North (BSGReck)

Chorus

Yeah, I'm on the road so often

Can't even remember my own address

Been in the street, had to dodge oppression

Don't get it twisted, I ain't never homeless

I'm out the county, I can't find my way back

Ain't nothing wrong, I just had to get away for a second

I'm from the North where the dogs they bite back

Yeah, I'm from the North where they might attack

Verse 1

Yeah, I know what they say 'bout them people up north

But the only difference is we're more resourceful

We never had a choice, had to figure it out

It was me versus me, now it's me versus 'em

Verse 2

I'm just trying to give my family more options

Put my mother in a house with a front porch

Ain't no better feeling, man, it's priceless

I'ma go hard 'cause they say that it's timeless

Verse 3

I done seen my people go from rich to penniless

I done seen my people go from sober to mentally ill

Ain't no pressure on me, I ain't worried 'bout critics or critics

I ain't even worried 'bout critics, I'm just worried 'bout kids

Verse 4

Yeah, I'm talking 'bout mine, yeah, I'm talking 'bout yours

I'm just tryna get my people some jobs

It's crazy how they talk about freedom

When all of us living in the same neighborhood still trapped

And I don't know why it feel like we trapped

But still, I'm getting mine like a thief in the night

Verse 5

Like a deer in the headlights, I pray to the Lord every night

I know He done heard all my cries

It's just that I don't know if he tired of me yet

I just hope I ain't lied to myself

I been moving around like a secret

Verse 6

I know they want me to speak up, yeah, the world on my shoulders

But they don't know what it's like on the street corners

They don't know what I've seen, I got PTSD

They don't know what I've done, they don't know who I've been

It's like I can't breathe

I been running on empty for weeks

Chorus

Yeah, I'm on the road so often

Can't even remember my own address

Been in the street, had to dodge oppression

Don't get it twisted, I ain't never homeless

I'm out the county, I can't find my way back

Ain't nothing wrong, I just had to get away for a second

I'm from the North where the dogs they bite back

Yeah, I'm from the North where they might attack