Everyone’s hometown is special It’s the place that helps you grow into the person you’ll become For one little boy called Shorty his hometown roots were very important He was from New Orleans and in this city there are sounds and tastes and celebrations unlike any other place in the world
Many even call it magical The city showed Shorty how to see the world And its people helped him become the person he was destined to be
Shorty liked to play music in fact he was in a band They called themselves the 5 O’Clock Band because that was the time they started playing every afternoon after school and homework were finished The band lived in a lively neighborhood called Tremé
