Stranger In My Home-Zion I

[ti:Stranger In My Home] [ar:Zion I] [al:True & Livin] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stranger In My Home - Zion I [00:06.85]I'm a stranger in a home I own [00:08.75]Been livin' here twenty long years with my fam like a Corleone [00:12.13]But where did everybody go that I used to know [00:14.84]I moved in back in 'eighty four' [00:16.67]We was very 'poor wasn't even sellin' gold weight [00:19.80]Just movin' in to the Gold State [00:21.70]I reminisce about the closed gate [00:23.58]That seemed to wrap around [00:24.76]The music that we made [00:26.16]It had a ghetto sound [00:27.44]Most cats was black and brown in Urban areas [00:29.91]Was so infectious that [00:31.21]It spread out like Malaria [00:32.55]New York to Cali [00:33.55]Back to the dirty dirty [00:34.80]We used to be sixteen [00:36.02]But now we pushing thirty [00:37.26]I seen it change early [00:38.95]I pulled a Jheri Curly [00:40.43]On out to dready but the next phase we wasn't ready [00:42.84]It seemed enlightened as the years got longer [00:44.61]From black to white but the sales got stronger [00:47.17] [00:47.86]We started going platinum it was bound happen [00:50.41]We went pop sleeping in beds of silk and satin [00:53.07]When I woke up from my sleep pronounced [00:55.42]Saw the whole scene had changed all my folks had bounced [00:57.96]But I ain't leaving 'cause I own this block [01:00.00]Been paying off my mortgage steady with my bonds and stock [01:02.69]I be buying property till I own the block [01:05.30] [01:05.81]I love hip hop it's all I got [01:07.91]There's a stranger in my home [01:11.55]And he's watching [01:13.09] [01:13.81]Yeah yeah yeah [01:15.98] [01:18.07]There's a Stranger in my home [01:20.91]And he's watching [01:23.59] [01:26.02]Yeah yeah [01:26.71] [01:28.38]There's a stranger in my home [01:29.63]My house has been invaded [01:30.80]Went out for just a second [01:32.14]Came back it ain't the same as it was [01:34.01]At times I felt could leave the door unlocked [01:35.99]And let all come and go as they please [01:37.67]But knowing that was there [01:38.61]When I had left was there when I returned [01:41.05]New faces replications some styles [01:42.88]That they have learned [01:43.92]Like Greeks had did Egyptians [01:45.13]Complex to simplified [01:46.23]I suddenly realized [01:47.56]My cribs been gentrified [01:49.02]And if people don't know [01:50.16]Then how could people come [01:51.51]Big money neglect the hood [01:52.76]Suburban promotion [01:53.74]From urban emotion to corporation [01:56.31]Who really don't have a clue where they got they taste from [01:58.86]There's a stranger in my home and my peoples is gone [02:01.31]And I'm feeling like the outsider standing alone [02:03.96]There's a stranger in here [02:05.36]But the strangest thing to see [02:06.75]Is the way it's looking right now [02:08.09]The stranger is me [02:09.27]There's a stranger in my home [02:12.82]And he's watching [02:14.39] [02:18.94]There's a Stranger in my home [02:22.72]And he's watching [02:25.22]Yeah yeah [02:28.17] [02:29.78]There's a stranger in my home [02:31.01]Infiltrating my throne [02:32.11]Stop messing with my crib [02:33.47]Won't leave me alone [02:34.64]There's a stranger it's danger [02:36.16]The call of hip hop culture [02:37.59]When you're feeling hot [02:38.65]When you're not she's a vulture [02:40.00]Know that we're supposed to protect [02:41.70]And respect [02:42.42]But it's hard to stay righteous [02:43.76]When you needing a check [02:44.87]There's a stranger in my midst [02:46.24]Now I'm balling my fist [02:47.44]I never dreamed it would come to this [02:49.21] [02:50.14]There is so much to me [02:51.43]So they're following me everywhere I go [02:54.22] [02:55.09]I don't know what to do [02:56.43]But I gotta stay true [02:57.62]There's a stranger in my home [02:59.86] [03:00.39]There's a stranger in my home [03:03.99]And he's watching [03:05.49] [03:10.21]There's a stranger in my home [03:14.02]And he's watching [03:15.94] [03:20.43]There's a strange [03:21.72] [03:33.17]From the root to the fruit [03:34.54]That's where everything started at [03:35.90] [03:37.59]This is God's act [03:38.97]We just act possessed