Lupe Fiasco - Coming From Where I'm From lyrics

[Intro: man] You know you got this fantasy In your head about - Getting out of the life And, setting that other world on it's ear What the f** are you gonna do except hustle Now man I ain't puttin' you down I'm just tryin' to make it real baby like it is, like it is [Lupe Fiasco:] Lupe Fiasco... came from the ghetto You know! food and liquor! It's the ghetto right here man! [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] Ay it's real here, dope fiends steal here Turn around give us the money, to buy wheels here Give you the chills yeah? Developers don't build here Property values low, cause we still here Better believe most of us wanna leave Furthest we went was out of our minds But we still here Weapons concealed here Little sisters on the pill here Can't pay bills here but we like to chill here Gotta reap what you sow, grow what you til here Your momma weep where you sowed ‘cause you was k**ed there Police put cameras on poles too many deals there Gotta go to the county, cause you was filmed there How does it feel knowing innocence was k**ed here? Last night, down the park beating harpo still there For loveliest chain I make up pills here Let's pray for our brains bust-downs kneel here [Hook: Anthony Hamilton] Sometimes I get rushed Coming from where I'm from, (I'm from) Times have got hard yeah Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta work to work, yeah Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta do a little dirt Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] There was once a child in here Cause all the tribulations and the trials in here And all the limitations of his housing there Became a teenage trafficker a thousandaire Captivated with what the drug dealer told Infatuated by what the drug dealer drove A life validated by what a drug dealer holds On the stand because what another drug dealer told A drug dealers woe: 'time waits for no man' No woman waits for a man with time on his hands (they don't) Didn't you know? lord they fearing ye now They hearing ye now Specially when the conspiracy comes down We come down get humble It's no longer fun now But who gonna hustle to feed his son now? From the cradle to the cage We bring our sons to be be gunned down Our daughters to have more - it's war [Hook:] Sometimes I get lonely Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Things ain't what they seem to be Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get a little angry Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes it gets the best of me Well I tried to be good Wanted nothing but to love somebody Didn't wanna die young But it helps me try to feed my family Too scared to have kids And do what daddy did, because I'm so scared of failing Sometimes it gets hard Coming from where I'm from [Verse 3:] But, but it's beautiful here There's nothing like the feeling when you do it from here You ain't have to move or pack You ain't have to shoot a gat And you still took your mama And you moved her from here You ain't dropped out, you figured the world out Can survive out anywhere Learn how to do it in here Yeah, that's how we do it in here Hearing shorty's at play is like music to the ear We still get by, you know? [Hook:] Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes you gotta mourn Coming from where I'm from (I'm' from) Sometimes I gotta cry a little bit Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta fight the pain Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I gotta walk along Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get a little worried Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get lost, out of touch Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I think I pray a little bit too much Coming from where I'm from (I'm from) Sometimes I get a little scared Coming from where I'm from (I'm from)