[Produced by Statik Selektah]
[Hook: Dej Loaf]
Tell 'em if they want it, they can come get that static
I swear I love my city, I just want a little static
See me, they salute me, they ain't ready for that static
Detroit vs. Everybody
[Verse: Royce Da 5'9"]
I took a bite out the rotten apple by the poison tree
All these females need to email to make noise
And I think its changin' a lot, he fuck with my authority
Then he shall see shells, but not by the seashore
If he gangbangin' or not
It's simple as the alphabet
He F with me, that G shall surely see
He definitely is 'bout it, it's retail fraud, he's weak
The honest gesture
The trigger finger 'round the diamond tester, we tail flaw with heat
The same soldier, it's me, myself and I
Ridin' 'round shootin' my biopic and my autobiography
Range Rover, this ain't the squash beef state
You thinkin' makeup, we thinkin' Lark Voorhies face
This twin Eagle's an ___? coupe, might as well ride by in an ambulance
My parachute like skydivin' in Hammer pants
So call it siblin' rivalry
Take his life, call it the unforgivable robbery
A wise man told me that holdin' a grudge is like
Lettin' somebody just live inside of your head rent free
Real talk, I don't got time to evict these clowns
Y'all niggas been bitches, that's none of my business, but I don't sip tea
(That's Nickel) Ride around his block
All he knows is pitfalls, that's why he's always climbin' out his drop
(I got a question) Do you wanna ride or die?
Welcome to Detroit, mothafucka
[Verse 2: Big Sean]
Boy I need no halves and halves, I want the game in entirety
100 percent cut, no stitches required
Welcome to Detroit where if you get that promotion
Don't worry, man them bullets will still be at your ass firin'
I still call it safe, I would suck if I was umpirin'
Boy I hit the beat I just treat that shit like a diary
I'm offended if you hear my new shit and you ain't rewindin' me
Self made, I never needed your bail or a wire, see
I'm never callin' collect, I call to collect
My homie wanted a Chevy so I put my dog in the vet
Plus I'm so loyal that that paper, boy, is all that I fetch
Got the ball in my hand and the ball in the net
Bitch I'm the D, can't no offense dunk on me
I'm Mr. Big Shot, these hoes get drunk off me
I'm overrespected, my mama gated community's overprotected
So futuristic, I'm already over my next bitch
Reminiscin' on listenin' to 50 fifty times a day
Back when tenth grade was like fifty days away
Tryna get paid fifty ways a day
Used to put fifty on the layaway, now my closet fifty shades of grey
Twenty six and I done lived a lifetime a few times
From futons to Grey Poupons
In church tryna get a little savings, yeah coupons
I spit that A1 every day, I'm hittin' new primes
Now the stakes high, niggas surprised at the new lines
Or takin' down my number like "you still ain't got a new line?"
Nah it's the same, we've been laborin' for years
I know it took way longer than 9 months, but fuck it, it's all in due time
I turned a blunt to a roach with dreams of bein' a Beatle though
Don't want to, I need to,gotta learn to keep it cerebral
When you come up in a place where everyone got a piece but ain't peaceful
This is just part 1, wait 'til the sequel
[Hook: Dej Loaf]
[Verse 3: Danny Brown]
Comin' from them streets where they thirsty, starvin' to eat
Just a step away from felon, that's why they call it the D
On your bleeder, ho, reason for all of this honesty
Honestly no honor roll, but honor the Phantom stripper pole
Cause I'm a Linwood nigga, them young niggas say
Put a sack on your head, you bleed out like ___?
And to think our hood harder then I might break the door
Know some killers pull the trigger for a Swisher and Molly
In a blink I'll hit your kisser, bet you ass ain't rememberin'
They say my city's tougher than two fat bitches scissoring
So nigga I'm a veteran, retire my letterman
I ___? but I ain't ___?
