now we live from the side of the last of the four corners just short of the northern international border was born a town upon the pond that all the people call the sound it s time to call em out you standin up or fallin down saba dug inside a crate and jake responded he was on it we interpreted the sample canceled the opportunist on the corners actin stupid we plotting to take it back the cryin and dedication on gentrification ave no imitation of way back preservationist rap we honor the past maybe to move it toward the future from fresh tracks to emerald street it s the foundation and mr anthony grey paved the way and now we chase him but they didn t have the patience to place it as a priority herbs and haters never have served the greater majority words will never capture the glory of our story performing but never forgetting who came before me in the northwest northwest northwest northwest i m from the city where it rains at where we bring the pain at put you lame cats where the lames at we fly we fresh we hood and in the northwest seattle should i m good with that nonsense see i m on everything constant so you better ask him who i m is the lost city is the last one standin we came through the forks so the crown we demandin the town is enhancin at the current date and time and in the state of refinement definitive way to climb when it s sink or swim you want to test us better think again goin hard til we reach the end one day at a time i just move faster i just move forward i just move past ya this is a new chapter from here on after 206 north by northwest we have to i m from the city of rain and we came to spit flame but come equipped with many mix that could solicit your dame i m kind of sick with it mane i m from the city where you probably find em twisted in chain i keep it natural that s the name i love my town so damn much i never change but i will speak to you through rhythms and over melodies travel the emerald city with visions that you ll never see and clowns that front ain t worth my energy so here s the remedy northwest northwest northwest northwest i was that kid on 23rd and alder with the ghetto blast that got jacked and ran and told my mama came back quarterback playing steve largent with lines and stay on your mind like brian bosworth aw heck no this the best coast since vida was ridin rays on the metro when radio station they really not playin it we need kube like we need to build another stadium from shop to showbox to the spots that we playin at we rock it like this rock rock turn it hella quickly there really isn t anything that you could tell my city the crowds gonna be like oh wow that was hella filthy i brought my showtoes with me long ass march but the clientele s listening now while i m at it i ll throw in a backpack put the northwest on the map then go out and sell fifty anybody come test north by northwest and it s still no rest cause we re not finished yet we re broke but not broken cold but not frozen lost but not forgotten we re kickin the doors open anybody come test north by northwest and it s still no rest cause we re not finished yet we re broke but not broken cold but not frozen movin in slow motion it s that northwest classic1