ive been waiting for the day that id be going home again ive been away from family way too long but i know ill soon be home again ugh life ain t promised tomorrow thats what they say look what i say life ain t promised today a lot of folks outta work right now latin white and black so we count on obama care and americas job welfare where im from is ugly not pretty its all bad it ain t good the pizza man dont even wanna come to my hood robberies crime scenes being seeing it often and the most lucrative business is selling coffins society is two faced to a lot of folks that was well off then fell on hard times the sign of the times family fallin out with family a whole lot of mess i wish we had more positive speakers like dr cornell west my niece wanna be a cosmetologist my nephew a chef but without a scholarship a student loan will put them both in debt now thats a catch 23 man thats not a catch 22 caz id be damned if i dont and damn if i do my relative just got out the state but now he headed to the feds on some trumped up charges that he didnt did but as soon as he come home we goin make a prison spread got some ramen noodles some mayonnaise and tuna some cheese and potato chips ive been waiting for the day that id be going home again ive been away from family way too long but i know ill soon be home again everytime i leave the house i pray that i make it back its easier to kill a man but its harder to live with that its bad outta here in this trap tryna make it in rap swimming in this concrete lake where the 2 legged snakes is at we quick to kill our own killin all wanna scrap and fight the slave masters did want us to learn how to read and write my minority is not the authority priority in the correctional institutions we make up the majority hot ones echo through the ghetto bullets ricocheted the batteram and the canines and the task raids its been 3 weeks and a half and she still ain t bathed turning tricks for rocks dippin top in alleyways used to be finer than wood face body and butt the baddest broad at the school now she sucked out a good girl gone bad used to be squared as a town yall had everything spoiled rotten we nothin in our christmas stockings i keep my enemies close so i can see what they plotting some of my family gone but they not forgotten  ive been waiting for the day that id be going home again ive been away from family way too long but i know ill soon be home again the devil working over time but he cant defeat me every night i say my prayer for some reason i get sleepy is there a heaven for a hussler a d boy a pusher tryna provide for his family brothers and sistas all i got is my word and my name a good reputation is better than fame what if things dont shape up that what i say to the preacher he said you gotta have faith you gotta be a believer dont wanna be a employee i wanna be a employer everytime i get some money it go to my lawyer im on the phone with my aunty she my prayer waiver giving me scriptures to read to protect me from the destroyer this is my letter to god i hope that he reads this please cover me with the blood of your son jesus the clouds is dark rain lightening and thunder when the saints come marching in i wanna be in that number ive been waiting for the day that id be going home again ive been away from family way too long but i know ill soon be home again oooh its been so long been so long and im on my way home on my way home back to my family to my family its been too long its been a long time its been so long so much pain but im on my way home hardship struggle the struggle man growing up in the inner city its been so long life is heavy life is heavy yall but im on my way home gotta stay prayed up back to my family keepin praying man its been so long god is good been so long keep the faith man but im on my way home the ups and downs man the torment and turmoil my nigga the torment stay strong my nigga stay strong stay strong my brothas stay strong1