We gonna take you from Tokyo to New Jersey New Jersey to Tokyo Tokyo to Jersey It's pretty just the same I was just a little girl Skinny legs, a press and curl My mother always thought I'd be a star But way before the record deals Streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill Made sure that I'd never go too far Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Story starts in Hooverville Grew up next to Ivy Hill When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun "Kill the Guy" in Carter Park Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark Watching kids show off the stolen ones Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days in the New Jerusalem You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back... looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Bag of Bonbons, 20 cents and a nickel (well that's a quarter) Springfield Ave had the best popsicles Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu (wuh-TAH!) Main street roots tonic with the dreads A beef patty and some coco bread Move the patch from my Lee's to the tongue of my shoes Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Every ghetto and every city that I been Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem Make me recall my days in New Jerusalem You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back One more time you know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Wait a minute, one, two, three, four You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back