EVERYBODY VS. DETROIT (Radio)1

Lyrics

[INTRO — SPARSE PIANO / LOW GUITAR / HEARTBEAT KICK] [LOW SPOKEN/RAPPED VOCAL] They remember what we were. The losses. The jokes. The years they counted us out. Yeah… We remember too. But something changed in this city. You can hear it in the streets. Feel it when that stadium shakes. This ain’t the same Detroit… Not anymore. ⸻ [VERSE 1 — CONTROLLED RAP / BEAT SLOWLY ENTERS] We took every scar, every loss, every doubt, Turned it into fuel — now we’re finding a way out. Same city, same grit, but the attitude changed, Put the work in the dark, now remember the name. Blue collar heart with our backs to the wall, Learned how to stand ‘cause we learned how to fall. Now the lights come on and the whole city’s ready— Motor City built. Motor City steady. ⸻ [BUILD 1 — DRUMS GET BIGGER / GUITAR ENTERS] From the east side blocks to the stadium lights, From the assembly lines to those cold Sunday nights. This city don’t fold. This city don’t quit. You wanna know what Detroit sounds like? [guitar starts climbing] WHAT UP DOE?! ⸻ [FIRST DROP — HIP-HOP + ROCK] 313! Put the D up high! ONE PRIDE! Whole city unified! Honolulu Blue and Silver — hear the Motor City roar. You want this division? COME TAKE IT. ’Cause Detroit— RUNS THE NORTH! ⸻ [HARD RAP VERSE — DETROIT HIP-HOP / HEAVY DRUMS] Motor City pressure, put the league on blast, Built from the struggle, now we’re hittin’ the gas. Foot on the pedal, hear the whole thing roar, Want the crown? Better come through the D for it. Hard hats, cold nights, grit in the blood, We don’t need pretty — we came through the mud. Whole squad hungry, got a chip that won’t quit, Honolulu Blue with that Motor City grit. They counted us out — now they’re watching the throne, Walk into our house, better watch where you roam. From the trenches to the lights, yeah, we earned this shit— No brakes. Full throttle. WELCOME TO DETROIT! ⸻ [ROCK BREAK — DISTORTED GUITAR TAKES OVER] [heavy guitar riff / live drums] D! E! T! R! O! I! T! DETROIT! [guitar riff] Stand up! 313! Stand up! ONE PRIDE! ⸻ [VERSE 3 — RAP GETS FASTER / GUITAR UNDERNEATH] Three-one-three, throw it up, let it ride, Whole damn city standing side by side. Blacktop heart with that blue-collar soul, Built like an engine — now we’re losing control. Steel in the backbone, fire inside, Eleven on the field with a city behind. Everybody wants smoke till the whole Pride arrives— [MUSIC CUTS] EVERYBODY Verse DETROIT? [silence] GOOD. ⸻ [FINAL BUILD — SLOW AT FIRST / GUITAR RISING] They said we’d never get here. Now they gotta come through here. [drums building] Run the North. [guitar rises] Take the NFC. [808 enters] Bring it home… TO DETROIT! ⸻ [FINAL EXPLOSIVE DROP — HIP-HOP + ROCK + EDM] EVERYBODY Verse DETROIT! (DETROIT!) 313! (313!) WHAT UP DOE! (WHAT UP DOE!) ONE PRIDE! (ONE PRIDE!) Honolulu Blue and Silver — WE RUN THE NORTH! RUN THE NORTH! (RUN THE NORTH!) Motor City grit! Motor City pride! Everybody against us? GET IN LINE! 313! ONE PRIDE! DETROIT! [GUITAR / BASS HIT — HARD CUT]