Look at Mr. Born To Run Think this town ain't big enough for you I know I'm just your grandpa But don't forget I was your age once too To know the good you got Sometimes you gotta go You think you hate it here But trust me boy you don't It might take you a couple more trips around the sun But one day you'll find out There's a lot more to a simple life Than you thought it was Sometimes it takes a town to raise you To make you what you're made of When it's time to settle down Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming from And you'll come back around Well look at Mr. All Grown Up Blinked an eye and the years added up I'm seeing more me in you Paving your own road runs in your blood I'd never tell you not to do the things you love But what you're chasing now Won't always be enough It might take you a couple more trips around the sun But one day you'll find out There's a lot more to a simple life Than you thought it was Sometimes it takes a town to raise you To make you what you're made of When it's time to settle down Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming from And you'll come back around Yeah, you'll come back around Look at Mr. Born To Run Missing you, wishing he could call you up Just to hear You tell me that you told me so It might take me a couple more trips around the sun But I've been finding out There's a lot more to a simple life Than I thought it was Sometimes it takes a town to raise you To make you what you're made of When it's time to settle down Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming from You'll come back around Yeah, you will You'll come back around Aw yeah Plant roots, and when you do You'll know where I'm coming from

Uh huh, ge-ge ge-ge-geah Ye-ye-yeah, ye-ye-yeah, (Brooklyn) How real is this? How real is this? (Brooklyn) Uh-huh huh (Brooklyn) Respect this here, check! I'm from where the hammers rung, news cameras never come You and your mans hung in every verse in your rhyme Where the grams was slung, niggas vanish every summer When the blue vans would come, we throw the work in the can and run Where the plans was to get funds and skate off the set To achieve this goal quicker, sold all my weight wet Faced with immeasurable odds, still I gave straight bets So I felt I'm owed something and you nothing, check I'm from the other side where the other guys don't walk too much And girls from the projects wouldn't fuck us, said we talked too much So they ran up to Tompkins and sought them dudes to trust I don't know what the fuck they thought, those niggas is foul just like us I'm from where the beef is inevitable, summertime's unforgettable Boosters in abundance, buy a half-price sweater new Your word was everything, so everything you said you'd do You did it, couldn't talk about it if you ain't live it I'm from where niggas pull your card, and argue all day about Who's the best MCs, Biggie, Jay-Z or Nas? Where the drugs czars evolve, and thugs are at odds At each other's throats for the love of foreign cars Where cats catch cases, hoping the judge R-and-R's But most times find themselves locked up behind bars, is that all? I'm from where they ball and breed rhyme stars I'm from Marcy, son, just thought I'd remind y'all Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Brooklyn... so where you from?) I'm from the place where the church is the flakiest And niggas been praying to God so long that they atheist Where you can't put your vest away And say you'll wear it tomorrow 'Cause the day after we'll be saying "Damn, I was just with him yesterday" I'm a block away from hell Not enough shots away from stray shells An ounce away from a triple beam Still using a hand-held weight scale You're laughing, you know the place well Where the liquor stores and the base dwell And government? Fuck government! Niggas politick theyselves Where we call the cops the A-Team 'Cause they hop out of vans and spray things And life expectancy so low, we making out wills at 18s Where how you get rid of guys who step out of line, your rep solidifies So tell me when I rap, you think I give a fuck who criticize? If the shit is lies, God strike me And I got a question Are you forgiving guys who live just like me? We'll never know One day, I prayed to you and said if I ever blow, I'd let 'em know The stakes, and exactly what takes place in the ghetto Promise fulfilled, still I feel my job ain't done Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Brooklyn... so where you from?) Check, I'm from where they cross-over and clap boards Lost Jehovah in place of rap lords, listen I'm up the block, 'round the corner and down the street From where the pimps, prostitutes and the drug lords meet We make a million off of beats, 'cause our stories is deep And fuck tomorrow, as long as the night before was sweet Niggas get lost for weeks in the street, twisted off leek And no matter the weather, niggas know how to draw heat Whether you're four-feet or Manute size, it always starts out with Three dice and "shoot the five" Niggas thought they deuce was live, then I hit 'em with trips And I reached down for their money, pa, forget about this This time around it's platinum, like the shit on my wrist And this Glock on my waist, y'all can't do shit about this Niggas'll show you love, that's how they fool thugs Before you know it, you're lying in a pool of blood Where I'm from Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Mentally been many places but I'm Brooklyn's own) Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice (Brooklyn...)

