E-40 - Home Again lyrics

[Chorus:] I've been waiting for the day (waiting for the day) That i'd be going home again (going home) I've been away from family way too long But I know I'll soon be home again [Verse 1:] Ugh, life ain't promised tomorrow that's what they say Look what i say life ain't promised today A lot of folks outta work right now, latin, white and black So we count on obama care and america's job welfare Where i'm from is ugly not pretty it's all bad it ain't good The pizza man don't even wanna come to my hood Robberies crime scenes being seeing it often And the most lucrative business is selling coffins Society is two faced to a lot of folks that was well off then fell on hard times The sign of the times family fallin out with family a whole lot of mess I wish we had more positive speakers like dr. Cornell west My niece wanna be a cosmetologist, my nephew a chef But without a scholarship, a student loan will put them both in debt Now that's a catch 23 man that's not a catch 22 caz I'd be damned if I don't and damn if I do My relative just got out the state but now he headed to the feds On some trumped up charges that he didn't did But as soon as he come home we goin make a prison spread Got some ramen noodles, some mayonnaise and tuna, some cheese and potato chips [Chorus ] [Verse 2:] Everytime I leave the house i pray that i make it back It's easier to k** a man but it's harder to live with that It's bad outta here in this trap try'na make it in rap Swimming in this concrete lake where the 2 legged snakes is at We quick to k** our own k**in, all wanna scrap and fight The slave masters did want us to learn how to read and write My minority is not the authority, priority In the correctional institutions we make up the majority Hot ones echo through the ghetto bullets ricocheted The batteram and the canines and the task raids It's been 3 weeks and a half and she still ain't bathed Turning tricks for rocks dippin top in alleyways Used to be finer than wood face, body and bu*t The baddest broad at the school now she s**ed out A good girl gone bad used to be squared as a town Y'all had everything spoiled rotten we nothin in our christmas stockings I keep my enemies close so i can see what they plotting Some of my family gone but they not forgotten [Chorus] [Verse 3:] The devil working over time but he can't defeat me Every night i say my prayer for some reason i get sleepy Is there a heaven for a hussler, a d boy, a pusher Try'na provide for his family, brothers and sistas All i got is my word and my name A good reputation is better than fame What if things don't shape up that what i say to the preacher He said you gotta have faith you gotta be a believer Don't wanna be a employee i wanna be a employer Everytime i get some money it go to my lawyer I'm on the phone with my aunty she my prayer waiver Giving me scriptures to read to protect me from the destroyer This is my letter to god i hope that he reads this Please cover me with the blood of your son jesus The clouds is dark, rain, lightening and thunder When the saints come marching in i wanna be in that number [Chorus] [Outro:] Oooh it's been so long Been so long And i'm on my way home On my way home Back to my family To my family It's been too long It's been a long time It's been so long So much pain But i'm on my way home Hardship, struggle, the struggle man growing up in the inner city It's been so long Life is heavy, life is heavy y'all But i'm on my way home Gotta stay prayed up Back to my family Keepin praying man It's been so long God is good Been so long Keep the faith man But I'm on my way home The ups and downs man The torment and turmoil my n***a The torment stay strong my n***a stay strong Stay strong my brothas, stay strong