
Date of issue: 29.08.2019
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: Common
Song language: English
Memories Of Home |
My first memory, my birthday on a party bus |
Pops wasn’t there but that wasn’t obvious |
In Mom’s arms, in God we trust |
Black Mama love, everything marvelous |
I didn’t know what I was missin', part of a system |
Pops is gone, Uncle in prison |
Inside wishin' for men to teach me 'bout girls and religion |
Made my own rendition of grindin' and kissin' |
Weekend calls to my Dad I’d listen |
Still I felt distant, distant like love |
There’s only so far that words could really hug |
Didn’t wanna be a thug, older niggas I banged with |
I learned a lot from them cuts in the basement |
The smell of blunts laced with a little bit of spice |
Wise, high niggas, giving me advice |
We go out and start fights, scuff up our Nikes |
Come back to talk crap and shoot a little dice |
This is a slice of life and memories |
Sittin' in my mind vividly, often they visit me |
Oh baby |
Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh) |
I’m just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand) |
Oh, oh, oh, oh |
How do I rewind the tape and live in it? |
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh) |
Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh) |
Is it in God’s plan? |
I’m just tryna find my way to understand it |
Metaphors can’t explain how far I came |
A young man at work, I made my own lane |
Steered away from pain, relied on drive |
There’s a old saying, «Don't cry, survive» |
As I kept building there were cranes in the sky |
Certain memories my brain would deny |
A tear laid in my eye, I was afraid to reply |
To the hurt that was callin', it came from the sky |
An older play cousin, of course I trust him |
But he was touchin' where he wasn’t supposed to be touchin' |
What’s a kid supposed to do? |
When they goin' through, what I was goin' through |
Don’t know who to go to |
You want to tell somebody |
In many ways, I failed somebody |
That somebody was me |
Now I’m talking to little Rasheed |
Incarcerated heart, man, you gotta be free |
I felt it, when I told my man I would help with |
Things he was dealin' with I really hadn’t dealt with |
Emotions meltin', I began to release it |
Things you can’t change, you could come to peace with |
At least get it better for the children of forever |
I read the Lord’s letter, I forgive our debtors |
They don’t talk about it, maybe sharing their story |
Memories of home, shared pain and glory |
Oh baby |
Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh) |
I’m just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand) |
Oh, oh, oh, oh |
How do I rewind the tape and live in it? |
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh) |
Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh) |
Is it God’s plan? |
I’m just tryna find my way to understand it |
Said I’m tryna understand, understand, understand, understand |
Ayy-hey, oh-oh, oh |
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