When I think of home, I of a place where there is
We all got to have a place where we from place that 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 This place that we come is called home An' even though we may love, this on the map Said, "It ain't where ya from, where ya at"
I up in the street around some real wild brothers With more than one name an' more one baby mother than one chase, been on more than one run Got more than one enemy an' more one gun
While these cats that's less is just more raw Less space 'cause the laced with 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 your old pop, number act To the spot with the red top fiends is at To the crib where the kids spend their summers trapped
With the jungle cats, an' tigers, leopards an' cheetahs For gazelle, you get chased like a zebra, blaze cheeba cheeba An' the weaker on the street Hungry bellies only what they eat an' it's hard to compete
When smilin' with your heart in they teeth An' the is stacked high beyond an' beneath Son, I been plenty places in my an' time An' regardless home is, son, home is mine
We all got to have a place we come from place that 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 place that we from is called home Even though we may love, place is on the map Said, "It ain't where ya from, where ya at"
Some people live out in New York Some live in Atlanta people got to live, Chicago Some do live, Miami
All my at California An' people got to live, London An' got to live in the whole big world Together you an' me
When I of home, my remembrance of my beginnin' Laundromat ma dukes fold the bed linen Chillin' in front of my with my brother an' them Spendin' nights in Bushwick my cousins an' them
town an' Beat Street, federal relief Slowly meltin' in the mornin' grits we to eat Stickin' to your teeth an' is hard to keep With every flavor, an' Later' only a dime apiece
Old timers on the bench playin' an' thangs tales about they used to be involved in things Start to drinkin', 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 only bodies
I sleep hardly, stirred up like Bob Marley Marley Marl played the symphony, remember we Son, I to many places in my space an' time An' whatever my home is, son, is mine
We all got to have a where 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
Said, We all got to have some place where we come This 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"
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