When I think of home, I think of a place where is
We all got to a place where we come from This place that we come from is called We set out on our travels, we do the we can We travel this big as we roam
We all got to have place that we come from This place we come from is called home An' even though we may love, this on the map Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's ya at"
I come up in the street around some real wild With more than one an' more than one baby mother than one chase, been on more than one run Got more than one an' more than one gun
While these cats that's less privileged is just raw Less 'cause the projects laced with more flaws Less 'cause the nights ain't peace, it's more war
The can is raw like thirsty, rainy thunder claps On the block with old pop, pleadin' number act To the spot with the red top fiends is at To the crib where the little spend their summers trapped
With the jungle cats, lions an' tigers, an' cheetahs For gazelle, you get chased a zebra, they blaze cheeba cheeba An' dominate the on the street Hungry bellies only love what eat an' it's hard to compete
When they with your heart in they teeth An' the is stacked high beyond an' beneath Son, I been plenty places in my an' time An' regardless home is, son, home is mine
We all got to have a place we come from This place that we from is called home We set out on our travels, we do the we can We travel this big as we roam
We all got to have place where we come from The place that we come is called home Even though we may love, this is on the map Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's ya at"
Some people live out in New City Some live in Atlanta people got to live, Chicago Some people do live,
All my people at An' other people got to live, An' everybody got to live in the big world Together you an' me
When I think of home, my of my beginnin' Laundromat helpin' ma dukes the bed linen Chillin' in front of my with my brother an' them Spendin' nights in Bushwick with my cousins an'
Wise town an' Beat Street, relief Slowly in the mornin' grits we used to eat Stickin' to your teeth an' is hard to keep With every flavor, 'Now an' Later' only a dime
Old on the bench playin' cards an' thangs Tellin' tales they used to be involved in things Start to drinkin', loud, cussin' up an' showin' out On the phone, call the cops, pick 'em up, 'em out
An' all too common to start wildin' I'm a pirate on an island, seekin' treasure as silence An' hard to find block parties in dark lobbies Funeral homes packed, but only dark
I sleep hardly, stirred up like Bob Marley Marley Marl played the symphony, remember we Son, I been to places in my space an' time An' my home is, son, home is mine
We all got to have a where we come from place that we come from is called home We set out on our travels, we do the we can We this big earth as we roam
Said, We all got to have some place where we from This place that we come from is home Even we may love, this place is on the map Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's ya at"
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