E-40, Michael Marshall - Home Again lyrics
[E-40, Michael Marshall - Home Again lyrics]
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
(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