We have our own way of living down here in New Orleans and our own way of talking too And that's what we like to say when we want to tell a friend hello So WHERE Y AT Lots of kids have nicknames but I want to tell you the story of how I got mine Just like when you listen to your favorite song let's start at the beginning Because this is a story about music
w But before you can understand how much music means to me you have to know how important it is to my hometown my greatest inspiration I grew up in a neighborhood in New Orleans called Tremé Any time of day or night you could hear music floating in the air
