[Verse 1]
Raised y’all?
Who raised y’all, really
You leave cans in the sand
Like you don’t love this city
Fish line tangled
In the cattail roots
Glass in the mud
Where the kids run through
You say “just water”
I say “it’s home”
From Stockton down
To that Sherman road
Sacramento river
Runs through my blood
And you treat it like
Some throwaway flood
[Chorus]
Stockton stand up
Sherman Island too
If you love this water
It should show on you
Y’all dirty, y’all lazy
That ain’t how we grew
Pick up after yourself
Or we’ll pick up after you
Pick it up, pick it up
Leave it better than you found it (hey!)
This our spot, this our block
Ain’t no way we ’bout to drown it
From the levees to the docks
Yeah, we proud of every view
Pick up after yourself
Or we’ll pick up after you
[Verse 2]
Cooler in the truck bed
Sun just dropped
Got worms in a coffee can
Lines all locked
Then I step on a bottle
Hidden in the reeds
Watch a duck choke
On somebody’s greed
You post your catch
But not your trash
You brag ’bout the haul
But dodge the bag
If you grew up here
You’d understand
You don’t tear up
Your mama’s land
[Bridge]
Who raised y’all?
’Cause it sure wasn’t these tides
My granddad’s boots
Still print in this riverside
He taught me
Leave it cleaner than you found it
Every can, every line
Yeah, I’m still about it (oh yeah)
[Chorus]
Stockton stand up
Sherman Island too
If you love this water
It should show on you
Y’all dirty, y’all lazy
That ain’t how we grew
Pick up after yourself
Or we’ll pick up after you
Pick it up, pick it up
Leave it better than you found it (hey!)
This our spot, this our block
Ain’t no way we ’bout to drown it
From the levees to the docks
Yeah, we proud of every view
Pick up after yourself
Or we’ll pick up after you