"Round Here" is the first single from

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's third album, ''

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'' "Round Here" features verses from Southern rappers

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and T.I. The song was produced by

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. The song peaked at #53 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Song info and music video

The song's theme is to show that no matter where you are from everyone who lives in the hood has to struggle.
References :
Memphis Bleek

Put in game down here, make change down here
Cause I serve them fiends, that raw 'caine down here

T.I. :

You say the wrong thang, get ya back blown round here
Cause gangsta's rep they hood, by the zone round here

In the music video, each rapper portrays the gritty life in their low income neighborhoods they grew up in throughout a single day. Memphis Bleek rapping in some

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apartments behind him in

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in the early morning, Trick Daddy raps in front of some low cost apartments, run down houses and stores in

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in the afternoon/mid-day, and T.I. raps on the front lawn of a house in a low income neighborhood in

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in the evening/dusk.'Round Here' music video
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and a then-unknown

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and

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. The official remix, the "Dirty South Remix", features T.I., B.G., &

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Charts

References

2003 singles 2003 songs Memphis Bleek songs T.I. songs Trick Daddy songs Roc-A-Fella Records singles Song recordings produced by Just Blaze Songs written by Trick Daddy Songs written by T.I. Gangsta rap songs {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub