For Christmas this past year, we drew names to exchange a homemade gift. I was lucky enough for my very talented and creative sister to draw my name. With the help of her friend Kelly (both graphic designers) they wrote this song for me based on 2Pac’s California Love.
The plan was to record these lyrics and video, but they only had time to record the video.
Here are the lyrics they wrote:
I ♥ Iowa
Iowa… knows how to party
Iowa… knows how to party
In the citaay of D.M.
In the citaay of Le Grand
In the citaay of Adel
We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!
Now let me welcome everybody to the mid mid west
A state that has shops like Food 4 Less
The track that hits ya eardrum like a slug to ya chest
Pack a spoon for your rock in the city of meth
We in the Hawkeye state with a bomb ass soy bean
The state where ya never find a grain bin empty
And farmers be on a mission for them greens
Lean mean honey-makin-bees servin queens
I been in the game for ten years makin rap tunes
Ever since honeys was wearin sassoon
Now it’s ’07 and they clock me and watch me
Diamonds shinin lookin like I robbed Liberace
It’s all good from Saylorville to Okaboji
Your city is tha bomb if your city makin hay
Throw up a finger if ya feel the same way
E.P. puttin it down for
I-O-W-A
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it mama
Shake it in IA
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it shake it shake it…
Out on bail fresh outta jail, Iowa dreamin
Soon as I stepped on the scene, I smell the corn-a-creamin’
Fiendin for jello and ethanol
The life of a mid west playa where
Only in Iowa where we riot not rally to live and die
In D.M. we wearin Carhartt not Gucci and that’s right
Dressed in bibs and ‘rals and ride is what we do
Flossin but have caution we collide with other crews
Famous cause we program worldwide
Let ‘em recognize from Jack Trice to Hayden Fry
Bumpin’ and grindin like a slow jam, it’s mid west side
So you know the row won’t bow down to no man
Say what you say
But give me that bomb beat for Heavenly Ham
Let me serenade the streets of D.M.
From Le Grand to Granger
Beaverdale and Downtown
Iowa is where they put the mack down
Give me love!
Now make it shake…
Uh, yeah, uh Des Moines in tha house, uh yeah
Adel, Adel definitely in tha house hahaha
Le Grand, Le Grand
Hey, you know E.P. is up in this
John Wayne, where you at
Yeah, Elijah Wood, Elijah Wood always up to no good
Even Kutcher trying to get a piece baby
Kellstar, Kellstar where ya at? Yeah
Throw it up y’all, throw it up, Throw it up
Let’s show these fools how we do this on that mid west side
