Na na ‘Kechi Chai Tell you more about where I come from Call it home sweet home Look ‘Round the corner off of 63rd & Cass Wasn’t much around A couple stations for the gas (A) couple fast food spots Mickey D’s on the half days Remember grabbing BK on the Last day of 8th grade 14 with the Airwalk kicks The whole block became my home when I was six Had a flock that was mixed With Arab, Indian, mostly Chinese I was still the token black that everybody was pleased with Always managed to tease me “Ike is happier than gay Sweeter than an Oreo” Not much else they would say I’d be on Jameson Way Down the street from the park Playing Sandman and soccer Couldn’t stay long after dark For the longest time, not much else that I knew of Took me a while to grow up from where I grew up I go back just for the few I love Now it’s part of my story ‘fore I blew up It’s home sweet home Home sweet home I’ll roam (roam on) my own But I can get too far from where I’ve grown Verse two, take it back when I was living in my mama’s land West coast, Imo state It was in my mama’s plan But I done blocked out some chapters of the plot Suppress all the bad memories, say “I forgot” Niggas calling me a brother, then they stealing from the kid Then they feed off my intelligence It’s just the way they live “Life is great” I was saying While I’m lying through my teeth I would clean the gutters, read my books And cry myself to sleep But not a peep to my mama cuz my sisters doing fine Plus I’m here with all my family A place that’s so divine And I was lying to myself Thinking there’ll be better days Til I caved and told my mama “I don’t think I wanna stay” That was 14 months, boarding school in my parents village I was 14, turned 15 with a different image Of this world and the places where I grew up Opened my eyes to a new view of Home sweet home Home sweet home I’ll roam (roam on) my own But I can get too far from where I’ve grown I’ve been searching for my freedom song in foreign land It’s getting harder to understand, no The sweetest melody rings in my heart I know that we can’t be too far Drifting in this world Diving deeper into the unknown Tryna land upon a place I call my own Ain’t hard being alone When the phone don’t be ringing And nowadays I don’t really be singing Like the way I always did But someday I’ll be singing to my kid Tell him bout all the things I did and let him know “One day you gon grow to have your own But you won’t ever be alone Cuz it’s home sweet home” Home sweet home I’ll roam (roam on) my own But I can get too far from where I’ve grown