St. Louis Ave.
Pray for
Pray for
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
20 years ago I was posted on St. Louis Ave with da homies and bunch of go-getters
In STL fitted caps, Sta-flo Girbauds, 2-ways, and Coogi sweaters
Bumping 2Pac out of my silver 85 Chrysler turbocharged LeBaron
Hustlaz selling pieces of pies like they work for Imo's or Sbarro
Keeping the block hot controlling the area between Vandeventer and Sarah
Run when you see the law all they do is harass and try to sweat us
Back then they put us in the workhouse
Today the workhouse is the justice center
Same hellish living conditions with a pretty exterior
I don't think I want to say that
Welcome to Saint Louis Ave
See a stop sign just ride through
This the murder capital
where grandma and kids can die too
Over that love of capital
Think you tough and untouchable
The police are quick to cap you
For the right price goons will capture you
Windows bars on the dollar store
Bust windows for the essential
Cereal, Milk, and pampers
Cell phone minutes are the essentials
You a new face Who sent you
Roaches and butts in the ashtray
By the front door is an AK
The struggle is real this ain't play play
Somebody Baby daddy sneaking out the back door
Because the Landlord is knocking at the door
Section 8, EBT, stimmies
Joe, I need more
Don't get a job or the feds will cut your check short
The system is designed to keep you poor
Poor people are profitable
Guarantee payments to the landlord
Tear down the Cochran and Blumeyers it's an eyesore
Hope 6 funding hoping to gentrify 314
I don't think I want to say that
11 percent is the poor rate
19 percent is the murder rate
That 1 out 51 shot dead
No witnesses just blood shed
Same as Detroit but they 1st place
Or should I say that they are last place
No matter which way you look at it
It's simply a disgrace
Boarded up house is a bando
Knocking down houses is the band aid
Empty lots is an investment
Build a new home on section 8
To one day to be displaced
By rich people that need space
Now property value rising
Gentrification by a new race
Murders are dropping
But murders are not stopping
After COVID, murders gone rocket
Can the new mayor stop it?
The city and jail system is making too much profit
So I doubt it
I guess that what I want to say
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
20 years ago I was posted on St. Louis Ave with da homies and bunch of go-getters
In STL fitted caps, Sta-flo Girbauds, 2-ways, and Coogi sweaters
Bumping 2Pac out of my silver 85 Chrysler turbocharged LeBaron
Hustlaz selling pieces of pies like they work for Imo's or Sbarro
Keeping the block hot controlling the area between Vandeventer and Sarah
Run when you see the law all they do is harass and try to sweat us
Back then they put us in the workhouse
Today the workhouse is the justice center
Same hellish living conditions with a pretty exterior
I don't think I want to say that
Welcome to Saint Louis Ave
See a stop sign just ride through
This the murder capital
where grandma and kids can die too
Over that love of capital
Think you tough and untouchable
The police are quick to cap you
For the right price goons will capture you
Windows bars on the dollar store
Bust windows for the essential
Cereal, Milk, and pampers
Cell phone minutes are the essentials
You a new face Who sent you
Roaches and butts in the ashtray
By the front door is an AK
The struggle is real this ain't play play
Somebody Baby daddy sneaking out the back door
Because the Landlord is knocking at the door
Section 8, EBT, stimmies
Joe, I need more
Don't get a job or the feds will cut your check short
The system is designed to keep you poor
Poor people are profitable
Guarantee payments to the landlord
Tear down the Cochran and Blumeyers it's an eyesore
Hope 6 funding hoping to gentrify 314
I don't think I want to say that
11 percent is the poor rate
19 percent is the murder rate
That 1 out 51 shot dead
No witnesses just blood shed
Same as Detroit but they 1st place
Or should I say that they are last place
No matter which way you look at it
It's simply a disgrace
Boarded up house is a bando
Knocking down houses is the band aid
Empty lots is an investment
Build a new home on section 8
To one day to be displaced
By rich people that need space
Now property value rising
Gentrification by a new race
Murders are dropping
But murders are not stopping
After COVID, murders gone rocket
Can the new mayor stop it?
The city and jail system is making too much profit
So I doubt it
I guess that what I want to say
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
Pray for Saint Louis Ave
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Writer(s): Antonio Gardner
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