Story By Erykah Badu chords by Big Sean
Verse 1
Em
Am
C
Here I am, Miss Badu, not Big Sean
Em
B
But I don't fuck with you
Em
Am
It's 'cause I'm from the D,
the other D
C
But Detroit has a special place
Em
in my heart
C
B
Creative, deep, rooted, organic, cosmic,
Am
Em
fantastic, futuristic, ancient, musical
Dm
Em
When I think of Detroit,
C
I think of these things
B
There something in that dirty wa
C
Em
ter that gives it its flavor
Dm
C
There's an invisible intelligence that runs though the
Em
B
Em
streets like an underground rooting system
C
Em
Millions and billions of memory of atoms of all of the beautiful
Dm
Em
C
music that has been created there
B
Am
And I've seen it evolve into things only felt in the heart,
B
I know this to be true
Em
C
Thank you Berry Gordy,
Em
B
for that little house
Em
Thank you Stevie Wonder for always calling me
Dm
C
Am
and reminding me that it is there, that thing
B
I always long to reconnect with it when I lose
Em
Dm
my way musically
F
C
Thank you J Dilla for your peculiar,
B
Em
Dm
peculiar intelligence
Am
C
Yeah, Detroit just has a magic,
and I know it to be true
Bb
Not Big Sean,
Dm
but I don't fuck with you
Live from Badubotron, Nubian
E
phenomenon
G#m
Detroit, where the Nubians grow
Story By Erykah Badu
Big Sean
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