[Intro: spoken]nYou know you got this fantasynIn your head about -nGetting out of the lifenAnd, setting that other world on it's earnWhat the fuck are you gonna do except hustlenNow man I ain't puttin' you downnI'm just tryin' to make it real baby like it is, like it isnn[Lupe Fiasco:]nLupe Fiasco... came from the ghettonYou know! food and liquor!nIt's the ghetto right here man!nn[Verse 1:]nAy it's real here, dope fiends steal herenTurn around give us the money, to buy wheels herenGive you the chills yeah?nDevelopers don't build herenProperty values low, cause we still herenBetter believe most of us wanna leavenFurthest we went was out of our mindsnBut we still herenWeapons concealed herenLittle sisters on the pill herenCan't pay bills here but we like to chill herenGotta reap what you sow, grow what you til herenYour momma weep where you sowed ‘cause you was killed therenPolice put cameras on poles too many deals therenGotta go to the county, cause you was filmed therenHow does it feel knowing innocence was killed here?nLast night, down the park beating harpo still therenFor loveliest chain I make up pills herenLet's pray for our brains bust-downs kneel herenn[Hook: Anthony Hamilton]nSometimes I get rushednComing from where I'm from, (I'm from)nTimes have got hard yeahnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I gotta work to work, yeahnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I gotta do a little dirtnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nn[Verse 2:]nThere was once a child in herenCause all the tribulations and the trials in herenAnd all the limitations of his housing therenBecame a teenage trafficker a thousandairenCaptivated with what the drug dealer toldnInfatuated by what the drug dealer drovenA life validated by what a drug dealer holdsnOn the stand because what another drug dealer toldnA drug dealers woe: 'time waits for no man'nNo woman waits for a man with time on his hands (they don't)nDidn't you know? lord they fearing ye nownThey hearing ye nownSpecially when the conspiracy comes downnWe come down get humblenIt's no longer fun nownBut who gonna hustle to feed his son now?nFrom the cradle to the cagenWe bring our sons to be be gunned downnOur daughters to have more - it's warnn[Hook:]nSometimes I get lonelynComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nThings ain't what they seem to benComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I get a little angrynComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes it gets the best of menWell I tried to be goodnWanted nothing but to love somebodynDidn't wanna die youngnBut it helps me try to feed my familynToo scared to have kidsnAnd do what daddy did, because I'm so scared of failingnSometimes it gets hardnComing from where I'm fromnn[Verse 3:]nBut, but it's beautiful herenThere's nothing like the feeling when you do it from herenYou ain't have to move or packnYou ain't have to shoot a gatnAnd you still took your mamanAnd you moved her from herenYou ain't dropped out, you figured the world outnCan survive out anywherenLearn how to do it in herenYeah, that's how we do it in herenHearing shorty’s at play is like music to the earnWe still get by, you know?nn[Hook:]nComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes you gotta mournnComing from where I'm from (I'm' from)nSometimes I gotta cry a little bitnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I gotta fight the painnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I gotta walk alongnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I get a little worriednComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I get lost, out of touchnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I think I pray a little bit too muchnComing from where I'm from (I'm from)nSometimes I get a little scarednComing from where I'm from (I'm from)
Comin' From Where I'm From
Lupe Fiasco
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A Bathing Harry All The Way Turnt Up Army Girl Beautiful L.A.S.E.R.S Birds and the Bees BMF (Building Minds Faster) Can You Let Me Know (Extended) Can You Let Me Know Feat. Verbal & Sarah Green Champ Is Here Don't Get It Twisted (Freestyle) Fighters (feat. Matthew Santos) Go Baby feat. GemStones Hello, Goodbye (Uncool) If You Want To Jedi Mind Tricks Just Might Be Okay Kick Push II Knockin' At The Door Lasers Manifesto Lu Myself (Lose Yourself Freestyle) Make Sure McFly Me And My Sneakers Mic Check National Anthem Never Lies Real Recognize Real (The Pillz) Scream Spraypaint and Ink Pens The Gorilla The Pen & The Needlz Theme Music To A Driveby Tilted Trials And Tribulations Two Ways You My
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