| I been living in this city for a long while
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| Sometimes I feel like I just need to slow down
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| I’m packing up a bag I’m 'bout to roll out
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| Headed back to my hometown
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| 'Bout to take a little trip to my hometown
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| When I left it was big city dreaming
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| Traded tall trees for the cement
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| Traded calm peace for the steep rent
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| Cold for the beach
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| But still head to mom’s street for the reset
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| Run to the midnight
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| Sun gon' get right
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| Me and my little bruh probably gon' fist fight
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| And I don’t have shit to do
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| My dad sick we listen to his music on the couch
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| With the dog
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| And just sit tight
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| I lived life
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| Where B.B. gun fights
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| Hide and seek be fun nights
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| Where the lakes stay freezy and the skeeters gon' bite
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| Where your high school sweetie might complete your love life
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| Where shit talkers get beat up so you keep your tongue tight
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| Been known to take a long walk down a dirt road
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| And think about the glow the world shows after first snows
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| Rave in the backyard
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| Where the red fern grows
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| I wasn’t made to stay here
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| I’m glad I had a turn though
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| I been living in this city for a long while
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| Sometimes I feel like I just need to slow down
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| I’m packing up a bag I’m 'bout to roll out
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| Headed back to my hometown
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| 'Bout to take a little trip to my hometown
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| I watched a lot of television as a teen
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| I used to see the screen as a window to a dream
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| I wanted to be in it but so far away it seemed
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| Had to leave my native land like Semmi and Akeem
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| Moved myself to the west
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| Put myself to the test
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| Lots of ups and downs
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| Lots of failures and success
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| I’m a grown man now I think I’m changing for the best
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| I used to want it all now I’m tryna want less
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| I visit my hometown looking for some relaxation
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| And every time I find a whole lot of inspiration
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| Via conversations I had with a lot of good friends
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| That do not look at life through no Hollywood lens
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| And I probably would’ve been a different person if I’d stayed there
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| Working 9 to 5 to afford the cost of daycare
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| But, I was put on this Earth for something different
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| I’d never move back but I’d love to fucking visit
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| I been living in this city for a long while
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| Sometimes I feel like I just need to slow down
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| I’m packing up a bag I’m 'bout to roll out
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| Headed back to my hometown
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| 'Bout to take a little trip to my hometown
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| It’s just hard to be at a barbecue and not drink man. |
| It’s like watching
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| pornography for hours on end and just not touching yourself at all
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| You’ll find yourself getting upset or irritated about things that usually don’t
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| irritate you, you know? |
| Things that never bothered you when you were drinking
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| every day, so… it’s normal, it’s part of it. |
| Just try to relax and breathe
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| and try to you know, just blow it off |