[Verse 1]
I'm from the Brick City (Brick City), who's rollin' with me?
I represent V.A.P, Malcolm, rest in peace Coolie
Yo, do we catch wreck? No question, in the Bricks
You learn keepin' protection, it's an infection
Your ho hunter keep testin', it was a Blackmoon
So I gave him a Buckshot to the leg with my Smith & Wesson (Smith & Wesson)
Fellows plaques in, yo, who's the freshest?
Pullin' up in Legends and Beamers and Lexus with chrome BBS's
I guess it's the way life is, parents strung you
Out on the door, been losin' they kids to dive this
Sometimes you gotta be lonely, phony people I hate
Kickin' it to your boy, baby moms at your homie wake
Peace up to real gangsters like I pray
Givin' brothers ideas on how to earn block pay
Don't even sleep, can't even trust your peeps
They might be creeps, settin' you up 'cause you stuck like freaks
Weeks (Weeks) start to fly by, beef causes a drive-by
The priest says his ''Bye-bye'', mama scream
''Oh, why my baby had to go?'', you hear that very often
Hate to see my homie dead in the coffin but that's the hood
[Chorus]
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
[Verse 2]
Abandoned buildings and project children is runnin' wild through my hood
They're very misunderstood, so they're up to no good
That's how it be in NJ, I heard a lot of men say
Good ghetto twat get niggas whipped like Kunta Kinte
It's all part of the Brick City slums
Every hood has bombs and every hood has various guns
And if popo come on my block solo
We wouldn't leave 'cause we was pushin' keys
You see, Newark is the stolen God capital
A lot of thugs I know be lookin' for our act to steal
Pullin' the metal on Hansel and Gretel, have to chill
'Cause up the hill, I stopped little boy Blue from Jack and Jill (Jack and Jill)
Suburbian kids are in fear 'cause we wear hood gear
Violent ghetto stories, we could cheer
Terrified hollerin', shootouts throughout the Metropolitan
I got my GP30 still bottled in
They kicked down my door, in pursuit of Sev'
They didn't have a warrant, so I brought a cold tablet to sue the feds
I hope my point is well understood
This ain't Robin's hood, this is your hood and my hood
[Chorus]
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
[Verse 3]
If you look around my hood, this is what you'll see:
Artifacts, Redman, Sly D and the Fugee
'Cause every block I roll on, shit be sold on
Avon, Lyon, Chancellor, must I prolong? (Prolong)
'Cause when I walk on Hawton, I gets love
My herb and turn the burners in my [?]
Newark, every state have one, baggy jeans
They sag 'em, skully hash, they love to flag 'em
The hood I represent is Crafton Newark, New Jersey
Known as the Bricks, just makin' sure that you heard me
When brothers wanna beef, they wanna beef over freaks
It's terrific, but I watch my back in case things get a little vicious
Cops die snitches, grittin' they lock 'em up, wishes
So the block misses, they main supply man, makin' 'em riches
See, it ain't no game, yo, now we got a name way, yo
And everyday the same old same, yo
[Chorus]
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
Yo, where you comin' from?
I'm comin' from my hood, your hood, my hood
Representin' this hood and that hood 'cause your hood is my hood
[Outro]
Say what block
Say what block
