When I think of home, I think of a place where there is We all got to have a place where we come from

This place that we come from is called home

We set out on our travels, we do the best we can

We travel this big earth as we roam We all got to have some place that we come from

This place that we come from is called home

An' even though we may love, this place on the map

Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at" I come up in the street around some real wild brothers

With more than one name an' more than one baby mother

More than one chase, been on more than one run

Got more than one enemy an' more than one gun [Incomprehensible]

While these cats that's less privileged is just more raw

Less space 'cause the projects laced with more flaws

Less sleep 'cause the nights ain't peace, it's more war The can is raw like thirsty, rainy season thunder claps

On the block with your old pop, pleadin' number act

To the spot with the red top fiends is huddled at

To the crib where the little kids spend their summers trapped With the jungle cats, lions an' tigers, leopards an' cheetahs

For gazelle, you get chased like a zebra, they blaze cheeba cheeba

An' dominate the weaker on the street

Hungry bellies only love what they eat an' it's hard to compete When they smilin' with your heart in they teeth

An' the odds is stacked high beyond an' beneath

Son, I been plenty places in my life an' time

An' regardless where home is, son, home is mine We all got to have a place where we come from

This place that we come from is called home

We set out on our travels, we do the best we can

We travel this big earth as we roam We all got to have some place where we come from

The place that we come from is called home

Even though we may love, this place is on the map

Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at" Some people live out in New York City

Some people live in Atlanta

Some people got to live, Chicago

Some people do live, Miami All my people at California

An' other people got to live, London

An' everybody got to live in the whole big world

Together just you an' me When I think of home, my remembrance of my beginnin'

Laundromat helpin' ma dukes fold the bed linen

Chillin' in front of my building with my brother an' them

Spendin' nights in Bushwick with my cousins an' them Wise town an' Beat Street, federal relief

Slowly meltin' in the mornin' grits we used to eat

Stickin' to your teeth an' teeth is hard to keep

With every flavor, 'Now an' Later' only a dime apiece Old timers on the bench playin' cards an' thangs

Tellin' tales about they used to be involved in things

Start to drinkin', talkin' loud, cussin' up an' showin' out

On the phone, call the cops, pick 'em up, move 'em out An' it's all too common to start wildin'

I'm a pirate on an island, seekin' treasure known as silence

An' it's hard to find block parties in dark lobbies

Funeral homes packed, but only dark bodies I can't sleep hardly, stirred up like Bob Marley

Marley Marl played the symphony, remember we recall

Son, I been to many places in my space an' time

An' whatever my home is, son, home is mine We all got to have a place where we come from

This place that we come from is called home

We set out on our travels, we do the best we can

We travel this big earth as we roam Said, We all got to have some place where we come from

This place that we come from is called home

Even though we may love, this place is on the map

Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at" Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at"

Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at"

Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at"

Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at"

Said, "It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at"

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