Verse 1:
Welcome to Nellyville
Where all newborns get a half a mill'
Sons gets a damn Deville
Soon as they can reach the wheel
An' daughters get diamonds the size of they age
Here me out now
One year: get one carat
Two years: get two carats
Three years: get three carats
So on into marriage
Nobody livin' average
Everybody dang-a-lang
Nobody livin' savage
E'rybody got change
Even the paper boy deliver out the back of a Range
It's not a game
It's a beautiful thang
Imagine blocks an' blocks a no cocaine
An' blocks wit no gunplay
Ain't nobody shot, so ain't no news that day
Ain't nobody snitchin', they refuse to say
Every month we take a vote on what the weather should be
An' if we voted rain, vote how wet we want it to be
An' if we voted snow, vote how deep we want it to get
But the sun gon' shine ninety-nine percent in Nellyville
Chorus:
There's no (there's no)
Way (way)
I (that I)
I could explain
(I could explain, I could explain)
The way I feel right now
There's no (there's no)
Way (way)
I (that I)
I could explain
(I could explain, I could explain)
The way I feel 'bout livin' in Nellyville
Verse 2:
I got that good at every gas station
Pull on up, give me a half a ounce of that shit
Fill it up
We got straws for the bottles, outlaw the cups
An' we gon' make it happen
Ain't no need for no luck
Ain't no lotteries, no Pick 3's or Pick 2's
Keep the money in ya family
Gamble amongst ya crew
'Cause the dice gon' do what the dice gon' do
'An if you take a life, you gon' lose yours too
Ain't no trials, it's automatic
You droppin' right where it happen
You do unto others
If you don't want it, don't do the cappin'
Think that's cool?
40 acres an' a mule
Fuck that, Nellyville, 40 acres an' a pool
6 bedrooms
4 bath with a jacuzz'
6 car garage, pavement smooth
4 front an' back decks
Enough room to land the jet
An' you ain't reach the city, that's just the projects
Chorus
Everybody, now everybody say
Ooh I wanna go, please let me go
I need to go down to Nellyville
I need to see what I can see
Won't you an' me go to Nellyville?
I wanna go so bad
I jus' wanna go an' look
Won't you please take me, oh man
I jus' know I gotta be there
Verse 3:
No unexpected seeds
Teenage pregnancies
And physical, mental attraction your only ecstasy
Your own destiny, create your own recipe
If you ain't livin' accordingly, dirty, then ya stressin' me
(And who are you?)
Who me?
I'm the mayor
Any problems you got, I live up in the air
(Where's that?)
The house on the hill
Welcome mat of fur
When you pass by that thang, be polite and don't stare
Chorus
There's no (there's no)
Way (way)
Yeah
There's no (there's no)
Way (way)
Yeah
There's no (there's no)
Way (way)
Yeah
There's no (there's no)
Way (way)