(Queen Latifah)
Yo what's up this is Queen Latifah in the house
Definetely representin Jersey on the love love
Coolin' out in Cali; shootin' Living Single
But damn I miss home
I can't.. forget New Jersey
(Verse 1: Queen Latifah)
When I think of home I think of a place where there's love over-flowin'
And all my family and peeps I knew when I was growin
Mommy and daddy made me proud to an Owens
Taught me to keep goin'
Straight up but never knowin'
I would become Her eminence and royal highness
The Queen Latifah; no doubt; one of New Jersey's finest
So, set if off
Get 'em up on my own
Cause Jersey's what I think about when I think of home
Don't let no one get close to you except the chosen few
Stick with the ones who meant the most to you
When you were broke and blue, that's how fam do
That's how you stay true around these snakes
That freakin' smile when they hate you
I'm quick to take the ride down for in-town (?)
(Just another day living on a down)
My experience legit, my rhymes is on hit
It's mad truth to the rumor we the shit; I can't forget
(Verse 2: Queen Latifah)
I used to work at Burger King but after takin orders
I used to take the path to Latin Quarters across the waters
Teacher, teacher, tell me how you do it
It looks so simple like that there is nothin to it
So, we meet at Irvington High halls and after school I'd run
To the Willowbrook mall boostin' with Sulamon
I had a talent for getting 'em for gear
Petty thief, small time crook of the year
But I chilled cause I had bigger dreams than to steal
And Ramsey came for me and Apache to put our voices on a reel
And I could hear myself on the radio
Cause that's what life was all about to me
R-E-P Flavor Unit, representin' Jersey
(Verse 3: Queen Latifah)
I think about my mom and my brothers when I'm on swoll
Shakim, when I'm on swoll
My baby sister, when I'm on swoll
Hoffstead, when I'm on swoll
Ill-Town, when I on swoll
Jill-Town, J.C, when I'm all swoll
Irvington, Newark and so on, when I'm all swoll
Recognize the home of my soul
We got Naughty
And uh we got Nicky
We got Redman, the Artifacts and Whitney
Bon Jovi them my bogeys
Shaquille O'Neal, oh he'll catch wreck
Tisha Campbell, Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett
Thursday, Peppermint I'm in it
Cause them peeps is my peeps and my back is got
You're black; I love to see us move as a flock
Unstrapped, against each other
No body armor
Nobody harms a hair on a head, everything's calmer
And we cool, the ghetto stars and fools
We paid the dues
We made the blues
So come on with the come on
Get down with the get down
I'm down with my hometown sound
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:07.59](Queen Latifah)
[00:07.89]Yo what's up this is Queen Latifah in the house
[00:14.82]Definetely representin Jersey on the love love
[00:19.02]Coolin' out in Cali; shootin' Living Single
[00:21.00]But damn I miss home
[00:22.29][Hook 4X]
[00:26.10]I can't.. forget New Jersey
[00:32.64](Verse 1: Queen Latifah)
[00:45.60]When I think of home I think of a place where there's love over-flowin'
[00:48.54]And all my family and peeps I knew when I was growin
[00:51.39]Mommy and daddy made me proud to an Owens
[00:53.97]Taught me to keep goin'
[00:55.35]Straight up but never knowin'
[00:56.85]I would become Her eminence and royal highness
[00:59.73]The Queen Latifah; no doubt; one of New Jersey's finest
[01:02.61]So, set if off
[01:04.20]Get 'em up on my own
[01:05.28]Cause Jersey's what I think about when I think of home
[01:09.06]Don't let no one get close to you except the chosen few
[01:11.61]Stick with the ones who meant the most to you
[01:13.47]When you were broke and blue, that's how fam do
[01:16.26]That's how you stay true around these snakes
[01:18.18]That freakin' smile when they hate you
[01:20.64]I'm quick to take the ride down for in-town (?)
