Story By Dave Chappelle lyrics - Big Sean

There's never been a single time, not a one when I've been to Detroit

Where it wasn't some kind of adventure

The City is fucking crazy, it's like it's powerfully alive

It's an entity, it's not like just a place you go, it's Detroit

And one of the reasons that Detroit is my favorite market

Is because the audiences in Detroit, for a comedian, I find them to be particularly challenging

So when I go there, in this particular story, it seemed like a pretty benign night

And I'm sitting in the dressing room at the Fillmore and there's a older gentleman in there

And I don't really talk to the guy much, but he was a nice guy, cool energy, shit like that

And then, uh, fame Detroit rapper Danny Brown came in

Now at this time, I wasn't that familiar with Danny Brown's music, you know what I mean?

So when he asked me to smoke with him, I just smoked with him

I didn't hear all that Aderall, Aderall and all that shit, I didn't know he was about that life

I'm assuming it's weed, I don't know what the fuck it was, but, boy

I smoke weed a million times in my life

Never ever remember feeling this way before and as I was walking on stage

I told my road manager, "You know my number's up tonight"

He's like, "What does that mean?"

"I'm going to bomb", and true to my professional prescription, I did

But there's bombing, then there's the shit that happens in Detroit

It's like the crowd was with me, but the way the crowd responded to me widely

Was one of my favorite crowd interactions ever and as the set is going terrible

When it's clear I'm not gonna be able to pull the nose up and I'm gonna have to crash this thing

I saw Danny Brown slipping out the room, which made me laugh really hard

Go back in the dressing room, everyone you know

There's a stink on you after you bomb, where everyone looks at you like, you know what I mean?

Like Headwound Harry like, "nigga, are you okay?"

But I really I can't explain it to you, I really didn't care

And then it turns out that this kind, older gentleman was Big Sean's father

And my goodness, he gave me a pep talk that only a dad could give and it made me feel wonderful man (Wow)

So shoutout to you Big Sean, shoutout to Detroit

I'll never stop loving your city and I'll never stop loving you, bro

You guys are the truth, much love to the Motor City