Came From

[00:38.11] Do you know where we came from?
[00:40.44] Do you know what we had to get away from?
[00:42.90] Do you know where this pain from?
[00:45.22] Them boats we row wasn't vacation
[00:47.73] Do you know why we work hard?
[00:49.64] You see the cashier who just paid for your order
[00:52.54] Do you see why she grieving?
[00:54.31] Kids hungry for a meal, pulling doubles just to feed 'em
[00:57.36] Do you know why he tearing?
[00:59.48] Turban on his head and you see him as a demon
[01:02.16] Do you know why we do this?
[01:03.99] Have you felt a mother's pain?
[01:05.17] Do you taste it in the food?
[01:06.35] You take it with you to school
[01:07.58] It smells, it kill the mood
[01:08.74] You might as well be rude but you know you ain't a fool
[01:11.02] 'Cause this shit bussin'
[01:12.62] Cool kids thinking you dusty
[01:14.48] They not from third world country
[01:16.57] On a mission to show 'em something they can't see
[01:18.55] Brown and black magic the only thing that enchant me
[01:21.36] It's a miracle I'm here so I'm flashy
[01:23.35] Bunch of bad man, Benz parked on Delancey, uh
[01:26.34] Came a long way from a Camry, uh
[01:28.80] More than salt and pepper in the pantry, uh
[01:31.26] We gon' be everything that you can't be, uh
[01:33.51] I know these foreigners understand me
[01:35.77] Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, woah
[01:38.83] Ayy, look how far we've come
[01:41.18] Look how much we've done
[01:45.21] Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, woah
[01:48.44] Ayy, look who we've become
[01:50.42] We've only just begun
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[02:04.51] Yeah, I know where I came from
[02:06.96] Yeah, I know what I had to get away from
[02:09.26] How we find dedication
[02:11.85] When genocide last generations
[02:14.11] Yeah, I know separation
[02:16.07] Your father at work so long he ain't raise ya
[02:19.02] You see him on occasion
[02:20.89] And he couldn't show love, now it's what you run away from
[02:23.73] Yeah, I know what I'm made of
[02:26.02] Since nine I've been the translator
[02:28.67] My parents were unable
[02:30.39] Don't you worry, I got it
[02:31.50] You know I'ma keep it honest
[02:32.62] We gon' talk about our image
[02:34.02] The poor and the privileged
[02:35.22] The eat, pray, love and don't love our village
[02:37.80] Born with gorillas, we not around vultures
[02:40.69] They couldn't understand my culture
[02:42.66] I've been in America, carry it like a holster
[02:45.06] This for every mother who couldn't afford Folgers
[02:47.44] Every single brother who putting it on his shoulders
[02:50.31] Ain't nothing in this world that could fold us
[02:52.57] Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, woah
[02:55.61] Ayy, look how far we've come
[02:57.92] Look how much we've done
[03:02.14] Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, woah
[03:05.24] Ayy, look who we've become
[03:07.21] We've only just begun
[03:10.85] Woah, woah
[03:14.88] Ayy, look how far we've come
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[03:22.83] Woah, woah
[03:24.46] Ayy, look who we've become
[03:28.85] Woah, woah, yeah
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