[01:22.98](Just another day living on a down)
[01:26.13]My experience legit, my rhymes is on hit
[01:29.01]It's mad truth to the rumor we the shit; I can't forget
[01:32.04][Hook]
[01:39.24](Verse 2: Queen Latifah)
[01:54.96]I used to work at Burger King but after takin orders
[01:57.75]I used to take the path to Latin Quarters across the waters
[02:06.57]Teacher, teacher, tell me how you do it
[02:08.97]It looks so simple like that there is nothin to it
[02:11.67]So, we meet at Irvington High halls and after school I'd run
[02:14.97]To the Willowbrook mall boostin' with Sulamon
[02:17.82]I had a talent for getting 'em for gear
[02:20.49]Petty thief, small time crook of the year
[02:23.64]But I chilled cause I had bigger dreams than to steal
[02:26.55]And Ramsey came for me and Apache to put our voices on a reel
[02:29.82]And I could hear myself on the radio
[02:35.52]Cause that's what life was all about to me
[02:37.98]R-E-P Flavor Unit, representin' Jersey
[02:45.45][Hook]
[02:48.42](Verse 3: Queen Latifah)
[03:03.12]I think about my mom and my brothers when I'm on swoll
[03:06.45]Shakim, when I'm on swoll
[03:09.39]My baby sister, when I'm on swoll
[03:11.97]Hoffstead, when I'm on swoll
[03:15.15]Ill-Town, when I on swoll
[03:18.03]Jill-Town, J.C, when I'm all swoll
[03:20.97]Irvington, Newark and so on, when I'm all swoll
[03:24.00]Recognize the home of my soul
[03:26.43]We got Naughty
[03:27.66]And uh we got Nicky
[03:29.19]We got Redman, the Artifacts and Whitney
[03:31.83]Bon Jovi them my bogeys
[03:35.31]Shaquille O'Neal, oh he'll catch wreck
[03:38.07]Tisha Campbell, Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett
[03:42.48]Thursday, Peppermint I'm in it
[03:46.89]Cause them peeps is my peeps and my back is got
[03:52.74]You're black; I love to see us move as a flock
[03:55.62]Unstrapped, against each other
[03:57.36]No body armor
[03:58.41]Nobody harms a hair on a head, everything's calmer
[04:01.71]And we cool, the ghetto stars and fools
[04:04.20]We paid the dues
[04:05.61]We made the blues
[04:07.59]So come on with the come on
[04:09.33]Get down with the get down
[04:10.80]I'm down with my hometown sound
[04:17.70][Hook]
(Queen Latifah)
Yo what's up this is Queen Latifah in the house
Definetely representin Jersey on the love love
Coolin' out in Cali; shootin' Living Single
But damn I miss home
I can't.. forget New Jersey
(Verse 1: Queen Latifah)
When I think of home I think of a place where there's love over-flowin'
And all my family and peeps I knew when I was growin
Mommy and daddy made me proud to an Owens
Taught me to keep goin'
Straight up but never knowin'
I would become Her eminence and royal highness
The Queen Latifah; no doubt; one of New Jersey's finest
So, set if off
Get 'em up on my own
Cause Jersey's what I think about when I think of home
Don't let no one get close to you except the chosen few
Stick with the ones who meant the most to you
When you were broke and blue, that's how fam do
That's how you stay true around these snakes
That freakin' smile when they hate you
I'm quick to take the ride down for in-town (?)
(Just another day living on a down)
My experience legit, my rhymes is on hit
It's mad truth to the rumor we the shit; I can't forget
(Verse 2: Queen Latifah)
I used to work at Burger King but after takin orders
I used to take the path to Latin Quarters across the waters
Teacher, teacher, tell me how you do it
It looks so simple like that there is nothin to it
So, we meet at Irvington High halls and after school I'd run
To the Willowbrook mall boostin' with Sulamon
I had a talent for getting 'em for gear
Petty thief, small time crook of the year
But I chilled cause I had bigger dreams than to steal
And Ramsey came for me and Apache to put our voices on a reel
And I could hear myself on the radio
Cause that's what life was all about to me
R-E-P Flavor Unit, representin' Jersey
(Verse 3: Queen Latifah)
I think about my mom and my brothers when I'm on swoll
Shakim, when I'm on swoll
My baby sister, when I'm on swoll
Hoffstead, when I'm on swoll
Ill-Town, when I on swoll
Jill-Town, J.C, when I'm all swoll
Irvington, Newark and so on, when I'm all swoll
Recognize the home of my soul
We got Naughty
And uh we got Nicky
We got Redman, the Artifacts and Whitney
Bon Jovi them my bogeys
Shaquille O'Neal, oh he'll catch wreck
Tisha Campbell, Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett
Thursday, Peppermint I'm in it
Cause them peeps is my peeps and my back is got
You're black; I love to see us move as a flock
Unstrapped, against each other
No body armor
Nobody harms a hair on a head, everything's calmer
And we cool, the ghetto stars and fools
We paid the dues
We made the blues
So come on with the come on
Get down with the get down
I'm down with my hometown sound
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:07.59](Queen Latifah)
[00:07.89]Yo what's up this is Queen Latifah in the house
[00:14.82]Definetely representin Jersey on the love love
[00:19.02]Coolin' out in Cali; shootin' Living Single
[00:21.00]But damn I miss home
[00:22.29][Hook 4X]
[00:26.10]I can't.. forget New Jersey
[00:32.64](Verse 1: Queen Latifah)
[00:45.60]When I think of home I think of a place where there's love over-flowin'
[00:48.54]And all my family and peeps I knew when I was growin
[00:51.39]Mommy and daddy made me proud to an Owens
[00:53.97]Taught me to keep goin'
[00:55.35]Straight up but never knowin'
[00:56.85]I would become Her eminence and royal highness
[00:59.73]The Queen Latifah; no doubt; one of New Jersey's finest
[01:02.61]So, set if off
[01:04.20]Get 'em up on my own
[01:05.28]Cause Jersey's what I think about when I think of home
[01:09.06]Don't let no one get close to you except the chosen few
[01:11.61]Stick with the ones who meant the most to you
[01:13.47]When you were broke and blue, that's how fam do
[01:16.26]That's how you stay true around these snakes
[01:18.18]That freakin' smile when they hate you
[01:20.64]I'm quick to take the ride down for in-town (?)
