Diamond District - You Had To Be There lyrics

(Verse: Oddisee) Beats out the DC, peace out the NY Preach out the worldwide, sound from the bottom of the rap bot D3CPPO left for colored people You need to know, on my vial never lie-oh, I swear it on the Bible But if you got a Qu'ran handy, then 'ya salam' ('how fantastic') I walk upon this earth strong, you heard wrong if otherwise The man listen to em other guys, yo Lemme kick another round, lemme make another mind think besides mine I feel one other pat at one time Just good to be reminded I ain't numb And I'm a part of the plan, XO is part of the plan yU is part of the plan, Diamond District is a part of the plan, so understand that DC is the county and DC is the place Take off the shoes cuz you can't run the race (Hook) Diamond District, we had it poppin' (You had to be there) And all the words to our songs, you was rockin' (You had to be there) Folks lyin' outside just to see us (You had to be there) What is comin' up next ? (You had to be there) Every time, let em know where we from Oh, you ain't even come?! Well, I guess uh (You had to be there) That fo' sure countin' dolla bills fold (You had to be there) You ain't know by now, now you know (You had to be there) (Verse 2: XO) The world's in the palm of your hands Pain is a part of the plan Thought about it walkin' down 14th street Live at concert, one of the cheap seats If you won't tell yo, I won't tell, yo 2 XA yo, new my way home More soldiers, you know they had to k** some Remember us? The ones ya got the real from? The endless truth be told Let me know what ya good to go Took the capital but wouldn't let the ma**es to Had a few different manual for attitude Man that do, this what makes us compatible If I was there, eye ? got the Grammys too Shame on the liquor for tryna run game on the liquor Watch out the change on a n***a (Hook) Diamond District, we had it poppin' (You had to be there) And all the words to our songs, you was rockin' (You had to be there) Folks lyin' outside just to see us (You had to be there) What is comin' up next ? (You had to be there) Every time, let em know where we from Oh, you ain't even come?! Well, I guess uh (You had to be there) That fo' sure countin' dolla bills fold (You had to be there) You ain't know by now, now you know (You had to be there) (Verse 3: yU) Do I hold my own weight? Does a fat boy love chocolate cake? The sprinklers on top and a styrofoam blade I fell for debate becuz I could not wait to chase Whatever's better than the bottom of it Seal the deal for real cuz I do not pretense Slim the gym, you win one, come get some They'll prolly move yo body till yo hips numb They say you win some, you lose some, this wisdom I get from the jet ones(?) who been done That since young Sittin' in the chance to this chair Chill, for smooth (?) fit as true Thing decline, now I'm livin' proof Lies are new so the new truth I quip This fo' real, ain't time for the stupid sh** Speakin' of which, my watch set is about that This b**h connected the feature to a wild rap (Hook) Diamond District, we had it poppin' (You had to be there) And all the words to our songs, you was rockin' (You had to be there) Folks lyin' outside just to see us (You had to be there) What is comin' up next ? (You had to be there) Every time, let em know where we from Oh, you ain't even come?! Well, I guess uh (You had to be there) That fo' sure countin' dolla bills fold (You had to be there) You ain't know by now, now you know (You had to be there)