Blue Scholars - Back Home lyrics

And it begins like this, yo

Uh, and it begins where we left
A brother chased after by death
Until he catches his breath
We embarked upon a long march
Too weary to rest
Now tell me who would ever have guessed
That at the top of the west
A party rocker and a poet might
Collectively have written another chapter
In this fight against
This self-described right, but not righteous
It's highly unlikely we'll take
It lightly when
1000 of my compatriots are evacuatin' nightly
From one ave to another, University to Beacon
The body was never meant neither
To last to be beaten
But Buddhas in the streets teachin' a
Lesson to kids in the cold


And if I tell all of mine
There's other stories to be told
Had a lot of good brothers
Either my age or younger
Who copped the 1st album when
It dropped now gone under
And they say progress but the fact is
Dr martin Luther King's legacy
Is lookin' like
The street we named after him
Permanently under construction
The people hustlin'
Despite the pain and sufferin' the
Energy we've mustered in
South side Seattle there's a
Whole lot happenin'
Where so called soul mates are
Stabbin' each other's scapulas
Melancholy hopeful I capture the
Present moment we
Consummated the marriage of beats, rhymes
And atonement in each mind resides a
Potential so potent they
Make us think that we ain't got it
If we did then we'd control shit
Organizin' and prioritizin' what's important
I'm just tryin' to raise the scene
While the homies have abortions
No distortion to the static
I hold the mic and pass it to the future
Schools in session but there
Won't be any classes
Happy to see family back
From ten months in Iraq
For fallen comrades rockin' a
Black wrist band it's just a glimpse of what
You missed when you gone
We held you down and kept chanting
Now "bring 'em back home"

We say bring 'em back home
For my brothers and my sisters
Who've been gone too long
We say bring 'em back home
And I don't wanna have to
Keep on singin' this song
We say bring 'em back home
For my brothers and my sisters who've
Been gone too long we say
Bring 'em back home
And I don't wanna have to
Keep on singin' this song

And somewhere a soldier kissed
His family goodbye
And he was walking like a warrior
The water in his eyes
He left in late September said
He'll be back in July
Now the child is asking mommy "Why
Did daddy have to die?"
She says he fought for freedom
But she knows it's just a lie
Cause her father was a
Veteran with benefit's denied
Now the fire in her eyes burn
Brighter with the passin' of
The minutes into hours and the
Hours into days and days turned to night
Nights turned to face the other way
One sister strong holding down
The whole family it's just one in over
Three thousand casualties and
Back home we battle with the apathy
We chantin' now

Bring 'em back home
For my brothers and my sisters
Who've been gone too long
We say bring 'em back home
And I don't wanna have to
Keep on singin' this song
We say bring 'em back home
For my brothers and my sisters who've
Been gone too long we say
Bring 'em back home
And I don't wanna have to
Keep on singin' this song

So next time you see recruiters in
Your school or your crib
Tell 'em thank you for the offer
But you'd rather you lived
We got more than just our bodies to offer
So fuck a coffin wrapped in
Red, white, and blue, withdraw passed due
We disgusted with the fact we
Pay taxes to build tanks
Still dropping one twomp and a
Half to fill tanks
Got a china mans chance to
Fill banks like Phil Banks
For soldiers in the future givin'
Thanks in advance we say

Bring 'em back home
For my brothers and my sisters
Who've been gone too long
We say bring 'em back home
And I don't wanna have to
Keep on singin' this song
We say bring 'em back home
For my brothers and my sisters who've
Been gone too long we say
Bring 'em back home
And I don't wanna have to
Keep on singin' this song