[01:22.98](Just another day living on a down)
[01:26.13]My experience legit, my rhymes is on hit
[01:29.01]It's mad truth to the rumor we the shit; I can't forget
[01:32.04][Hook]
[01:39.24](Verse 2: Queen Latifah)
[01:54.96]I used to work at Burger King but after takin orders
[01:57.75]I used to take the path to Latin Quarters across the waters
[02:06.57]Teacher, teacher, tell me how you do it
[02:08.97]It looks so simple like that there is nothin to it
[02:11.67]So, we meet at Irvington High halls and after school I'd run
[02:14.97]To the Willowbrook mall boostin' with Sulamon
[02:17.82]I had a talent for getting 'em for gear
[02:20.49]Petty thief, small time crook of the year
[02:23.64]But I chilled cause I had bigger dreams than to steal
[02:26.55]And Ramsey came for me and Apache to put our voices on a reel
[02:29.82]And I could hear myself on the radio
[02:35.52]Cause that's what life was all about to me
[02:37.98]R-E-P Flavor Unit, representin' Jersey
[02:45.45][Hook]
[02:48.42](Verse 3: Queen Latifah)
[03:03.12]I think about my mom and my brothers when I'm on swoll
[03:06.45]Shakim, when I'm on swoll
[03:09.39]My baby sister, when I'm on swoll
[03:11.97]Hoffstead, when I'm on swoll
[03:15.15]Ill-Town, when I on swoll
[03:18.03]Jill-Town, J.C, when I'm all swoll
[03:20.97]Irvington, Newark and so on, when I'm all swoll
[03:24.00]Recognize the home of my soul
[03:26.43]We got Naughty
[03:27.66]And uh we got Nicky
[03:29.19]We got Redman, the Artifacts and Whitney
[03:31.83]Bon Jovi them my bogeys
[03:35.31]Shaquille O'Neal, oh he'll catch wreck
[03:38.07]Tisha Campbell, Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett
[03:42.48]Thursday, Peppermint I'm in it
[03:46.89]Cause them peeps is my peeps and my back is got
[03:52.74]You're black; I love to see us move as a flock
[03:55.62]Unstrapped, against each other
[03:57.36]No body armor
[03:58.41]Nobody harms a hair on a head, everything's calmer
[04:01.71]And we cool, the ghetto stars and fools
[04:04.20]We paid the dues
[04:05.61]We made the blues
[04:07.59]So come on with the come on
[04:09.33]Get down with the get down
[04:10.80]I'm down with my hometown sound
[04:17.70][Hook]
There's a light
In the darkness
Though the night
Is black as my skin
There's a light
Burnin' bright
Showing me the way
But I know where I've been
Ther...
Songwriters: Anthony Peaks / Antoinette Johnson Simone / Mark Howard James / Queen Latifah / Shane Harbin Faber / Simone Antoinette Johnson
The ladies...
A toast to the groom!
(To the groom, to the groom, to the groom)
To the bride!
(To the bride, to the bride, to the bride)
From your sister
(Angelica, ...
I can't understand...(I'm going crazy, you're going crazy) in the background
Verse 1For give me father for
I have sinned
I've just destroyed another p...
My mellow Latee was kicking flavor
The R.E. posse said, "Yo Latifah we can do this"
So I paused in the thought and in my brilliance I caught
And I agr...
Whatever happened to fair dealing?
And pure ethics
And nice manners?
Why is it everyone now is a pain in the ass?
Whatever happened to class?
Class.
...
Did I make you hot?
Tell meI didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn'...
Yeah
Uh huh well the name is latifah
You hear me coming through sleeping
I am a bill yes I'm only a bill when
It's time to ill I get ill and time to c...
Yeah
You telling me this (You telling me this)
You telling me that (You telling me that)
I promise once you been with me, baby, you'll never go back (...