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