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[Intro: Lyricks]
There's something about seein' an old road, y'know what I mean?
Like your old house or something
Just automatically the flood - the floodgates open
The nostalgia... you just remember all the memories man
I remember mine like yesterday for real

[Verse 1: Lyricks]
In 1985 in the physical, I arrived
My father was a hustler, a caddy inside garage
With a pack of Marlboro lights with Little Richard on the side
He bumped that Donnie Osmond and Sinatra on the rise
Man I would, dance in the kitchen
He would marinate the kimchi
Quiz me, gave me a test like: "Richard, quickly, tell me what's missing"
I'm like: "Wait, you didn't put the salted shrimp in right?"
He couldn't admit it, but I knew that this impressed him, right
As an adolescent, I'd mess with my father's records
Old Korean, probably find a good soundtrack for Westerns
He had this one vinyl from the 80s called 'The Stunt'
I'd never heard it, but it had this naked lady on the front
He's like: "Rick... I was 27... I was 27 when I packed up all my bags and left to fly to America
You should've seen the way they stared at us
Long road ahead of us - language, money, different culture, etceteras
Look, your dad was no chump, I had hell of a hard life
You laugh cause I can't say my 'L's and my 'R's right
No matter how bad that my broken Engrish was
I still put it all on my back, open a business up
For what? For you babo
You and your sister fool
That's why I beat your ass with a broom and insisted school
I sweat every day for your future son and this is true
Not until you have your own future son will this hit you too

[Hook: Donye'a G]
They say home is where the heart is
So I guess I, I guess I been on this far too long
Can't forget where we started
Lessons learned don't go away when we're gone
We been all around the world
And I know my way around
And it's all because of home
We been all around the world
And I know my way around
And it's all because of home
So I guess I been on this far too long

[Verse 2: JL]
Walk to my pop's store - a hip-hop store
As a kid I started to watch more, picked up on a lot more
The customers talked different
Sipped on malt liquor and walked different
The music blasting through the speakers left me awe stricken
Naw listen, I didn't know what it was doin'
But me, being around it all had started to influence my growing mind
I started listening to the lyrics, and for sure in time, I just started to rap 'em like a growing vine
See I remember when the Wu came on the scene
Look but for me, the Wu-Tang, first came on a tee
And Nas was the model for the brand Willie Esco
It's silly, but I heard of his clothes before I heard his flows
The streets of Norfolk had a unique feel
It was grimy, but somehow I found the beauty still
I used to sit and watch it like it was a movie reel
And then go walk a block to Harry's, grab a two piece meal

[Hook: Donye'a G]
They say home is where the heart is
So I guess I, I guess I been on this far too long
Can't forget where we started
Lessons learned don't go away when we're gone
We been all around the world
And I know my way around
And it's all because of home
We been all around the world
And I know my way around
And it's all because of home
So I guess I been on this far too long