Girl you're pretty good at whiskey But can you shoot shine Sure you've been on a farm but you ain't been on mine Was there dust on your driveway Hay in the pasture Did your momma make cobbler Did your daddy drive a tractor Girl you talk a lot like East Tennessee Well wherever you're from Hell that's where I need to be 'Cause these boots these boots need to keep two steppin' Them beers them beers on ice keep sweatin' That dress that dress needs to keep on spinnin' Around and around and around You're sayin' everything with your neon eyes Way you're scootin' them boots it's gonna be a long night But it won't be long 'for we make our way back to the house Ya that's what I'm honky tonkin' about Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' about Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' about It's so crowded in here You can't even stand They turned on top 40 Turned off that band Whatcha say we four-wheel drive it out to 40-acre land Start a party of our own If ya wanna we can 'Cause these boots these boots need to keep two steppin' Them beers them beers on ice keep sweatin' That dress that dress needs to keep on spinnin' Around and around and around You're sayin' everything with your neon eyes Way you're scootin' them boots it's gonna be a long night But it won't be long 'for we make our way back to the house Ya that's what I'm honky tonkin' about Honky tonkin' about That's what I'm Honky tonkin' about Honky tonkin' about Was there dust on your driveway Hay in the pasture Did your momma make cobbler Did your daddy drive a tractor 'Cause girl you talk a lot like East Tennessee And I think I need to take you back home with me 'Cause these boots these boots need to keep two steppin' Them beers them beers on ice keep sweatin' That dress that dress needs to keep on spinnin' Around and around and around You're sayin' everything with your neon eyes Way you're scootin' them boots it's gonna be a long night But it won't be long 'for we make our way back to the house Ya that's what I'm honky tonkin' about Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' about Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' about Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' Honky tonkin' about

I wonder if them ol' back roads the ones I put them memories on remember me, in this f150 I wonder if that home town heart the one I didn't mean to tear apart Still thinks of me I know that's crazy Maybe it's just something about Radio up and the windows down Got me missing all that way back Summer was a soundtrack Heaven was a sundown Friday night Got me missing all them way-out Stars that used stay out Sippin' on some homemade wasted time That population sign, my old spot in the drive That empty chair sittin' there in momma's kitchen Got me missing Does that water tower still know my name Even with that coat a paint the county put on it That town we used to own it When freedom was fast cars and hearts beatin' faster Time moved as slow as a tractor Got me missing all that way back Summer was a soundtrack Heaven was a sundown Friday night Got me missing all them way-out Stars that used stay out Sippin' on some home-made wasted time That population sign, my old spot in the drive That empty chair sittin' there in momma's kitchen Got me missing Maybe it's just something about Radio up and the windows down Got me missing On that wayback Summer was a soundtrack Heaven was a sundown Friday night Got me missing on them way-out Stars that used stay out Sippin' on some homemade wasted time That population sign, my old spot in the drive That empty chair sittin' there in momma's kitchen Got me missing

Couldn't dream you up in my wildest dreams Soon as you walked in I knew I couldn't leave Girl I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't have seen it You give a brand new meaning to beautiful Hit me out of the blue I ain't ever seen eyes like that Second I saw you The stars never fell so fast They saw flawless just don't exist But girl you're living proof Whoever said nobody's perfect Must've never met you Whoever said nobody's perfect Must've never met you Wasn't just that black dress that made me look Babe when you wake up with no make up You still look good I ain't saying the view up on Everest or a West Coast red sunset I'm sure it's really something but it's got nothing on you Hit me out of the blue I ain't ever seen eyes like that Second I saw you The stars never fell so fast They saw flawless just don't exist But girl you're living proof Whoever said nobody's perfect Must've never met you Whoever said nobody's perfect Must've never met you Ten outta ten wouldn't do you justice Girl you ain't the rule you're the exception Hit me out of the blue I ain't ever seen eyes like that Second I saw you The stars never fell so fast They saw flawless just don't exist But girl you're living proof Whoever said nobody's perfect Must've never met you Whoever said nobody's perfect Must've never met Must've never met Must've never met you Must've never met Must've never met you Whoever said nobody's perfect Must've never met you