From The Top (Stik Figa & Oddisee) - Mello Music Group, Oddisee, Stik Figa

I was raised in the state with displays of the hate

And not a lot changed—just shades of the grey

Kansas the name, and we ain’t in your race

But with all that said I wouldn’t trade you a place

Shame that we place little value on the real

Self esteem lowered with the talent and the skill

I keep it to myself, enjoy the silence on the hill

There’s not a skyline but there’s time for me to build

Plus I’m riding till the wheels fall along with the hubcap

Road less traveled, tire marks on the rough patch

Any other problem that I got can bite dust back

Got myself a compass, baby show me where the love at

And you can trust that I’m winning in the end

Just got to stay inventive when I’m getting with this pen

Not talking about a prison but my vision with the lens

For everyone that get it, all my people at the crib like…

From the top all the way to Wichita

Look;

I did it for y’all

KC to my folks in Arkansas

Look;

I did it for y’all

From the projects to the trailer parks

Look;

I did it for y’all

'Cause where we shop, there’s only one mall

Ha, I did it for y’all

So I’m from a dead city in a flyover state

Got the land lock blues, really trying to escape

There’s nothing to do when you’re finding your way

But I promised myself I wouldn’t die in this place

I ain’t trying to hate, but take a look around at

All the vacant places that’s located over town

It’s only corporations that’s been aiming for the crown

Population stagnated, same faces in the crowd

Black man

Living in a red state

Where you marginalized and treated like dead weight

And we disenfranchised in letting the led spray

And during childhood wasn’t given a segue way

On and on it goes without stopping

It’s central Topeka y’all know it’s been popping

And we all about the doe, we hope to go flossing

Back against the wall, we hope for more options

From the top all the way to Wichita

Look;

I did it for y’all

KC to my folks in Arkansas

Look;

I did it for y’all

From the projects to the trailer parks

Look;

I did it for y’all

'Cause where we shop, there’s only one mall

Ha, I did it for y’all