Stranger In My Home

[Verse 1: Zumbi] I’m a stranger in a home I own Been livin’ here twenty long years with my fam like a Corleone But where did everybody go that I used to know? I moved in back in ‘Eighty-Four’ We was very ‘poor’ -- wasn’t even sellin’ gold weight Just movin’ in to the Gold State I reminisce about the closed gate That seemed to wrap around The music that we made It had a ghetto sound Most cats was black and brown, in Urban areas Was so infectious that it spread out like Malaria New York to Cali, back to the Dirty-Dirty We used to be sixteen, but now we pushing thirty I seen it change early, I pulled a Jheri-Curly On out to dready, but the next phase we wasn’t ready It seemed enlightened as the years got longer From black to white but the sales got stronger We started going platinum, it was bound happen We went pop, sleeping in beds of silk and satin When I woke up from my sleep, pronounced Saw the whole scene had changed, all my folks had bounced But I ain’t leaving, ‘cause I own this block Been paying off my mortgage steady with my bonds and stock I be buying property, till I own the block I love hip-hop, it’s all I got [Hook] There’s a stranger in my home And he’s watching Yeah...Yeah...Yeah There’s a Stranger in my home And he’s watching [Verse 2: Gift of Gab] There’s a stranger in my home, my house has been invaded Went out for just a second Came back - it ain’t the same as it was At times I felt, could leave the door unlocked And let all come and go as they please But knowing that was there When I had left, was there when I returned New faces, replications, some styles that they have learned Like Greeks had did Egyptians - Complex to simplified I suddenly realized: My cribs been gentrified And if people don’t know, then how could people come Big money - neglect the hood, suburban promotion From urban emotion to corporation Who really don’t have a clue where they got they taste from There’s a stranger in my home and my peoples is gone And I’m feeling like the outsider standing alone There’s a stranger in here, but the strangest thing to see Is the way it’s looking right now, the stranger is me [Hook] [Verse 3: Zumbi] There’s a stranger in my home Infiltrating my throne Stop messing with my crib Won’t leave me alone There’s a stranger, it’s danger, the call of hip-hop culture When you’re feeling hot, when you’re not she’s a vulture Know that we’re supposed to protect and respect But it’s hard to stay righteous when you needing a check There’s a stranger in my midst Now I’m balling my fist I never dreamed it would come to this [Outro Hook] There is so much to me, so they’re following me everywhere I go I don’t know what to do, but I gotta stay true There’s a stranger in my home There’s a stranger in my home And he’s watching (Yeah...Yeah...Yeah) There’s a Strange... [Extended Outro] From the root to the fruit That’s where everything started at This is God’s Act, we just act possessed