From the recording SHADOW PEOPLE
Lyrics
WAY BACK HOME<br />
<br />
Hate is rapping at our door;<br />
We can’t live here anymore.<br />
Drugs have taken down our schools;<br />
Thugs are breaking down our rules.<br />
<br />
We’d better hip hop to it;<br />
Can’t let someone else do it.<br />
We lived on the tracks’ right side;<br />
We’ve been taken for a ride.<br />
<br />
Put on some mighty fine Dylan;<br />
With a little help, God willin’,<br />
We’ll start to find our way,<br />
Find our way back home.<br />
<br />
Livin’, dyin’ by the gun<br />
Must be a mad lot of fun.<br />
Kickin’, stabbin’ in the grill<br />
Sounds like some psycho’s mad thrill.<br />
<br />
We’d better hip hop to it;<br />
Can’t let someone else do it.<br />
We lived on the tracks’ right side;<br />
We’ve been taken for a ride.<br />
<br />
Put on some mighty fine Dylan;<br />
With a little help, God willin’,<br />
We just might find our way,<br />
Find our way back home.<br />
<br />
Get shot and watch your CD<br />
Shoot right up on MTV.<br />
Don’t choose your words well - just curse;<br />
Don’t use a nurse – call a hearse.<br />
<br />
We’d better hip hop to it; <br />
Can’t let someone else do it.<br />
We lived on the tracks’ right side;<br />
We’ve been taken for a ride.<br />
<br />
Time for a change of plans,<br />
Time for us to clear the air.<br />
Home is our Promised Land;<br />
Maybe our new President<br />
Can take us there.<br />
<br />
All this wouldn’t be so bad<br />
If this were some passing fad.<br />
All this wouldn’t hurt so much<br />
If our children were untouched.<br />
<br />
We’d better hip hop to it; <br />
Can’t let someone else do it.<br />
We lived on the tracks’ right side;<br />
We’ve been taken for a ride.<br />
<br />
Put on some mighty fine Dylan; <br />
With a little help, God willin’,<br />
We’ll start to find our way back home;<br />
Maybe we’ll find our way back home;<br />
We just might find our way back home.<br />
<br />
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