[Intro]
Chi-town grime
Wind in my teeth
Concrete fever
Under my feet (hey!)
[Verse 1]
Red line rattling
3 a.m. ghosts
Grease on my hands
From the food truck smoke
Ink on the bridge
Names in the rust
Mouth full of truth
Lungs full of dust
[Pre-Chorus]
I grew up
On cracked-up pavement
Church on Sunday
Sin in the basement
Skyline sharp
Like it wanna cut faces
Everyone running
But we love these chases (woah)
[Chorus]
This that dirty
Dirty Chi-town bass
Shook my bones
In a basement place
From the West Side corners
To the cold blue shore
Once you feel this filthy Chicago
You keep coming back for more (back for more)
Yeah
That dirty
Dirty Chi-town bass
Got my heart off beat
Like a car with plates
If you ain’t from here
You don’t know this war
But if you love this filthy Chicago
You keep coming back for more
[Drop]
[Kick and bass detonate
Chopped "Chi-ca-go" vocal hits]
[Verse 2]
Snow in my lungs
Summer in my veins
Cubs cap tilted
Laughing in the rain
Rust-belt halo
Hangs off the Loop
Jacket smells
Like gas and soup
[Pre-Chorus]
We don’t flinch
When the glass starts shaking
Dance in the cracks
That the frost keeps making
Lake air biting
Like a bad idea
Every block
Got a new mania (yeah)
[Chorus]
This that dirty
Dirty Chi-town bass
Shook my bones
In a basement place
From the South Side juking
To the cold blue shore
Once you feel this filthy Chicago
You keep coming back for more (for more)
Yeah
That dirty
Dirty Chi-town bass
Got my heart off beat
Like a car with plates
If you ain’t from here
You don’t know this war
But if you love this filthy Chicago
You keep coming back for more
[Bridge]
Hands up
For the cracked-up tiles
Bruised-up knuckles
Wild
Wild miles
If the city spit you out
You were never really in
We get cut
We get loud
Then we do it all again (hey!)
[Chorus]
This that dirty
Dirty Chi-town bass
Shook my bones
In a basement place
From the West Side corners
To the cold blue shore
Once you taste this filthy Chicago
You keep crawling back for more (back for more)
Yeah
That dirty
Dirty Chi-town bass
Got my soul off key
But it feels so great
If you ain’t from here
What you asking for?
If you love this filthy Chicago
You keep coming back for more