Memories Of Home-Common/BJ The Chicago Kid/Samora Pinderhughes

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Lonnie Lynn/Samora Pinderhughes/Burniss Travis/Karriem Riggins/Bryan James Sledge [00:01.000] 作词 : Lonnie Lynn/Samora Pinderhughes/Burniss Travis/Karriem Riggins/Bryan James Sledge [00:30.85]My first memory, my birthday on a party bus [00:34.91]Pops wasn't there but that wasn't obvious [00:37.49]In Mom's arms, in God we trust [00:40.02]Black Mama love, everything marvelous [00:42.40]I didn't know what I was missin', part of a system [00:45.75]Pops is gone, Uncle in prison [00:48.33]Inside wishin' for men to teach me 'bout girls and religion [00:52.11]Made my own rendition of grindin' and kissin' [00:54.63]Weekend calls to my Dad I'd listen [00:57.26]Still I felt distant, distant like love [00:59.78]There's only so far that words could really hug [01:02.34]Didn't wanna be a thug, older niggas I banged with [01:04.92]I learned a lot from them cuts in the basement [01:07.61]The smell of blunts laced with a little bit of spice [01:10.35]Wise, high niggas, giving me advice [01:13.09]We go out and start fights, scuff up our Nikes [01:15.77]Come back to talk crap and shoot a little dice [01:18.18]This is a slice of life and memories [01:20.81]Sittin' in my mind vividly, often they visit me [01:23.62]Oh baby, Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh) [01:27.76]I'm just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand) [01:33.67]Oh, oh, oh, oh [01:38.08]How do I rewind the tape and live in it? [01:42.81](Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh) [01:47.45]Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh) [01:55.61]Is it in God's plan? [01:58.76]I'm just tryna find my way to understand it [02:03.68]Metaphors can't explain how far I came [02:06.44]A young man at work, I made my own lane [02:09.09]Steered away from pain, relied on drive [02:11.69]There's a old saying, "Don't cry, survive" [02:14.20]As I kept building there were cranes in the sky [02:16.74]Certain memories my brain would deny [02:19.18]A tear laid in my eye, I was afraid to reply [02:21.83]To the hurt that was callin', it came from the sky [02:24.34]An older play cousin, of course I trust him [02:27.01]But he was touchin' where he wasn't supposed to be touchin' [02:29.47]What's a kid supposed to do? [02:30.71]When they goin' through, what I was goin' through [02:33.27]Don't know who to go to [02:34.48]You want to tell somebody [02:35.93]In many ways, I failed somebody [02:38.53]That somebody was me [02:39.88]Now I'm talking to little Rasheed [02:42.07]Incarcerated heart, man, you gotta be free [02:44.75]I felt it, when I told my man I would help with [02:47.59]Things he was dealin' with I really hadn't dealt with [02:50.04]Emotions meltin', I began to release it [02:52.49]Things you can't change, you could come to peace with [02:55.16]At least get it better for the children of forever [02:57.53]I read the Lord's letter, I forgive our debtors [03:00.13]They don't talk about it, maybe sharing their story [03:02.64]Memories of home, shared pain and glory [03:05.27]Oh baby, Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da (Oh, oh) [03:10.03]I'm just tryna find a way to understand (I'm tryna understand) [03:15.61]Oh, oh, oh, oh [03:19.51]How do I rewind the tape and live in it? [03:24.41](Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-oh) [03:29.55]Stayin' out late and playin' in Wonderland (Ooh-ooh, oh-oh-oh) [03:37.55]Is it God's plan? [03:40.66]I'm just tryna find my way to understand it [03:48.15]Said I'm tryna understand, understand, understand, understand [03:57.89]Ayy-hey, oh-oh, oh