Cough up a line, 313 where I'm from
Zan got me cross eyed like Bernstein's son
And these niggas try to copy but I hold on this time
It's us vs them, Detroit vs Everybody
[Verse 4: Eminem]
Lately it seems as if it's me against the world
Like it was before my life became a movie
And they used to use my mothafuckin' trailer to tease me with
But I flipped that script like AB filler
Painkillers to pop that lid off that safety seal
It made me feel amazing, made me celebrate me
And if I may reiterate, I ain't even need a script
I ain't bein' conceited
But I made it to radio, eat a dick
I still never ABC the shit
Mainstream appeal and the skill is what made me iller
Since before they called Jay Dee Dilla
I was daydreamin' one day I would be the shit
And if I ever end up escapin' the streets I swear that I would stay here
Still in it, I'm crazy, I'll always be real
Don't make me steal an 18 wheeler
Break all of my friends out of here
And take 'em straight to the Mercedes dealer
Peel off back to the same block that we came from, rampage
You crazy for me to flip
What's makin' you think I need a switch? Cause I'm Adrian Peterson
When he's raging and heated and on the way to go beat his kid
On the track I spank like he just did
(DETROIT!) I can't never leave this bitch
Sick of bein' treated like me and shit
Jesus, I can just see why people stop callin' me to do features
And them cyphers on BET cause if I wasn't me
I probably wouldn't want to play with me neither, shit
Seems to be reachin' this fever pitch
180 degrees in here trying to wait for the cedar chips
MCs just bit off more than they can chew like a face full of Swedish Fish
Or Lorena with two penises
Hateful and genius, this inconvenience
And for the record, you won't want this kind of static in your life
When I'm makin' you cling to it
They consider tryna reinsulate yah
When it's maybe in for another crazy winter
It's so cold in the D, it is as days begin to tick away
But ain't this what really made me into the angry bitter blonde
Sick of bein' underdog
Don't make me unleash this shit, release this Pit
May even seem as if
I'm yankin' your chain a bit or maybe the way in which I'm sayin' shit
Is playin' with your relation, changin' it
It's still the same and Shady's still a lady killer
Since the day I went insane and attacked the baby sitter
With a potato peeler and mushed her face into the entertainment center
It's like another plane just entered into Ukraine again
The Bermuda Triangle and attempted to make a safety center
Awaiting anyone who ain't affiliated, it could be danger
Did you make arrangements with the gangsters when you came here?
And I came to kill 'em
[Hook: Dej Loaf]
[Outro: Trick Trick]
What up though, it's the godfather Trick Trick.
You either ridin' with us or gettin' rolled on.
That means Detroit vs. Everybody!
Hey Em let me get that instrumental take it down to the hood,
let the little homies get this remix crackin'. Detroit!
[Hook: Dej Loaf]
Tell 'em if they want it, they can come get that static
I swear I love my city, I just want a little static
See me, they salute me, they ain't ready for that static
Detroit vs. Everybody
[Verse: Royce Da 5'9"]
I took a bite out the rotten apple by the poison tree
All these females need to email to make noise
And I think its changin' a lot, he fuck with my authority
Then he shall see shells, but not by the seashore
If he gangbangin' or not
It's simple as the alphabet
He F with me, that G shall surely see
He definitely is 'bout it, it's retail fraud, he's weak
The honest gesture
The trigger finger 'round the diamond tester, we tail flaw with heat
The same soldier, it's me, myself and I
Ridin' 'round shootin' my biopic and my autobiography
Range Rover, this ain't the squash beef state
You thinkin' makeup, we thinkin' Lark Voorhies face
This twin Eagle's an ___? coupe, might as well ride by in an ambulance
My parachute like skydivin' in Hammer pants
So call it siblin' rivalry
Take his life, call it the unforgivable robbery
A wise man told me that holdin' a grudge is like
Lettin' somebody just live inside of your head rent free
Real talk, I don't got time to evict these clowns
Y'all niggas been bitches, that's none of my business, but I don't sip tea
(That's Nickel) Ride around his block
All he knows is pitfalls, that's why he's always climbin' out his drop
(I got a question) Do you wanna ride or die?
