If I ran Detroit
Even just for a day
I'd get my office in the morning

Legalize the chronic, and go

I'd run some drive-bys

And call up some call girls
I'd spend a dollar fifty on 'em
Then slap some charges on 'em

And pardon my big cousin, Kwame

If I ran Detroit

I think we could have a chance
I'd load the streets with cotton candy
Some chicken fries convered in ranch


I'd give ya'll some herbs
Put (*##$es on every curb

I would get ya'll hooked on phonics
And change it to ebonics
So everybody can be employed


If I ran Detroit
I'd walk into people's homes

I'd give everybody !@%!e
And I'd replace their Five O' Clock with Nuvo


I'd pay myself first
Then pay my (*##$es and hoes
And if you get payed under the table,

I'm a find out and I'm come break your jaw
I'll break your balls


If I ran Detroit
I think we could have a chance
I'd load the streets with cotton candy

Some chicken fries convered in ranch

I'd give ya'll some herbs

Put (*##$es on every curb
I would get you hooked on phonics
And change it to ebonics

So everybody can be employed

It ain't never too late

To get Detroit back on track
If you let me be mayor I would govern on crack
If you put me in charge, Crips and Bloods would get along


But I don't run Detroit
And we don't have a chance

Detroit is going to hell

Oh boy, how I'd love to run Detroit someday

I swear I'll have a better plan

I'd give ya'll some herbs

Put (*##$es on every curb
I would get you hooked on phonics
And change it to ebonics

So everybody can be employed