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That's What I Like About the North

by BadaBing BadaBoom

on Vol II (1996)

Those Great Lakes up in Michigan
Fish all day then fish again
On the North Star wish again
That's what I like about the North

Pirogies, hoagies, pretzel carts
Cheese steaks, clambakes, Reggie Bars
There's Camden Yards, Fenway Park
That's what I like about the North

We got diners and delicatessens
Stuffin' is stuffin'; it ain't dressin'
Catholic Church is for confessin'
That's what I like about the North

Cooperstown, Niagara Falls
The Garden, Carnegie Hall
The art on New York subway walls
That's what I miss about the North

Play football in two feet of snow
Lambeau Field in ten below
And if folks don't like you, you will know
That's what I like about the North

There's Harlem jazz, Chicago blues
Motown soul and Jersey Bruce
Prince and the Revolution
That's what I like about the North

Siskel, Ebert, El trains
Chicago Hope, O'Hare-a planes
The toast of Illinois, Champaign
That's what I like about the North

Iowa's Field of Dreams
Soda fountains and egg creams
And the Braves ain't America's team
And that's what I like about the North

Cincinnati, three-way chili
Corner do-wop up in Philly
The Mick, the Duke, and Say-Hey Willie
That's what I like about the North

How 'bout the Indians in Ohio
And the Vikings up in Minnesota
Mary Tyler Moore and Rhoda
That's what I like about the North

There's the UN, NYU
OTB and LT, too
NYPD Blue
That's what I like about the North

Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan
Islands: Ellis, Long and Staten
Little bit o' dis, little bit o' dat, 'n'
Dat's what I like about the North

Knicks, the Rangers, Giants, Yankees
Norton, Ralph, Alfalfa, Spanky
Hoboken was the home of Frankie
That's what I like about the North

How 'bout Devil Dogs, Ring Dings
I can't get enough of them Buffalo wings
Joey Buttafucco, badaboom, badabing
That's what I like about the North

The Gottis and the Corleones
Hard salami and provolone
We don't eat Christmas dinner at Shoney's
And that's what I like about the North

We don't fix to do; we just do it
When it snows we drive right through it
We smoke tobacco; we don't chew it
That's what I like about the North

We drink Heineken and Becks
Not Budweiser longnecks
We don't ask for separate checks
And that's what I like about the North

We eat walnuts, not pralines
And my mama didn't have me at seventeen
And all my neighbors have different genes
That's what I like about the North

There's New York's Hayden Planetarium
We give folks rides; we don't carry 'em
We love our cousins but we don't marry 'em
That's what I like about the North

There's the Hamptons and Hyannis Port
Patrick Ewing, and Michael Jordan
And NASCAR racin' ain't no sport, 'n'
That's what I like about the North

A sack's a sack and a bag's a bag
We won the war but we don't brag
We salute just one flag
That's what I like about the North

Now, we're not saying that the North is better
It's just cooler; bring a sweater
Meet a Brooklyn chick and you'll never forget her
That's what I like about the North

So pack that U-haul; y'all come see
You can bring the whole family
But don't tell no one you know me
That's what I like about the North