[00:11.14]Back home
[00:12.67]Everybody''''s searching for somethin''''
[00:14.29]But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin''''
[00:16.42]Back home
[00:17.74]Ain''''t nobody hoping and praying
[00:19.65]''''Cause they feel like nothing can save ''''em
[00:21.83]And they try to hold out but they can''''t fight the fact that
[00:24.70]Life goes black when those lights go out
[00:26.93]But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own
[00:29.51]''''Cause ain''''t a damn thing free
[00:31.02]Back home
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Common:
[00:32.61]Back home / they holler "disciple" and "blackstone"
[00:35.11]Same block the freebase yo we trapped on
[00:37.74]Where our grandmothers marched / The guns clap on
[00:40.61]There''''s liquor stores, beauty supplies, and rap songs
[00:43.34]I travel the world just to come back to it
[00:45.97]The crib got a lot of soul like black music
[00:48.43]I''''m attached to it
[00:49.63]In many ways this city raised me / and gave me
[00:52.23]The drama, honor, and bravery
[00:53.90]The streets seem hollow / when I go to Chicago
[00:56.62]It''''s cheap wine and sorrow
[00:57.77]Times is hard to swallow
[00:59.24]In search of God''''s tomorrow / I borrow words from the
[01:02.05]Bible / and use them for survival / gangs rival
[01:05.09]Signs painted on walls like hiero / glyphics
[01:08.18]I tell ''''em that this is all tribal
[01:09.77]Used to do dirt / Shorty''''s goin'''' through the same cycle
[01:12.47]And trials like Michael / tryin'''' not to stay idle
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[01:15.21]Back home
[01:16.66]Everybody''''s searching for somethin''''
[01:18.22]But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin''''
[01:20.35]Back home
[01:21.78]Ain''''t nobody hoping and praying
[01:23.60]''''Cause they feel like nothing can save ''''em
[01:25.60]And they try to hold out but they can''''t fight the fact that
[01:28.70]Life goes black when those lights go out
[01:31.02]But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own
[01:33.48]''''Cause ain''''t a damn thing free
[01:34.98]Back home
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Ryu:
[01:36.41]Back home it''''s not Compton but close
[01:38.11]The same problems exist and the pain throbbin''''
[01:40.38]And folks are so common
[01:41.73]It don''''t / really bother us much we just swallow it / uh
[01:44.92]Crack the bottle and smoke / hope tomorrow something
[01:47.40]Magical happens that''''ll put me back in the biz
[01:49.72]But the chances of it acutally happening''''s kinda slim
[01:52.31]Back home / we get the good life at a glimpse
[01:54.87]In the form of a rap star, drug dealers, and pimps
[01:57.56]I''''m back home
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Tak:
[01:58.69]I try my best to keep it together it''''s cold
[02:00.74]Like the Windy City streets of December
[02:02.94]I pace back and forth / looking for the courage to shine
[02:05.47]But can''''t lap the source / need something to nourish my mind
[02:08.22]I know we all lose quite a bit in life
[02:09.91]Only to gain some
[02:11.51]Life or the dark winding roads we came from
[02:13.87]But I move with the night / so I''''m used to the shade
[02:16.19]And never lose sight / bringing truth back to the game
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Mike:
[02:19.04]Back home / We''''ve got a lot of shit on our minds
[02:21.51]We''''re always behind on something cause there''''s not enough time
[02:24.14]And we''''re non-stop / bottom line / doing what we gotta do
[02:26.89]To get some food in the fridge and stay out of the hospital
[02:29.82]Back home there''''s people calling us hopeless
[02:32.45]People trying to tell us all we need is some focus
[02:34.94]But focus
[02:36.44]Focus is overrated
[02:37.80]Cause you see every blemish and mistake and can''''t change it
[02:40.98]Back home is Alvarado / K-Town and J-Town
[02:43.83]Or Little Tokyo for those that don''''t know
[02:46.11]Where figures shiver / living right in the littler
[02:48.26]Where kids write bigger / right inside the LA river
[02:50.86]On the concrete / a symbol of our everyday way
[02:53.54]Its that color and concentration over heavy and grey
[02:56.48]And by the time the ink dries on this page
[02:58.89]I''''ll be half a day away from the place where I stay
[03:01.55]Back home
[03:03.19]Everybody''''s searching for somethin''''
[03:04.81]But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin''''
[03:07.01]Back home
[03:08.47]Ain''''t nobody hoping and praying
[03:10.28]''''Cause they feel like nothing can save ''''em
[03:12.35]And they try to hold out but they can''''t fight the fact that
[03:15.48]Life goes black when those lights go out
[03:17.57]But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own
[03:20.19]''''Cause ain''''t a damn thing free
[03:21.62]Back home