Johnetta Anderson

Lyircs

I’m from the west side of 

Chicago 

Home of Buck 50s & 

Pelle coats 

Uncle Remus & Marshall Commandos,

They say we ain’t got grass

Bet you we keep some bands, tho 

Sling shots pulling up at stop signs

To cop weight 

Box chevieves 

With speakers in the trunk 

That makes the block shake

The west side has been well 

Even back when Martin King 

Lived in Lawndale 

Didn’t we teach y’all how to 

Footwork? 

Didn’t Chairman Fred Sr. 

Teach y’all a movement is only 

As good as your footwork

Even when the police shot up 

That apartment to undermine 

The Panther’s worth 

You think that stopped Njeri 

Akua from giving birth? 

Westside be resilient 

Like Madison & Pulaski 

We still wear that Southern 

Hospitality

Put some sugar 

In my grits 

There’s audacity 

In this grit 

Even when white banks 

Gave us bogus loans 

We still held on to 

Grandma’s home 

I’m from Austin 

Lockwood, Laramie, Laclair 

Even with all the Ls 

We still produce doctors 

& mayors 

We’ve been straight 

Like back alignment

& good flippers 

I’m an earthy chick 

From 290 

So when you see 

The 4s are aligning

Guard ya lining 

Like good clippers 

Wait, that entendre was triple

Westside be moving in silence 

Like non-disclosures & hippa 

Legendary like Lupe & Twista 

Call us Out West IL cause 

What else can they do with us?