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