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haven, or heaven...
Is earth the place where heaven is the hood
and all the things people see as bad are really good
in the hood we love and it's genuine and real
in the hood we too broke to hide how we feel
it's not what you've got that matters most
love peace respect and realness we toast
ain't got no money ain't got no home
one family together never to roam
reaching out for what's better but on our own terms
we'll work for them people, maybe even get a perm
but it ain't about dat it's more about this
we seen too much life to ever be dissed
or pushed to the mainstream and screwed with a kiss
mainstreamed conforming to the itemized characteristics
all boughie ignoring the truth being unrealistic
whatever's clever is our philosophy
examining it all underneath the tree
the good is what i see when i look over my space
the hood something more than an ignoramus place
intelltuality as deep as it can be
is found inside this place that many folks are scared to see
nurturing the babies while inside the secret place
grandma momma and babies love while most only see disgrace
the hood is raised with wisdom emotions that cut far
beyond the tears the words we hear have made us many scars
told of our beauty we cannot truly see we adorn our fleshy bodies
marked angels dancing in videos and jams used as hiphop's hotties
hidden from our treasures in the projects and in poverty
making up our own version of government, complete with sovereignty
misunderstood for our understanding of what's true and real
by folks who want to experience us so bad they steal
our dress, our words, our ways they can't decipher
what's good about the hood that's so bad they want to wife her
to the blandness that the rest of the world is now living
seasoning the blessings we have but are not giving
things we learn here can be found no other place
this heaven where we live can be moved but not replaced
but playing musical chairs with our haven of coal
won't stop these diamonds from reaching their goal
the folks known to have no mirror inside
shine bright in the night as most folks try to hide
we have a special spot up above and down below
so be careful trying to stifle what you'll never truly know
