Where I'm From - The Reklaws

Look at Mr. Born To Run Think this town ain't big enough for you I know I'm just your grandpa But don't forget I was your age once too To know the good you got Sometimes you gotta go You think you hate it here But trust me boy you don't It might take you a couple more trips around the sun But one day you'll find out There's a lot more to a simple life Than you thought it was Sometimes it takes a town to raise you To make you what you're made of When it's time to settle down Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming from And you'll come back around Well look at Mr. All Grown Up Blinked an eye and the years added up I'm seeing more me in you Paving your own road runs in your blood I'd never tell you not to do the things you love But what you're chasing now Won't always be enough It might take you a couple more trips around the sun But one day you'll find out There's a lot more to a simple life Than you thought it was Sometimes it takes a town to raise you To make you what you're made of When it's time to settle down Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming from And you'll come back around Yeah, you'll come back around Look at Mr. Born To Run Missing you, wishing he could call you up Just to hear You tell me that you told me so It might take me a couple more trips around the sun But I've been finding out There's a lot more to a simple life Than I thought it was Sometimes it takes a town to raise you To make you what you're made of When it's time to settle down Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming from You'll come back around Yeah, you will You'll come back around Aw yeah Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming 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...

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

Do You Know Where You're Going To? Do you like the things that life is showin' you? Where are you going to? Do you know? Do you get what you're hopin' for When you look behind you? There's no open doors What are you hopin' for? Do you know? Once we were standin' still in time Chasin' the fantasies that filled our minds You knew how I loved you but my spirit was free Laughin' at the questions that you once asked of me Do You Know Where You're Going To? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you goin' to? Do you know? Now lookin' back at all we've planned We let so many dreams just slip through our hands Why must we wait so long before we'll see How sad the answers to those questions can be? Do You Know Where You're Going To? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know? Do you get what you're hopin' for When you look behind you? There's no open doors What are you hopin' for? Do you know?

Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah You're set free I wanna go (Where you wanna) Baby We were too slow (So you gotta) Let me Be on my own You don't get me Let's not wait around Stop I don't want to Make it right You can do better I can be where you wanna If you wanna Where you want If you wanna Where you want I can be where you wanna If you wanna Where you want If you wanna Where you want We stay low So they don't know If we get closer It's over Slow stop I don't want to Make a sound But if you go there I'd follow you down I can be where you wanna If you wanna Where you want If you wanna Where you want If you want me to I can be where you wanna If you wanna Where you want If you wanna Where you want I can be where you wanna If you wanna Where you want If you wanna Where you want If you want me to I can be where you wanna If you wanna Where you want If you wanna Where you want Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh I got you I got you I got you I got you I got you I got you I got you I got you

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