Home Again

I've been waiting for the day (waiting for the day)

That I'd be going home again (going home)

I've been away from family way too long

But I know I'll soon be home again

Ugh, life ain't promised tomorrow that's what they say

Look what I say life ain't promised today

A lot of folks outta work right now, latin, white and black

So we count on obama care and america's job welfare

Where I'm from is ugly not pretty it's all bad it ain't good

The pizza man don't even wanna come to my hood

Robberies crime scenes being seeing it often

And the most lucrative business is selling coffins

Society is two faced to a lot of folks that was well off then fell on hard times

The sign of the times family fallin out with family a whole lot of mess

I wish we had more positive speakers like dr. Cornell west

My niece wanna be a cosmetologist, my nephew a chef

But without a scholarship, a student loan will put them both in debt

Now that's a catch 23 man that's not a catch 22 caz I'd be damned if I don't and damn if I do

My relative just got out the state but now he headed to the feds

On some trumped up charges that he didn't did

But as soon as he come home we goin make a prison spread

Got some ramen noodles, some mayonnaise and tuna, some cheese and potato chips

I've been waiting for the day (waiting for the day)

That I'd be going home again (going home)

I've been away from family way too long

But I know I'll soon be home again

Everytime I leave the house I pray that I make it back

It's easier to kill a man but it's harder to live with that

It's bad outta here in this trap try'na make it in rap

Swimming in this concrete lake where the 2 legged snakes is at

We quick to kill our own killin, all wanna scrap and fight

The slave masters did want us to learn how to read and write

My minority is not the authority, priority

In the correctional institutions we make up the majority

Hot ones echo through the ghetto bullets ricocheted

The batteram and the canines and the task raids

It's been 3 weeks and a half and she still ain't bathed

Turning tricks for rocks dippin top in alleyways

Used to be finer than wood face, body and butt

The baddest broad at the school now she sucked out

A good girl gone bad used to be squared as a town

Y'all had everything spoiled rotten we nothin in our christmas stockings

I keep my enemies close so I can see what they plotting

Some of my family gone but they not forgotten

I've been waiting for the day (waiting for the day)

That I'd be going home again (going home)

I've been away from family way too long

But I know I'll soon be home again

The devil working over time but he can't defeat me

Every night I say my prayer for some reason I get sleepy

Is there a heaven for a hussler, a d boy, a pusher

Try'na provide for his family, brothers and sistas

All I got is my word and my name

A good reputation is better than fame

What if things don't shape up that what I say to the preacher

He said you gotta have faith you gotta be a believer

Don't wanna be a employee I wanna be a employer

Everytime I get some money it go to my lawyer

I'm on the phone with my aunty she my prayer waiver

Giving me scriptures to read to protect me from the destroyer

This is my letter to God I hope that he reads this

Please cover me with the blood of your son Jesus

The clouds is dark, rain, lightening and thunder

When the saints come marching in I wanna be in that number

I've been waiting for the day (waiting for the day)

That I'd be going home again (going home)

I've been away from family way too long

But I know I'll soon be home again

Oooh it's been so long

Been so long

And I'm on my way home

On my way home

Back to my family

To my family

It's been too long

It's been a long time

It's been so long

So much pain

But I'm on my way home

Hardship, struggle, the struggle man growing up in the inner city

It's been so long

Life is heavy, life is heavy y'all

But I'm on my way home

Gotta stay prayed up

Back to my family

Keepin praying man

It's been so long

God is good

Been so long

Keep the faith man

But I'm on my way home

The ups and downs man

The torment and turmoil my nigga

The torment stay strong my nigga stay strong

Stay strong my brothas, stay strong