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