yeah uh-huh (so so def) uhh
if you ever bought a tape (yeah)
purchased a cd (uh-huh)
or a piece of vinyl (c'mon)
dj'd my record (rock rock on)
promoted my record (tell 'em)
i wanna thank y'all man
from the bottom of my heart
secondly i wanna dedicate
this song to y'all man
cause without y'all
there is no me (c'mon)
i could never turn my
back on y'all (uhh)
cause y'all put me where
i'm at so when ya call
i'll be there
just like that (just like that)
signin autographs
givin deps to all my folks
tellin little kids
don't follow these dopes
see, i'ma keep barkin' long
as y'all bark wit' me (woof)
y'all know the website
all y'all gotta do is hit me
as much as the girls like me
you would think it
make the fellas sick
(yeah) but they be right
wit 'em singin
not missin a lick
hair braided
rockin somebody's jersey
from up-top to out-west
and down in the dirty
can't forget about the mid-west
that's where i was found (what)
that's where i live
and columbus is the town (yeah)
i got the pen
you got the paper
a cd a tape i
sign it then leave it to
get a nice big plate of
fish which is my favorite dish
but without y'all
i couldn't kick it like this
i wanna thank you
for makin me who i am
and puttin me where
i need to be
i wanna thank you
for the opportunity to do
my thing in this industry
i wanna thank you
for callin to your local
station everyday
to play my song
if it wasn't for you
there wouldn't be no me
and that's why
i'm gonna ride for you
forever more
fo' more
forever more forever more
i just wanna thank you
i wanna thank you
for the groups
that came befo' me (uhh)
all of y'all in the office
that promote me
in the streets
all the mom and pop stores
that don't get a lot of credit
(yeah) the spots in the hood
the first ones that said it
(said it) all the mix
show's djs
please keep it bumpin
thank you for your support
and yes i'm gonna
keep it comin
i love how you love that
so i'm givin back
cause y'all the ones
that kept this playa on track
the reason i'm seen is
because of you
the reason i'm heard
and my dreams came true
now if you ever made a poster
or wrote a fan letter
all i'm tryin do is show you
is some l-o-v-e
and let you know without
y'all there is no me
j.d. j.e. the whole s.s.d.
now if you ride for we
then i'm gon' ride for you
from the bottom of my heart
baby tell 'em what i wanna do
i wanna thank you
for makin me who i am and
puttin me where i need to be
i wanna thank you
for the opportunity to do my
thing in this industry
i wanna thank you
for callin to your local
station everyday to play my song
if it wasn't for you
there wouldn't be no me
and that's why i'm gonna
ride for you, forever more
ooooooohhh ohh yeah yeah yeah
i just wanna say
thank you thank you
i wanna thank you
thank you to all
of y'all that's been
down wit so so def
for so long man
heh you keep showin is love
we gon' keep showin y'all love
y'knahmsayin
we just want y'all to know that
and uhh to the man upstairs
we gotta thank you the most
y'knahmsayin
if it wasn't for you
there wouldn't be no me
for real man
thank you columbus
rock rock-rock-r ock on heh
a.t.l. rock-rock-rock on heh
st. louis rock-rock-rock on heh
new york rock-rock-rock on heh