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They say there's no place like home
But home ain't the place for me
And even tho I'm gone
There's no need to wait for me
Just pray for me
[Verse 1: D. Ciano]
This is something that they need to hear, cause people fear, leaving there
Going on past a place called home, be prepared
I tell em get away from all the places we would see as kids
Cause the small minds'll try to tell you that your dreams too big
But it's not… In fact big is subjective
See I'm in tune, but finding you's the biggest objective
There's opportunity, but you the opposition
And my conscious told me to leave, don't be a contradiction
And those who opt to miss him, thank you for your optimism
But the knowledge in him will guarantee him a pot to piss in
No ad-libbing this vast diction, I got a vision
Plus I seek respect and not attention
I'm from a place where self defense isn't martial arts, or Kung Fu
My area's cold, they use Nines when they want to
*Gun shot* Another dies, he was young too
*Gun Shot* Who can save em? who's it up to?
Me, that's why I left I'm blessed
My city's known for steady committing theft, that stress
Of being robbed of chances given community chess
Like when we're robbed of answers, it's a**umed that we guess
I guess, but I don't know no better
Like how these women want Kings, but they ain't no Coretta's
I focus better, music and dating don't blend but I mix that so
I got enough exes to play Tic Tac Toe
Whoa, the truth is for sale, why tell em a lie
I love that I fell, I'll tell em goodbye
I've jumped to inhale, this air in the sky
I'm meant to prevail and destined to try
No what if I fail, just what if I fly
The brilliance in what I think it's only right they love me
Plus I'm a monster with the ink, so on the Mic I'm sully
And moving out of my house, I knew what tearing us apart meant
Home is where the heart is but I became heartless
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[Verse 2: Loose Voltage]
I'm in Doger stadium, all under her Jersey
Arguing with the umpire, tryna tell me
Theres no place like home well what about 3rd base
I ain't done nothing, just came a long way
Y'all don't know the half, I was sitting in Dekalb
Feeling like I let down my fam, with the rest of the slaves
If I can break free from the chains and the court as the judge looks me in my face
Like he's just another young dumb thug, driving drunk from the club
Using d**, f**ing s*uts, unloved, shooting guns, piece of scum from the slums
Hmmm, it's time to clean up the streets
I don't understand why you afraid of this new money
A lot of people where I'm from never knew money
My mind state was move to a new state
LA LA blowing LA LA owww
f** I'm doing in the Hills where they buzz you in
Hanging around celebrities, like they my f**ing friends
If it's an indoor pool, then I' jumping in
In Silicon Valley searching for something real
Yesterday I rode around in a Benz
That was whiter than friends, full house, and both the Olsen Twins
And put my banker on Playa Fly and Soulja Slim
Talking bout that Soulja Life Mentality, still didn't get it
My partner asked me how it feels to be inside of the
City of Angels, away from all the danger
And I explained uh, it ain't that much safer, but
If this was heaven, y'all'd be considered sinners
And get my mama on the phone, and tell her I can't come home
Why? I got a vision and mission
And to my partners a mechanic can't fix a broke engine
If he's in the Hood with it
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