Habitat

Lyrics for Habitat

Home, place where someone lives, a residence The physical structure within, which one lives, such as a house A dwelling place with a social unit that occupies it A household An environment offerin' security and happiness The higher place, a native habitat Place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted A source, a headquarters, home base And, or related to a team's place of origin On an entry point on which something is directed To the center or the heart I came up in the street around some real wild brothers With more than one name and more than one baby mother More than one case, been on more than one run Got more than one enemy and more than one gun For what now? All that's left to want is more While them cats who's less privileged is just more raw Less space 'cause the projects laced with more flaws Less sleep 'cause the nights ain't peace, it's more war The can is raw like thirsty, rainy season thunder claps On the block with your old pop pleadin' number act To the spot with the red top fiends is huddled at To the crib where the little kids spend they summer trapped With the jungle cats, lions and tigers, leopards and cheetahs For gazelles, you get chased like a zebra, they blaze cheeba-cheeba And dominate the weaker on the street Hungry bellies only love what they eat and it's hard to compete When they smilin' with your heart in they teeth And the odds is stacked high beyond and beneath Son, I've been plenty places in my life and time And regardless where home is, son, home is mine We all got to have To a place that we come from This place that we come from called is called home We set out on our travels We do the best we can We travel this big earth and we roam We all got to have Some place that we come from I said the place that we come from is called home Even though we may love This place that's on the map Said, it ain't where you from It's where you at Some people live out (New York City, yeah) Some people live in (Atlanta, ha-ha, ha-ha) Some people got to live (Chicago) Some people do live (Miami) And all my people that live (California) And other people got to live (London) And everybody got to live in the whole big world Together, just you and me When I think of home, my remembrance of my beginnin' Laundromat helping Ma Duke fold the bed linen Chillin' front my buildin' with my brother and them Spendin' nights in Bushwick with my cousins and them Wild stylin' at Beat Street Federal relief (Ha-ha) Slowly meltin' in the mornin' grits we used to eat (Right) Stickin' to your teeth, and teeth is hard to keep With every flavor Now & Later, only a dime, a piece Old timers on the bench playin' cards and things (Right) Tellin' tales about they used to be involved in things Start the drinkin', talkin' loud, cussin' up, and showin' out Get the phone, call the cops, pick 'em up, move 'em out (Ooh-ooh, ah) And it's all too common to start wildin' I'ma pirate on an island seekin' treasure known as silence And it's hard to find Block parties in dark lobbies Funeral homes packed, but only dark bodies I can't sleep hardly, stirred up like Bob Marley Marley Marl played the symphony, memory recalls Son, I've been to many places in my space and time And whatever my home is, son, home is mine We all got to have To a place that we come from This place that we come from is called home We set out on our travels We do the best we can We travel this big earth and we roam Said, we all got to have Some place that we come from This place that we come from is called home Even though we may love This place that's on the map Said, it ain't where you from It's where you at Said, it ain't where you from It's where you at Said, it ain't where you from It's where you at Where you hang your hat Said, it ain't where you from It's where you at Where you hang your hat Said, it ain't where you from It's where you at Where you hang your hat It ain't where you from It's where you at Where you at It's where you at