Welcome to Detroit, mothafucka
[Verse 2: Big Sean]
Boy I need no halves and halves, I want the game in entirety
100 percent cut, no stitches required
Welcome to Detroit where if you get that promotion
Don't worry, man them bullets will still be at your ass firin'
I still call it safe, I would suck if I was umpirin'
Boy I hit the beat I just treat that shit like a diary
I'm offended if you hear my new shit and you ain't rewindin' me
Self made, I never needed your bail or a wire, see
I'm never callin' collect, I call to collect
My homie wanted a Chevy so I put my dog in the vet
Plus I'm so loyal that that paper, boy, is all that I fetch
Got the ball in my hand and the ball in the net
Bitch I'm the D, can't no offense dunk on me
I'm Mr. Big Shot, these hoes get drunk off me
I'm overrespected, my mama gated community's overprotected
So futuristic, I'm already over my next bitch
Reminiscin' on listenin' to 50 fifty times a day
Back when tenth grade was like fifty days away
Tryna get paid fifty ways a day
Used to put fifty on the layaway, now my closet fifty shades of grey
Twenty six and I done lived a lifetime a few times
From futons to Grey Poupons
In church tryna get a little savings, yeah coupons
I spit that A1 every day, I'm hittin' new primes
Now the stakes high, niggas surprised at the new lines
Or takin' down my number like "you still ain't got a new line?"
Nah it's the same, we've been laborin' for years
I know it took way longer than 9 months, but fuck it, it's all in due time
I turned a blunt to a roach with dreams of bein' a Beatle though
Don't want to, I need to,gotta learn to keep it cerebral
When you come up in a place where everyone got a piece but ain't peaceful
This is just part 1, wait 'til the sequel
[Hook: Dej Loaf]
[Verse 3: Danny Brown]
Comin' from them streets where they thirsty, starvin' to eat
Just a step away from felon, that's why they call it the D
On your bleeder, ho, reason for all of this honesty
Honestly no honor roll, but honor the Phantom stripper pole
Cause I'm a Linwood nigga, them young niggas say
Put a sack on your head, you bleed out like ___?
And to think our hood harder then I might break the door
Know some killers pull the trigger for a Swisher and Molly
In a blink I'll hit your kisser, bet you ass ain't rememberin'
They say my city's tougher than two fat bitches scissoring
So nigga I'm a veteran, retire my letterman
I ___? but I ain't ___?
Cough up a line, 313 where I'm from
Zan got me cross eyed like Bernstein's son
And these niggas try to copy but I hold on this time
It's us vs them, Detroit vs Everybody
[Verse 4: Eminem]
Lately it seems as if it's me against the world
Like it was before my life became a movie
And they used to use my mothafuckin' trailer to tease me with
But I flipped that script like AB filler
Painkillers to pop that lid off that safety seal
It made me feel amazing, made me celebrate me
And if I may reiterate, I ain't even need a script
I ain't bein' conceited
But I made it to radio, eat a dick
I still never ABC the shit
Mainstream appeal and the skill is what made me iller
Since before they called Jay Dee Dilla
I was daydreamin' one day I would be the shit
And if I ever end up escapin' the streets I swear that I would stay here
Still in it, I'm crazy, I'll always be real
Don't make me steal an 18 wheeler
Break all of my friends out of here
And take 'em straight to the Mercedes dealer
Peel off back to the same block that we came from, rampage
You crazy for me to flip
What's makin' you think I need a switch? Cause I'm Adrian Peterson
When he's raging and heated and on the way to go beat his kid
On the track I spank like he just did
(DETROIT!) I can't never leave this bitch
Sick of bein' treated like me and shit
Jesus, I can just see why people stop callin' me to do features
And them cyphers on BET cause if I wasn't me
I probably wouldn't want to play with me neither, shit
Seems to be reachin' this fever pitch
180 degrees in here trying to wait for the cedar chips
MCs just bit off more than they can chew like a face full of Swedish Fish
Or Lorena with two penises
Hateful and genius, this inconvenience
And for the record, you won't want this kind of static in your life
When I'm makin' you cling to it
They consider tryna reinsulate yah
When it's maybe in for another crazy winter
It's so cold in the D, it is as days begin to tick away
But ain't this what really made me into the angry bitter blonde
Sick of bein' underdog
Don't make me unleash this shit, release this Pit
May even seem as if
I'm yankin' your chain a bit or maybe the way in which I'm sayin' shit
Is playin' with your relation, changin' it
It's still the same and Shady's still a lady killer
Since the day I went insane and attacked the baby sitter
With a potato peeler and mushed her face into the entertainment center
It's like another plane just entered into Ukraine again
The Bermuda Triangle and attempted to make a safety center
Awaiting anyone who ain't affiliated, it could be danger
Did you make arrangements with the gangsters when you came here?
