Bobby J from Rockaway - Where I'm From Lyrics

Being where I'm from
Where, where I'm from
Being where I'm from

Let me take you on a ride, it's so fly
Being where I'm from
Where we got that hometown pride, it's so live
Being where I'm from
We don't got nothing to hide, it's alright
Being where I'm from
It's a part of me still
Being where I'm from
You just gotta be real
Being where I'm from

From my block to your block
Where growing up we never kept our doors locked
Still we guard our corners like they're Fort Knox
And your neighbor might just spank ya 'fore they call cops
Even if you ain't their children, I know they can feel this
To raise a child, you know it takes a village
And I gotta thank em for that
The faith instilled in me is from them
Not St. Francis or St. Camillus
From Belle Harbor to the Dayton Buildings
From uptown to downtown
I just wanna make my hometown proud
'Fore I ever think of making millions
What's the point with going off with these bars
If I can't walk in the bar
Put the tip in the jar
Dap the bartender go outside and split a cigar
Put some piff in the sky, then we dip in the car
Like yeah I'm done, man that's just how it goes

Being where I'm from
Let me take you on a ride, it's so fly
Being where I'm from
Where we got that hometown pride, it's so live
Being where I'm from
We don't got nothing to hide, it's alright
Being where I'm from
It's a part of me still
Being where I'm from
You just gotta be real
Being where I'm from

If you from here, you from the family
See back in the days, they couldn't understand me
Learned to play both sides when it comes in handy
Now when they see me man they treat me like I won a Grammy
I see this neighborhood for what it can be
I just sit, hope and pray to God we never see another Sandy
How come they can't be, the turf of the winners
I'm really at my Whit's End, but what they serving for dinner?
Just a certain percentage, I still think it's a bummer
Yeah we drink in the summer
And we surf in the winter
I'ma keep it a hundred
Yeah we're Queens but not really
We got racial divides, man I think that shit's silly
Here's a change of the tides
Man they try to throw shade but we take it in stride
And I say this with pride
Here's a change of the tides
Man they try to throw shade but we take it in stride
And I say this with pride
Being where I'm from

Let me take you on a ride, it's so fly
Being where I'm from
Where we got that hometown pride, it's so live
Being where I'm from
We don't got nothing to hide, it's alright
Being where I'm from
It's a part of me still
Being where I'm from
You just gotta be real
Being where I'm from

Now let the smoke come quicker
It's so fly
Being where I'm from
Now let the smoke come quicker
It's so live
Being where I'm from
We don't got nothing to hide, it's alright
Being where I'm from
It's a part of me still
Being where I'm from
You just gotta be real
Being where I'm from, I'm from, I'm from, I'm from, I'm from