Where I'm From

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