And I came to kill 'em
[Hook: Dej Loaf]
[Outro: Trick Trick]
What up though, it's the godfather Trick Trick.
You either ridin' with us or gettin' rolled on.
That means Detroit vs. Everybody!
Hey Em let me get that instrumental take it down to the hood,
let the little homies get this remix crackin'. Detroit!
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LanguageEnglish
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Duration00:05:57
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Copyright ©WARP MUSIC, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, THE ADMINISTRATION MP, Capitol CMG Publishing, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT, Warner Chappell Music
WriterAndrew Robert, Daniel Sewell, DeJa Trimble, James Brown, Jonathan Brooks, Marshall Mathers, Patrick Baril, Peter Beveridge, Ryan Montgomery, Sean Anderson
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
AddedNovember 11th, 2014
Last updatedMarch 5th, 2022
About"Detroit Vs. Everybody" is a song by American hip hop recording artists Eminem, Royce da 5'9", Big Sean, Danny Brown, Dej Loaf and Trick-Trick, featured on the 2014 Shady Records compilation album Shady XV. Produced by Statik Selektah and Eminem, it was recorded in Ferndale, Michigan, Oak Park, Michigan and Brooklyn, New York.[1] The song was released as the fourth and final single from the album on November 11, 2014.
Taking its title from a clothing line founded by Tommey Walker, "Detroit vs. Everybody" is a posse cut where each included Detroit rapper explains how they managed to rise above the struggle to stardom from their hometown while still representing it. The song received positive reviews from music critics who called it one of the best tracks off the album. "Detroit vs. Everybody" charted at number 28 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Syndrome, was shot in black-and-white showing various locations in Detroit.
"Detroit vs. Everybody" was recorded during various sessions for Shady XV – at Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan by Mike and Joe Strange; at DPA Studios in Oak Park, Michigan by I.V. Duncan; and at Another Showoff Bassment in Brooklyn, New York by producer Statik Selektah. It features additional keyboards by Luis Resto, and was mixed by Eminem and Mike Strange at Effigy Studios. The track contains samples of the James Brown song "Funky Drummer", as well as Peter Beveridge's "Static on the Frequency", co-written by Andy James and Jon Trotti.
In a review of "Detroit vs. Everybody" for Rolling Stone, writer Kory Grow outlined that the song features "Several generations of the Motor City's most vital rhymers [revisiting] the struggle they rose above to break out of their hometown while still defending it", with lead artist Eminem reminiscing about his "pre-megastar days". The song has been described as "a rap rally cry for the Motor City", seeing the artists "defending [the city] against haters". The title of the song is taken from a clothing line founded by Detroit native Tommey Walker.
