Where I'm From - Jadakiss

Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, yo

I’m from where the hammers ring, they damage everythin'

Niggas' tell, sign states, get on the stand and everythin'

I’m from where the cops beat you, after they put the cuffs on

Where niggas get naked after they hit them dust joints

Where you can get somethin' to eat out of the backyard

And all they got is EBTs, no Black Cards

Local bars, you can knock off yay

The sun be out, but the sky still be charcoal gray-ay

Shorty just tryin' to get his bread back

I’m from where they cop the new Jordans after they next pack

I’m from where they put forty in it after they head crack

I’m from where these bitches’ll fuck you until the bed crack

(Yonkers) From where them crackers’ll get you straight

Uh-huh, the second-highest conviction rate

Real talk, and I’m talkin' United States

They send one informant nigga to buy the base

Indictments, and they ain’t even worth rumblin'

The DA just lyin' and your lawyer just mumblin'

Old head tryin' to put his numbers in

Yeah, my man got twenty-six summers in

Salute, from where they do a lot of wonderin'

Uh, he’s a boss, it’s a lot of dudes under him

Bunch of raw talent here, physically and mentally

They’ll never make it 'cause they slack academically

From where they lack identity

Violation of the G-code is a penalty

Like when the NARCs take your keys and mess up your house

Handcuff you, find the work while you stressed on the couch

New jail, second floor, you the next in the house

When they first arrested you, you wasn’t next to your house

Couldn’t find the Forty Belows, I’ll take the Chukkas

Girls from the projects, they loved us, couldn’t wait to fuck us

I’m from where the suckers hate, but I hate the suckers

It’s gon' take a mean army and some cake to touch us

You hear me?

Lost Borough, but the heart is won (Y.O.)

Cough up a lung where I’m from, Yonkers, son

Ain’t nothin' nice

(Cough up a lung where I’m from) Yonkers, son

(Ain't nothin' nice) there many places, but I’m New York’s own

(Cough up a lung where I’m from) Yonkers, son

(Ain't nothin' nice) there many places, but I’m New York’s own

(Cough up a lung where I’m from) Yonkers, son

(Ain't nothin' nice) there many places, but I’m New York’s own

(Cough up a lung where I’m from) Yonkers, son

(Ain't nothin' nice) there many places, but I’m New York’s own

So where you from?

Yonkers