Came from a city where them niggas they some killas Midwest cowboy, Pittsburgh nigga Just a young nigga, but he had the right plan That's just how it is man Round my way Just a young lil' nigga, but he had the right plan Twenty-thousand in his left,

The march of time it has begun Somewhere far beyond And then the march of time begins I am the narrator And now I'll tell You And what I saw And how it ends I came from far

In my mind, in my head That is where We are from This is where we all came from The dreams we have, the love we share This is what we're waiting for And in my mind, in my head

I know my past I know where I came from I won't go quietly give in to none I know my past my voice makes me able We'll come together we will be as one I'm not a man on a mission But a rising anger forces me to stand And count my voice defiant I'm not

How they gonna harm us? Came wearing a flat-cap, looking like somebody's father I brought the bad man here, I brought the bad man here You're a bad man how? Bad man where? Apart from you, there's bad man here You're not bad, I'm bad, ask Carlos Is man

She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island Where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee Just as her father came across the sea She heard about a place people were smilin' They spoke about the red

We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas planes Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playing in the burning sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls

Happy birthday, baby Happy birthday to you Oh oh oh oh Beautiful, beautiful, no other name I knew from the moment you came Yes, I'll love you with all I am Yes, tonight is where we begin Oh, I wanna dance with you

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze Over mountains and forests and seas And to go anywhere that I please They came flying from far away, now I'm under their spell I love hearing the stories that they tell They've seen places beyond my land and they've

Don't take no mess from nobody I ain't one to be questioned If they act up just leave 'em alone When ya done wit 'em you can send 'em home Switch, switch, switch, switch About who and where I've been About what time I came in Trying to squeeze, baby