Live in a Place Where... - Funky DL

Verse One

I now live in a place where I not too long discovered

Behind my block is where my Pops first met my Mother

Stewart Road, she told me the story of her younger days

And everything that happened just before me

And I live in a place where there’s too many liquor stores

And next door to each other too many chicken stores

Gambling establishments, I couldn’t paint the picture more

And every day people queue to buy tickets for the lotto

In twenty fifteen, September second

I bought some tickets, later that night I checked them

09, 27, 29, 33 in my hand

Couldn’t believe it cos that night I won seven grand

Live in a place where I guess dreams can come true

The same place that people suffering from drug abuse

The same place that people jump you at the ATM

The same place where you can make a friend

I live in, live in a place where people know my face

But don’t know my name, that’s cool, I love my space

I got a nice place, at least on the inside

At least that’s what my friends say once they spin by

Live in a place where Police presence really low

They say they gonna fix that up, but yo' who really knows?

They been talking bout' regenerating here for years

But everything stays the same and I’m still here… live in a place where…

And it’s the place I live

And it’s the place that I live

And it’s the place I live

It’s the place I live

Verse Two

I live in a place where when I cross the street

Immediately it turns from E11 to E15

So I’m just a stone’s throw away from Dennison

In a place where most of the time I’m reticent

Live in a place where my Pops used to visit me

Jump in his car and come through to deliver me

The letters that I still used to get from my old address

And to check that his Son wasn’t homeless

He always used to ask me if I’m managing to find the rent

I’d tell him yep, just so long as all this time I spent

Working on this music pays off, I’mma be alright

And plus I’m free to work at any time I feel like

I live in a place that can take some getting used to

Cos I ain’t feeling what some of these little youths do

But they young, so cognitively they ain’t quite there

You could say the way I was that age was quite rare

Or maybe not, but it doesn’t really matter now

I’m older, I’m wiser, I’m stronger ain’t no backing down

I’m growing, I’m climbing, I’m reaching for the very top

So life is still sweet, like a cherry drop

Live in a place where God loves me

And he’s re-tuning me to rediscover me

Live in a place where nothing is physical

Or geographical, I live a miracle, I live in a place where…