Where I’m From

By House of Pain

On Same As It Ever Was

Released on June 28, 1994

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[Intro: Everlast]

That's where I'm from

That's where I'm from


[Verse 1: Everlast]

Back in The Hut we used to drop mad L

Contemplating hell, the stories I could tell would

Freak your mind and wreck your brain

The thoughts I would have would drive most insane

Divine playing Rain, gettin' down with Jimi

Hendrix and Page, big up to Rage

But back to the hood in Bilal's backyard

Me and D was starving and times were hard

Danny used to roll through, scheming on the hustle

Credit cards and slanging and MC bangin'

Lethal used to come with his reel to reel

We didn't have no deal

But that wasn't the point, we'd

Rock a funky joint, then we'd rock another

The only thing to eat was some bread and peanut butter

So big up to all the females that fed me

In case you ever wondered, "Did he forget me?"

These are the times that I always think of

And this is dedicated to the ones I love

[Chorus: Everlast]×4

That's where I'm from

How you know where you goin' if you don't look back?

What's the use of havin' ends if you lose all your friends?


[Verse 2: Everlast]

Painting on the wall, ten years gone by

Playing on the stereo with the volume kinda up

Scheme Team's coming, ring the alarm

We gonna throw a hard party till the break of dawn

With the Soul prophets of Soul Poetry

Chameleon, Kalonjee, Divine and Cockni

Bring a tab and a 40 and a bag of weed

That's all I need G, cause I ain't greedy

Trippin' for days, runnin' the maze

Goin' down to Venice

Sippin' on a Guinness

These are the times that I always think of

And this is dedicated to the ones I love

[Chorus: Everlast]×4

That's where I'm from

How you know where you goin' if you don't look back?

What's the use of havin' ends if you lose all your friends?


[Verse 3: Everlast]

Now times have changed, I'm out on tour

And I don't see my friends every day no more

And 'cause they don't see me

They think I've changed

But I'm the same motherfucker, no doubt

What's that all about?

I thought we was people

I'm trying to get mine, I thought you had my back

Man, I can't understand

How you can slap my hand

Ask me for a grand

Then run with your men

Behind my back and diss me

If you wanna fuck me, first you gotta kiss me

I know where I'm from!

[Chorus: Everlast]×8

That's where I'm from

How you know where you goin' if you don't look back?

What's the use of havin' ends if you lose all your friends?