Nelly may be a global superstar, but he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. The St. Louis rapper embraces his country roots on “CNF (Country Ni**a Fly),” the first single off his upcoming mixtape Scorpio Season, due November 2.

“I’m a strip club veteran,” raps Nelly over the rattling bassline, while also spitting familiar lyrics from his debut single “Country Grammar.”

You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy.