Oakland City

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[acorns pelt and patter on a tin roof; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the acorns and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Southwest corner where the oak trees lean,
the neighborhood a hip-hop record made a scene;
acorns pelting on the tin-roof beat,
Oakland City rising off its own two feet.

[Chorus]
Oakland City, Oakland City, patter and drop,
the acorns falling and they never stop;
rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat on the rooftop tin,
the southwest soul where the legends begin.

[Verse 2]
OutKast country, the old front porch,
the oak and the asphalt and the torch;
every acorn's a seed in the southern ground,
Oakland City growing the ATL sound.

[Chorus]
Oakland City, Oakland City, patter and drop,
the acorns falling and they never stop;
rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat on the rooftop tin,
the southwest soul where the legends begin.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the acorns rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]