所属专辑:True & Livin’ (Bonus Track Version) [Explicit]
时长: 03:49
Stranger In My Home (Explicit) - Zion I/Gift Of Gab[00:00:00]
I'm a stranger in a home I own[00:00:06]
Been livin' here twenty long years with my fam like a Corleone[00:00:08]
But where did everybody go that I used to know[00:00:12]
I moved in back in 'eighty four'[00:00:14]
We was very 'poor wasn't even sellin' gold weight[00:00:16]
Just movin' in to the Gold State[00:00:19]
I reminisce about the closed gate[00:00:21]
That seemed to wrap around[00:00:23]
The music that we made[00:00:24]
It had a ghetto sound[00:00:26]
Most cats was black and brown in Urban areas[00:00:27]
Was so infectious that[00:00:29]
It spread out like Malaria[00:00:31]
New York to Cali[00:00:32]
Back to the dirty dirty[00:00:33]
We used to be sixteen[00:00:34]
But now we pushing thirty[00:00:36]
I seen it change early[00:00:37]
I pulled a Jheri Curly[00:00:38]
On out to dready but the next phase we wasn't ready[00:00:40]
It seemed enlightened as the years got longer[00:00:42]
From black to white but the sales got stronger[00:00:44]
We started going platinum it was bound happen[00:00:47]
We went pop sleeping in beds of silk and satin[00:00:50]
When I woke up from my sleep pronounced[00:00:53]
Saw the whole scene had changed all my folks had bounced[00:00:55]
But I ain't leaving 'cause I own this block[00:00:57]
Been paying off my mortgage steady with my bonds and stock[00:01:00]
I be buying property till I own the block[00:01:02]
I love hip hop it's all I got[00:01:05]
There's a stranger in my home[00:01:07]
And he's watching[00:01:11]
Yeah yeah yeah[00:01:13]
There's a Stranger in my home[00:01:18]
And he's watching[00:01:20]
Yeah yeah[00:01:26]
There's a stranger in my home[00:01:28]
My house has been invaded[00:01:29]
Went out for just a second[00:01:30]
Came back it ain't the same as it was[00:01:32]
At times I felt could leave the door unlocked[00:01:34]
And let all come and go as they please[00:01:35]
But knowing that was there[00:01:37]
When I had left was there when I returned[00:01:38]
New faces replications some styles[00:01:41]
That they have learned[00:01:42]
Like Greeks had did Egyptians[00:01:43]
Complex to simplified[00:01:45]
I suddenly realized[00:01:46]
My cribs been gentrified[00:01:47]
And if people don't know[00:01:49]
Then how could people come[00:01:50]
Big money neglect the hood[00:01:51]
Suburban promotion[00:01:52]
From urban emotion to corporation[00:01:53]
Who really don't have a clue where they got they taste from[00:01:56]
There's a stranger in my home and my peoples is gone[00:01:58]
And I'm feeling like the outsider standing alone[00:02:01]
There's a stranger in here[00:02:03]
But the strangest thing to see[00:02:05]
Is the way it's looking right now[00:02:06]
The stranger is me[00:02:08]
There's a stranger in my home[00:02:09]
And he's watching[00:02:12]
There's a Stranger in my home[00:02:18]
And he's watching[00:02:22]
Yeah yeah[00:02:25]
There's a stranger in my home[00:02:29]
Infiltrating my throne[00:02:31]
Stop messing with my crib[00:02:32]
Won't leave me alone[00:02:33]
There's a stranger it's danger[00:02:34]
The call of hip hop culture[00:02:36]
When you're feeling hot[00:02:37]
When you're not she's a vulture[00:02:38]
Know that we're supposed to protect[00:02:40]
And respect[00:02:41]
But it's hard to stay righteous[00:02:42]
When you needing a check[00:02:43]
There's a stranger in my midst[00:02:44]
Now I'm balling my fist[00:02:46]
I never dreamed it would come to this[00:02:47]
There is so much to me[00:02:50]
So they're following me everywhere I go[00:02:51]
I don't know what to do[00:02:55]
But I gotta stay true[00:02:56]
There's a stranger in my home[00:02:57]
There's a stranger in my home[00:03:00]
And he's watching[00:03:03]
There's a stranger in my home[00:03:10]
And he's watching[00:03:14]
There's a strange[00:03:20]
From the root to the fruit[00:03:33]
That's where everything started at[00:03:34]
This is God's act[00:03:37]
We just act possessed[00:03:38]