Lupe Fiasco — Coming From Where Im From

[Sample: The Education of Sonny Carson] You know you got this fantasy in your head about getting out of the life and setting that other world on it's ear. What the fuck are you gonna do except hustle? Now, man, I ain't puttin' you down I'm just tryna make it real, baby, like it is— like it is— [Intro: Lupe Fiasco] Lupe Fiasco Came from the ghetto You know! Food & Liquor! It's the ghetto right here, man! [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] Ayy, it's real here (Uh-huh), dope fiends steal here Turn around, give us the money to buy wheels here Give you the chills, yeah? Developers don't build here The property values low 'cause we still here Better believe most of us wanna leave Furthest we went was out of our minds, but we still here Weapons concealed here, lil' sisters on the pill here Can't pay bills here, but we like to chill here (Yeah) Gotta reap what you sow, grow what you till here Your momma weep where you sowed, ‘cause you was killed there Police put cameras on poles, too many deals there Gotta go to the county 'cause you was filmed there (Yup) How does it feel knowing innocence was killed here? Last night, down the park, beating heart was still there For loveliest chain, I make up pills here Let's pray for our brains, bust-downs kneel here Church, yeah [Hook: Anthony Hamilton] Sometimes I get rushed Coming from where I'm from, (I'm from) Times have got hard, yeah (Y'know?) Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta walk to work, yeah (Tales of a young Black male) Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta do a little dirt Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] There was once a child in here 'Cause all the tribulations and the trials in here (Yeah) And all the limitations of his housing there Became a teenage trafficker, a thousand-aire Captivated with what the drug dealer told Infatuated with what the drug dealers drove A life validated by what a drug dealer holds On the stand 'cause what another drug dealer told A drug dealer woes: "Time waits for no man" No woman waits for a man with time on his hands (They don't) Didn't you know? Lord, they fearing Ye now They hearing Ye now, 'specially when the "Conspiracy"s come down We come down, get humble; it's no longer fun now But who gonna hustle to feed his son now? From the cradle to the cage We bring our sons to get gunned down Our daughters to have more It's war [Hook: Anthony Hamilton] Sometimes I get lonely (Yuh) Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Things ain't what they seem to be (Or a reasonable facsimile of it) Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get a little angry (Just ain't me, though) Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes it gets the best of me (It's all us, man) [Bridge: Anthony Hamilton] Well I tried to be good Wanted nothing but to love somebody Didn't wanna die young Grinding, hustling, tryna feed my family Too scared to have kids And do what Daddy did 'Cause I'm so scared of failing Sometimes it gets hard Coming from where I'm from (Sometimes) [Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco] But, but it's beautiful here There's nothing like the feeling when you do it from here You ain't have to move a pack, you ain't have to shoot a gat And you still took your mama, and you moved her from here You ain't dropped out, and you figured the world out Can survive 'bout anywhere—learn how to do it in here Yeah, that's how we do it in here Hearing shorties at play is like music to the ear We still get by, you know? [Hook: Anthony Hamilton] Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes you gotta mourn Coming from where I'm from (I'm' from) Sometimes I gotta cry a little bit louder Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta fight the pain, yeah Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta walk along Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get a little worried Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get lost, out of touch Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I think I pray a little bit too much Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get a little scared Coming from where I'm from (I'm from)