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