I now live in a place where I not too long discovered,
behind my block is where my Pops first met my Mother
Stewart Road, she told me the story of her younger days
and everything that happened just before me,
and I live in a place where there’s too many liquor stores
and next door to each other too many chicken stores,
gambling establishments, I couldn’t paint the picture more,
and every day people queue to buy tickets for the lotto,
in twenty fifteen, September second,
I bought some tickets, later that night I checked them,
09, 27, 29, 33 in my hand,
couldn’t believe it cos that night I won seven grand,
live in a place where I guess dreams can come true,
the same place that people suffering from drug abuse,
the same place that people jump you at the ATM,
the same place where you can make a friend,
I live in, live in a place where people know my face,
but don’t know my name, that’s cool, I love my space,
I got a nice place, at least on the inside,
at least that’s what my friends say once they spin by,
live in a place where Police presence really low,
they say they gonna fix that up, but yo’ who really knows?
they been talking bout’ regenerating here for years,
but everything stays the same and I’m still here… live in a place where...
Chorus (x2
And it’s the place I live,
and it’s the place that I live,
and it’s the place I live,
it’s the place I live.
Verse Two
I live in a place where when I cross the street,
immediately it turns from E11 to E15,
so I’m just a stone's throw away from Dennison,
in a place where most of the time I’m reticent,
live in a place where my Pops used to visit me,
jump in his car and come through to deliver me
the letters that I still used to get from my old address
and to check that his Son wasn’t homeless,
he always used to ask me if I’m managing to find the rent,
I’d tell him yep, just so long as all this time I spent
working on this music pays off, I’mma be alright
and plus I’m free to work at any time I feel like,
I live in a place that can take some getting used to,
cos I ain’t feeling what some of these little youths do,
but they young, so cognitively they ain’t quite there,
you could say the way I was that age was quite rare,
or maybe not, but it doesn’t really matter now,
I’m older, I’m wiser, I’m stronger ain’t no backing down,
I’m growing, I’m climbing, I’m reaching for the very top,
so life is still sweet, like a cherry drop,
live in a place where God loves me,
and he’s re-tuning me to rediscover me,
live in a place where nothing is physical,
or geographical, I live a miracle, I live in a place where…
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