Where I'm From Pt. 1 Lyrics

Where I'm from isn't as bad as people always make it seem

Where I'm from kids are finding better ways than breaking the laws, smoking, and drinking

They're now taking a pause, stopping and thinking, making better choices to prepare for their future, cuz livin life as a bum is not something they can get used to

But where I'm from some bums dress better than teachers

And have more faith than our preachers and since there's no money their life is now featured around violence and crime and half of their time is spent begging for dimes

Yes, the coin and the bag

Because they'd rather get a drag than a job

But change is what we need so society can breathe a breath of fresh air by knowing our kids care about going to school cuz Kanye West has now made it cool to be a drop out.

Mr. Mr., them teachers don't like me is a cop out

Them cop's out to get me is an excuse

So excuse me for telling it like it is but I'm blaming it on the parents.

Cuz apparently, nothing is being said at home, too many kids feel alone

Where I'm from, if you catch em while they're young, there's still time for change, yet so many have grown stubborn their ways and now their days are spent are spent behind bars, jail house rap stars, body builders and Ballers and I'm just callin it how I see it, cuz I've seen it, as far as you know I could be it

Where I'm from isn't as bad as people always make it seem

Where I'm from, more kids no how to curse than write cursive and use words like lookded, hurted and worstest

She told me, Mr. Mr., he lookeded gooood but his girl was the worstest, it hurted my eyes looking at her

And where I'm from, most people do laugh & no one wants to correct her, they just choose to neglect her

Which is nothing new cuz so many men have already done it before

Her mother's ex-boyfriend, her father

Her own ex-boyfriend, a father

Her sister's soon to be ex-boyfriend, a father of three and two on the way and it's so sad to say that too many men in this world have abandoned little girls or little boys for that matter

What ever happened to Daddy's little girl

Cuz in this world, yes, even where I'm from

I've noticed a pattern with men leaving their young

So the saying fits perfect, Like father, Like son

Cuz they weren't taught any better

But they learned how to measure, cuz they learned it in the hood

And it's all good cuz school is for the birds, so they get high off that herb

And hoped Ms. Clark grades with a curve

So they can be the first to pass and graduate,

But where I'm from they're always a tad to late

Where I'm from, if it ain't one thing it's another

My 13 yr old student got caught smoking weed with her brother

Come to find out she's pregnant and so is her mother

And what bothers is neither one knows who the father is

But around my way that's just the same story just a different day

So I'll tell you like tell my students, listen closely while I school you, don't let my shirt and tie fool you

Cuz I'm from where you're from, I've done what you've done, seen what you've seen

I was once in between a rock and hard place, just like you, yeah, my father left me too

I've seen my brother die, watched my mother cry and been too afraid to try

I've seen my grandmother slapped, uncles on crack, I've seen a mother beat up by her daughter

And some honest to God truth y'all, very long my great-great-grandfather was murdered over a quarter

And yes, and yes I received help from the state and damn what you say them food stamps were great

And Yes I've heated my house with the oven and drank Kool-Aid from a jelly jar and the city bus was once my car

I've faced my share of adversity and overcome it

They can't stop me, he can't stop me, you can't stop me I cant lose, cuz I choose not to.

If you need help I got you, We'll make it to the top together and then scream,

Where I'm from isn't as bad as people make it seem

They can take away your dollars but they can't take away your dreams

Remember, where you're from isn't as bad as people always make it seem