Track · May 30, 2026 · English

Cass Ave Memories

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Duration

3:09

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Back when the screen doors slammed

And the block was all hands

Mama prayed in the sink light

While the rent ate plans

I learned math from the corner

Two for one, five for ten

Snow on the window panes

We was kids, then men

Ford signs on the horizon

Bus ride home in the gray

School lunch, cold french fries

Then we skated away

Cass Ave in my chest

8 Mile in my shoes

Every cracked front step

Had a story to lose

[Pre-Chorus]

We was raised on patience

Raised on pride

Raised on work

And the hurt we hide

If you know that feeling

Keep it alive

Detroit in the veins

We survive

[Chorus]

Detroit made me hard

Detroit made me wise

Detroit, keep my name

Detroit in my eyes

(Detroit made me)

I came up rough

But I came up alive

[Verse 2]

Started off with hand-me-downs

Too-big coat, too-small dreams

Cousins on the porch steps

Trading lines and schemes

Radio loud in the kitchen

Moms said, "Boy, turn that down"

But that was our parade

When the whole house bounced

Snow boots by the radiator

Coin jar full of change

If you wanted something better

You had to earn that strange

I seen good men bend

I seen bad luck grin

Seen a little bit of both

Trying to get us in

[Pre-Chorus]

We was raised on patience

Raised on pride

Raised on work

And the hurt we hide

If you know that feeling

Keep it alive

Detroit in the veins

We survive

[Chorus]

Detroit made me hard

Detroit made me wise

Detroit, keep my name

Detroit in my eyes

(Detroit made me)

I came up rough

But I came up alive

[Bridge]

And I still see the corners

Where the summer felt slow

Kids with torn-up sneakers

Moving where the wind blow

Every scar was a teacher

Every loss had a face

Now I carry that city

Like a beat I can't erase

[Chorus]

Detroit made me hard

Detroit made me wise

Detroit, keep my name

Detroit in my eyes

(Detroit made me)

I came up rough

But I came up alive

Style

east coast hip hop with grimy boom-bap drumsdusty vinyl crackleswung kick-snare pocketand a chopped piano loop that feels worn from rewinds; verse 1 rides sparse drums and basspre-chorus lifts with filtered horns and vocal chantschorus hits with stacked doubles and a short gang hookbridge strips to drums and tape hiss before the last lift. close-mic leadgritty ad-libsbright punchy mix.hip hopeast coast hip hoprap

Prompt

Notorious BIG style rap about growing up in Detroit in the 90’s

Credits

Prompt by

Zane_Blackwood

GeneratedMay 30, 2026

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