FIND YO WAY BACK HOME CTC’89 • Lower 9 [INTRO — low, soulful / almost whispered] Yeahhhh… Black women… Black mamas… Black aunties… Black grannys… This one hard… But some things gotta be said. CTC’89… Lower 9… Let me whisper in your ear… [VERSE 1] Time I addressed what I held for years, Love in my heart, but the truth in my tears. You was the backbone when the whole house shook, Made something from nothing, made meals when we couldn’t. So this ain’t disrespect — this a call back home, ’Cause a king ain’t a king when his queen feel alone. And a queen need a kingdom that’s built on truth, Not somebody else’s world telling us what to do. It’s light that rotates our earth through the dark, It’s God moving people when He touches their heart. Moment of truth, we got choices to make, Either build something real or watch the whole thing break. How you my everything, acting like an op? Say you riding with us, but you loving what they got. I ain’t asking you to follow — I’m asking, remember, We survived every winter when we stood together. [PRE-HOOK — melodic] Turn them stories off… Half of ’em fables anyway… Close Facebook… Let the ’Gram fade away… TikTok, tick-tock, How much time we gon’ waste? Come sit beside your king, Let him look you in your face… [HOOK — BIG SOULFUL CHORUS] FIND YO WAY BACK HOME… ’CAUSE YOU DON’T WANNA BE ALONE… When the lights go down, And everybody gone, Who gon’ hold you when this cold world Cut you to the bone? FIND YO WAY BACK HOME… ’CAUSE YOU DON’T WANNA BE ALONE… Put that pride to the side, We got too much on the line— Come on home… Come on hooooome… [VERSE 2 — grimier drums / harder flow] I wake up every morning with a plan, Sometimes tension so thick I can touch it with my hands. Pressure in the atmosphere, weight on my chest, Still lace my shoes up, tell myself, give ’em your best. This that grimy music, dirt under the nails, Lower 9 testimony, we done walked through hell. Mamas made warriors, grannys gave game, Aunties kept secrets while the whole block changed. That’s why it hurt when the family divide, Everybody online but nobody outside. Everybody got followers, who following God? Everybody looking rich while their spirit getting robbed. Baby, log out… come sit on the porch. Tell me what you dream about, tell me what you want. We can disagree without becoming enemies, You ain't gotta lose yourself just to stand next to me. I don't need obedience — I need loyalty and truth, You need the same from me, that's what real love do. Two strong souls, neither one gotta crawl, Build each other higher so the babies see us tall. [BRIDGE — CEELO-INSPIRED SOUL / GOSPEL-FUNK FEEL] Ooooooh… Grandma said, “Baby, know your worth…” Mama said, “Keep God first…” Life got two sides, But love don’t gotta lose… If home is where the heart is, Then tell me what you choose… [HOOK — FULL BAND] FIND YO WAY BACK HOME… ’CAUSE YOU DON’T WANNA BE ALONE… When the lights go down, And everybody gone, Who gon’ hold you when this cold world Cut you to the bone? FIND YO WAY BACK HOME… ’CAUSE YOU DON’T WANNA BE ALONE… We done traveled too far, We done survived too long— Black woman, Black man, We stronger when we strong together. Come home… [OUTRO — WHISPER] Black women… Black mamas… Black aunties… Black grannys… I ain’t speaking from hate. I’m speaking because I remember what we were when we had each other. Turn the noise down. Come sit with me. CTC’89… Lower 9… Find yo way back home… ’Cause you don’t wanna be alone.
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