Fm                               G#
Say these niggas ain't ridin' on low, oh
A#m                                            Cm
Push Benz through the bitch, ayy, and a nigga gotta go
Fm                  G#
DROGAS, I need a trophy for this shit, dawg
A#m                        Cm
I need a trophy for this shit

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
Fm         
City of the year, city of the year
G#
That's where I'm from
A#m
City of the year, city of the year
Cm
They don't want none
Fm
City of the year, city of the year
G#
Them hoes can't come
A#m
Go hard or go home
Cm
I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone
Fm
City of the year

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
G#                        
Ayy, born in the middle of the West
A#m                        Cm       
Lil' nigga, living in the middle of death
Fm                       G#           
Raised 'round killers, that's why little impress
A#m                                              Cm
I'm sorry white folks, if it sound I'm a little oppressed
Fm                               G#      
And I'm sorry, my niggas, but I think you the best
A#m                               Cm
You don't need no Khaled, 'cause that's on me, valid
Fm                       G#
Let me push my brother, we don't need no malice
A#m                            Cm
Niggas raised in the projects, now they gon' need a palace
Fm                  G#
Niggas want JJ's, don't eat salads
A#m                            Cm           
Fourteen with a AK, and he'll let a nigga have it (laa)
Fm                    G#
Fireworks in K-Town, man it's so tragic
A#m                           Cm
Fireworks on the lake front, shit look like Magic

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
Fm
City of the year, city of the year
G#
That's where I'm from
A#m
City of the year, city of the year
Cm
They don't want none
Fm
City of the year, city of the year
G#
Them hoes can't come
A#m
Go hard or go home
Cm
I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
Fm
My city look pretty in the summer
G#
6th grade, moved out to the hundreds
A#m                            
Prolly wouldn't have made it hangin' 'round my mama's
Cm
Harvey World where I made my come-up
Fm
Bishop was a BD, Dope claimed Lord
G#
Cliqued all up, put it all on CD
A#m
Neutron don, but I prolly been a GD
Cm
God knows best, so he put me where he need me
Fm
Puttin' truth in all these rhymes
G#
State tried to shut a nigga down
A#m
Gave my nigga Chilly all that time
Fm
People think it came out of nowhere
G#
It's all by design
A#m
They took away the chiefs
Cm
And the streets lost their minds

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
Fm
City of the year, city of the year
G#
That's where I'm from
A#m
City of the year, city of the year
Cm
They don't want none
Fm
City of the year, city of the year
G#
Them hoes can't come
A#m
Go hard or go home
Cm
I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone
City of the year

[Interlude: RondoNumbaNine]
Fm
Turn up, let's get it
G#
Turn up, life in the Windy City
A#m
Chiraq, Lupe, what up, bro?
Cm
In the 'Go zone, in the 'Go zone

[Verse 3: RondoNumbaNine]
Fm
Go hard or go home, we turnt up
G#
I'm from Chiraq
A#m
When we come around we rust stuff
Cm
I gotta keep that
Fm
'Cause when I come around they act tough
G#
Chi Lupe, I'm so hard, I'm burnt up
A#m
City of the year, that's my shit
Cm
I'm ridin' 'round in traffic
Fm
Cdai, he got the mop stick.
G#
Ain't shit change, I ain't quit
A#m
Ain't shit change, I ain't switch
Cm
I'm just smart, tryna get rich
Fm
I'm so high, you in a ditch
G#
I'ma get mine, Money Makin' Mitch
A#m
You talkin' shit, you don't exist
Cm
I can leave you lost in the mist
Fm
I'm Rondo, real as it gets
G#
Either with me or you against

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
Fm
City of the year, city of the year
G#
That's where I'm from
A#m
City of the year, city of the year
Cm
They don't want none
Fm
City of the year, city of the year
G#
Them hoes can't come
A#m
Go hard or go home
Cm
I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone
City of the year