Where I'm Coming From - Brandon Ratcliff

If you ain't from where I'm from You might have never heard the rain on an old tin roof Kicked an inch of dirt off an ol' pair of boots Like I did (like I did) If you ain't from where I'm from You might have never got a truck stuck in the mud Mixed coke and club in a Sonic cup On a weekend (on a weekend) Oh, it might sound crazy But oh, that's what made me You might think there ain't much to it You wouldn't know unless you've been through it Think it's all backroads, bonfires, cornfields, and country music Might be just some town you ain't heard of It ain't all you know and everything you love Yeah, you might have never done anyone of those things I've done If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from If you ain't from where I'm from You might have never heard a choir of crickets sing Learned a dirt road lesson on a front porch swing Like I did (like I did) If you ain't from where I'm from You might have never left you doors unlocked Or kissed a boy on a pinewood dock on a riverbed While the sun sets You might think there ain't much to it But you wouldn't know unless you've been through it Think it's all backroads, bonfires, cornfields, and country music Might be just some town you ain't heard of It ain't all you know and everything you love Yeah you might have never done anyone of those things I've done If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from Oh, it might sound crazy But oh, that's what made me You might think there ain't much to it But you wouldn't know unless you've been through it Think it's all backroads, bonfires, cornfields, and country music Might be just some town you ain't heard of It ain't all you know and everything you love Yeah you might have never done any one of those things I've done If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from If you ain't from where I'm from Where I'm from, where I'm from

With your head up in the clouds You try to win the race You're the leader of the pack Always The candle keeps burning from both ends Until it's blowing out with a bang When you think you know the game You don't know anything at all You cross the red line once again Free fall Hope you've learned your lesson well my friend 'Cause there will always be a second chance When you know where you come from You know where you're going Just because you're a child of your time When you know where you come from You back down for no one Just be true to yourself, it's your life With your head up in the clouds Your angels by your side Someone up there keeps your dreams Alive The candle keeps burning from both ends And the road calls your name once again When you know where you come from You know where you're going Just because you're a child of your time When you know where you come from You back down for no one Just be true to yourself, it's your life Just be true to yourself, it's your life And you keep driving down the highway of your life There is no exit sign at all There is a warning light that's flashing all the time And only you can stop your downfall When you know where you come from You know where you're going Just because you're a child of your time When you know where you come from You back down for no one Just be true to yourself, it's your life Just be true to yourself, it's your life Just be true to yourself, it's your life...

In this life, in the life, in the life In this, oh sweet life We're (we're coming in from the cold) We're coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in) Coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in) Coming in from the cold! It's you, it's you, it's you I'm talking to Well, you (it's you), you (it's you), you, I'm talking to now Why do you look so sad, and forsaken? When one door is closed, don't you know, other is open? Would you let the system make you kill your brother man? No, no, no, no, no, no! No, Dread, no! Woo! Would you make the system make you kill your brother man? (No, Dread, no!) Would you make the system get on top of your head again? (No, Dread, no!) Well, the biggest man you ever did see was, was just a baby In this life (in this life) In this (in this life, oh sweet life) Coming in from the cold! We're coming in (coming in), coming in-a (coming in) Coming in (coming in), ooh! (Coming in) Coming in from the cold! It's life (it's life) It's life (it's life) It's life (it's life) It's whoa! We're (coming in from the cold!) We're coming in (coming in), coming in-a (coming in) Coming in (coming in), ooh! (Coming in, coming in) Coming in from the cold! It's you, you, you, I'm talking Well, yes, you, Billabong you Ew! You, I'm talking to now Well, why do you look so, look so, look so sad Look so sad and forsaken? Don't you know when one door is closed, when one door is closed Many more is open? Well, would you let the system get on top of your head again? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Dread, no! Would you let the system make you kill your brother man? (No, Dread, no!) Well, would you make the system get on top of your head again? (No, Dread, no!) No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Well, the biggest, biggest man you ever, ever Did-a see was-a, was-a once a baby In this life In this life In this life In this oh, sweet life We're coming in from the cold! We're coming in (coming in), coming in-a (coming in) Coming in (coming in), ooh! (Coming in) Coming in from the cold! We're coming in-a, coming in-a, coming in-a, coming in-a! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah! Coming in from the cold Coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in) (Coming in, coming in) (Coming in) from the, from the cold!

The dance you doing is dumb How they do where you from Stickin' out your tongue girl But you know you're too young A bunch of girls do it and the shit looks fun That's how they do it where we from You know it don't start till one That's how they do it where they from I'm so faded, no exaggeration Backs breakin' like a percolation Boys to the yard for some hip spankin' Where you make it drop down like you in the matrix Can't take it, them chicks been fakin' Ya'll still sleep, better stay awakened Hot new dance for the hood to make it Make the dope move fast, make them think you drinkin' Head to the floor don't collect that though You better huddle up cause the beat's so cold Pop that, pop that, cock and reload This another hit, I got an ace in the hole Boys on my back, playa did you peep that? You got a small stack, playa, you can keep that I'm a Big Mac make you wanna eat that Like m-m-m-m-m, yak it to the yak Junk in the trunk make you pumps in the bump Girls wanna have fun make you stickin' out your tongue The dance you doing is dumb How they do where you from Stickin' out your tongue girl But you know you're too young A bunch of girls do it and the shit looks fun That's how they do it where we from You know it don't start till one That's how they do it where they from I come into this bitch like liquid Drip, drip, drip, then the business Click, click, get the picture Hermés Trismegistus Witness and get lifted Basic, nigga I was born in the basement Shape shift, nigga I think like a spaceship False, oh-nah-nah-nah I am so different than ya'll So far apart The way that I balance the bars I never fall And if I do I just call The almighty yellow star, God Lyrically I'm Optimus Prime Look how I drive, look at my ride When I go by, smoke in your eyes So open your eyes, the joke's on you guys And you ain't gotta be a mason in the see through Some of this shit on occasion The dance you doing is dumb How they do where you from Stickin' out your tongue girl But you know you're too young A bunch of girls do it and the shit looks fun That's how they do it where we from You know it don't start till one That's how they do it where they from I'm like kak-a-rak-a-rak-rak-a-rak-a-rak Make a new track, make 'em fall on they crack Give 'em a slap, appetizer and smack I'm so fat in the back, make the boys all collapse Yeah when I rap they be all on my jack Boys wanna jump on this pussy cat Got a new idea, let me switch it Man, I'm so futuristic Big lips and big, big, big hips Body be thick like a bisque I'm different, rippin' shit Microphone grippin' it Gettin' these Benjamins New car, whippin' it I'm so far ahead of ya'll Man I'm on top of the stars I don't care who none of you are Blah-blah-blah, you best to go rewrite your bars Shawty what? How they do it where you from? How they do it where you from? That's how they do it where we from That how they do it where they from Shawty what? How they do it where you from? How they do it where you from? That's how they do it where we from That how they do it where they from

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way