To all my and my hundred dollar billers To emo kids that got too feelings He held the open while he counted her change I was next in line which I was invisible From where I stood I could see the till was full He didn't look the type to superhero So I forth and paid for my cigarettes Crept out the stores front door to a little breath Bangles in my head, shake the off Another Monday night, its gonna be a long walk A car pulled up, a fixed up A woman and a child climbed out and it running They went inside of the deli, placed an With the extra dollar bottled water 'cuz the daughter's When they came out mommy gave me a That said, man can an angel but he's got to take the chance Already the deal, I lit one up and walk, So they got back in the Oldsmobile, up, and took off. love on the corner by the Walgreen's Looking at me like I'm just square saltine As I get closer I notice they showing each other sketches Out of their notebooks, me of my old roots I walk pass with a nod and a Swear to God and comic books was my genesis! the life and the fashions of the children It's the only culture I've got, exactly we've been building All of a sudden I'm in front of man No he's a young'in but he's got a gun in his He looks fifteen, he looks frantic, no he looks Immediately 'til I heard him say "Do you this? It's not mine, I promise! I found it on my in between a couple garages! wanna leave it for a child to stumble over! I even know how to hold it!" It was a thirty-eight, the man's machete Held it in my hand, thinking damn man it's heavier expected, it behind my belt buckle knowing that it's evil, even thought that I could smell the extra strength weak, but there on the corner saw what I needed and proceeded to the put the in the mail box to loose it figured that the post office what's best to do with it Mosey down the road thinkin' the old, I used to roam this zone with two feet of here, this used to be a record shop I've gotten love, I've gotten drunk, I've beat up in that lot. I've had my Lake Street for three decades These alleyways, and streetlights have seen my best days Before I was a germ how to misbehave, All the way to the grave, South is my resting place Took a on Lyndale, I'm getting near But then the road empty and the people disappeared. The clouds ran away, up the sky And one by one I every constellation die And there I was frozen, in my backyard Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the star I should've known, walked all the way To find she wasn't here, I'm still all alone No matter where I am, no what I do, I'm coming back home to you. They can leave me for dead, can take away my true, I'm always coming home to you. Through the lies and the sins that the wind that blew, I'm always coming home to you. As sure as the in the garden that you grew, I'm always coming home to you. No matter where I am, no matter I do, I'm always coming back to you. If I had known what you already knew, I'm coming back home to you. the heaven I've had to the hell I been through, I'm coming back home to you I wanted to make a song where I'm from You Big ups my My territory, My state, but, I couldn't figure out much to about, Well, Prince here! We got ten lakes! But wait, The are beautiful! To me are... And we're not pretentious movie stars... And it hit me, man, Minnesota is If only simply for not what we But what we Its all It out there! in there! in the mirror, the breast, the hair! "Follow the dream," Doesn't leave the love Roam if you must, but come home when you've seen I love New and "Cali" But I movin', Too Saturated humans And I'm not big on rappers, actors, or models, If I had to dip, I'd skip to Chicago. of this is a diss, No one, No where, Like I'm from Minnesota Land of the air Too many mosquitoes and a fair of egos But like my man Sabe "That's where my stays!" So if the people laugh and giggle you tell 'em where you live Say "shh...", say "shh.." And if you this is where you wanna raise your kids Say "shh...", say "shh.." If you're from the Midwest and it doesn't matter Say "shh...", say "shh.." If you can drink tap and breathe the air Say "shh...", say "shh.." Got trees and vegetation in the City I The in the mail And I can always a parking space The women out the men two to one Got parks and and things to do with my son The night ain't all that, But okay, I don't to be distracted by the devil everyday! And the jobs really hard to find, In fact, you could mine if you knew how to rhyme! This is for everyone the planet That wishes they were from somewhere other where standing, Don't it for granted. Instead, a look around, Quit complaining and build something on ground! Plant something on ground! Dance and sleep on ground! Get on your and knees and watch the ants walk the ground! a family! magic! a mess! the stress, Fill motivation, And build nest! It sucks you think where I'm from is whack, But as long as enough to keep your ass from coming back. And with a smile and a hint of he says "I beg your pardon, but is my secret garden!" So if the people laugh and giggle you tell 'em where you live Say "shh...", say "shh.." And if you this is where you wanna raise your kids Say "shh...", say "shh.." If you're from the Midwest and it doesn't where Say "shh...", say "shh.." If you can drink tap water and the air Say "shh...", say "shh.." If the playground is of stems and syringes Say "shh...", say "shh.." And if there's only one store in town that sells twelve-inches Say "shh...", say "shh.." If no one in your crew around with a gun Say "shh...", say "shh.." And if you ain't gonna leave 'cause this is where from Say "shh...", say "shh.."