Back to My Roots

I've forgotten what it's like to be me

I've forgotten where I came from, and who I wanted to be

I've left behind, and not for the better

All those things that I learned that I swore I'd do better

I wanted an out, but I got singed in the process

I tried to do better, but I'm damned if I saw this

Leaving behind my family, my God

Realizing who I've become, and finding it odd

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I'm going back to my roots, to the days of old

When rappers where prime and rhymes were gold

Back to where God is the focus and pain takes the back seat

Where I walk down a street greeting all that I meet

Not believing myself, the man I've become

I promises that I broke, the things that I've done

I left everything, I tried to hold on

It all slipped through my grasp, it's nearly all gone

I've wandered in blackness, I've followed my heart

But it's left me here aimless, alone in the dark

So I'm taking it back, reclaiming lost ground

Recalling the promise, I'm hearing the sound

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Lord, don't leave me here, panting for breath

I've come so far now, I've been close to death

I've tasted the world, and it rotted my mouth

It all went so sour, and now I'm taking it out

The grass was so green on that side of the hill

I ran under the fence and then ate my fill

But it all went so foul, I felt it from my hair to my boots

So I'm coming back home, I'm coming back to my roots