Media response to "Detroit vs. Everybody" was generally positive. Kory Grow of Rolling Stone awarded the single three out of five stars, describing the song as "an appropriately reflective coda" for Shady XV and praising the performances in particular of Eminem and Big Sean, the latter of whom's verse he claimed "hits hardest". Complex writer Zach Frydenlund praised the track, claiming that it was "the most anticipated song" to be featured on Shady XV. David Jeffries of AllMusic likened the posse cut to "a Marvel vs. DC crossover", while a review by Barry Nicolson for the NME highlighted it alongside "Y'all Ready Know" by Slaughterhouse and "Down" by Yelawolf as a highlight of the record.
The music video for "Detroit vs. Everybody" was directed by Syndrome (who also worked on the videos for Eminem's "Berzerk", "Rap God" and "Guts Over Fear"), and released on January 23, 2015. It was described as "a star-studded, gorgeous black-and-white music video" by Spin magazine's James Grebey, who detailed that "The footage is crisp and austere, giving the assembled talent lots of room to play around and show off their considerable skills and admiration for their hometown". The video was filmed in various locations in Detroit, including Ford Field, Henry the Hatter and Comerica Park; it features Royce and Loaf performing "on rooftops", and Brown and Sean "in a pair of dilapidated buildings".
Taking its title from a clothing line founded by Tommey Walker, "Detroit vs. Everybody" is a posse cut where each included Detroit rapper explains how they managed to rise above the struggle to stardom from their hometown while still representing it. The song received positive reviews from music critics who called it one of the best tracks off the album. "Detroit vs. Everybody" charted at number 28 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Syndrome, was shot in black-and-white showing various locations in Detroit.
"Detroit vs. Everybody" was recorded during various sessions for Shady XV – at Effigy Studios in Ferndale, Michigan by Mike and Joe Strange; at DPA Studios in Oak Park, Michigan by I.V. Duncan; and at Another Showoff Bassment in Brooklyn, New York by producer Statik Selektah. It features additional keyboards by Luis Resto, and was mixed by Eminem and Mike Strange at Effigy Studios. The track contains samples of the James Brown song "Funky Drummer", as well as Peter Beveridge's "Static on the Frequency", co-written by Andy James and Jon Trotti.
In a review of "Detroit vs. Everybody" for Rolling Stone, writer Kory Grow outlined that the song features "Several generations of the Motor City's most vital rhymers [revisiting] the struggle they rose above to break out of their hometown while still defending it", with lead artist Eminem reminiscing about his "pre-megastar days". The song has been described as "a rap rally cry for the Motor City", seeing the artists "defending [the city] against haters". The title of the song is taken from a clothing line founded by Detroit native Tommey Walker.
Media response to "Detroit vs. Everybody" was generally positive. Kory Grow of Rolling Stone awarded the single three out of five stars, describing the song as "an appropriately reflective coda" for Shady XV and praising the performances in particular of Eminem and Big Sean, the latter of whom's verse he claimed "hits hardest". Complex writer Zach Frydenlund praised the track, claiming that it was "the most anticipated song" to be featured on Shady XV. David Jeffries of AllMusic likened the posse cut to "a Marvel vs. DC crossover", while a review by Barry Nicolson for the NME highlighted it alongside "Y'all Ready Know" by Slaughterhouse and "Down" by Yelawolf as a highlight of the record.
The music video for "Detroit vs. Everybody" was directed by Syndrome (who also worked on the videos for Eminem's "Berzerk", "Rap God" and "Guts Over Fear"), and released on January 23, 2015. It was described as "a star-studded, gorgeous black-and-white music video" by Spin magazine's James Grebey, who detailed that "The footage is crisp and austere, giving the assembled talent lots of room to play around and show off their considerable skills and admiration for their hometown". The video was filmed in various locations in Detroit, including Ford Field, Henry the Hatter and Comerica Park; it features Royce and Loaf performing "on rooftops", and Brown and Sean "in a pair of dilapidated buildings".