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Common ft. BJ The Chicago Kid & Samora Pinderhughes - "Memories of Home" (Audio | 2019)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Common
Common
Vocals
BJ the Chicago Kid
BJ the Chicago Kid
Vocals
Samora Pinderhughes
Samora Pinderhughes
Piano
Burniss Travis
Burniss Travis
Bass
Karriem Riggins
Karriem Riggins
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Samora Pinderhughes
Samora Pinderhughes
Songwriter
Karriem Riggins
Karriem Riggins
Songwriter
Burniss Travis
Burniss Travis
Songwriter
Lonnie Lynn
Lonnie Lynn
Songwriter
Bryan James Sledge
Bryan James Sledge
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Samora Pinderhughes
Samora Pinderhughes
Co-Producer
Karriem Riggins
Karriem Riggins
Producer
Burniss Travis
Burniss Travis
Co-Producer
Chris Galland
Chris Galland
Engineer
Jeremie Inhaber
Jeremie Inhaber
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Michelle Mancini
Michelle Mancini
Mastering Engineer
Robin Florent
Robin Florent
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Scott Desmarais
Scott Desmarais
Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My first memory, my birthday on a party bus
Pops wasn't there but that wasn't obvious
In moms' arms, in God we trust
Black mama love, everything marvelous
I didn't know what I was missing
Part of a system, pops is gone
Uncle in prison, inside wishing
For a man to teach me about girls and religion
Made my own rendition of grinding and kissing
Weekend calls to my dad, I'd listen
Still I felt distant, distant like love
There's only so far that words could really hug
Didn't want to be a thug, older **** I banged with
I learned a lot from them cuts in the basement
The smell of blunts laced with a little bit of spice
Wise, high ****, giving me advice
We go out and start fights, scuff up our Nikes
Come back and talk crap and shoot a little dice
This is a slice of life in memories
Sitting in my mind vividly, often they visit me
[Verse 2]
I'm just trying to find a way to understand (Trying to understand)
How do I rewind the tape and live in it?
Staying out late and playing in wonderland
Is it in God's plan?
I'm just trying to find a way to understand
[Verse 3]
Metaphors can't explain how far I've came
A young man at work, I made my own lane
Steered away from pain, relied on drive
There's an old saying, "Don't cry, survive"
As I kept building there were cranes in the sky
Certain memories my brain would deny
A tear laid in my eye
I was afraid to reply to the hurt that was calling
It came form the sky
An older play-cousin, of course I trust him
But he was touching where he wasn't supposed to be touching
What's a kid supposed to do, what they going through
What I was going though, don't know who to go to
You wanna tell somebody
In many ways I failed somebody, that somebody was me
Now I'm talking to little Rashid
Incarnated heart, man, you gotta be free
I felt it, when I told my man I would help with
Things he was dealing with, I really hadn't dealt with
Emotions melted, I began to release it
Things you can't change, you can come to peace with
At least get it better for the children of forever
I read the Lord's letter, I forgive our debtors
They don't talk about it, many sharin' this story
Memories of home, shared pain and glory
[Verse 4]
I'm just trying to find a way to understand (Trying to understand)
How do I rewind the tape and live in it?
Staying out late and playing in wonderland
Is it in God's plan?
I'm just trying to find a way to understand
(Said I'm trying to understand, understand, understand, understand)
Written by: Bryan James Sledge, Burniss Travis, Karriem Riggins, Lonnie Lynn, Samora Pinderhughes

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