledged (Pussy) I get it poppin like Pacman, ask Powlow ask G, he'll tell you that im into Go-Go ask Mikey, he'll tell you that the hoes liked it My prada lows, for the most part its only Nike Some spite me, but they try to be a lot alike me You gon have to sell some more records, niggas, without tryin' Uptown roamers, and south side riders up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town (x4) In Background: (don't, don't, don't, don't hate him, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't hate him, don't) Background: (ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay) (repeat until end) Uptown roamers, and south side riders up up up up uptown up up up town up up up town (Repeat until end of song)