Tennessee
Rap/Hip-Hop
38
Written by: Speech
Lord I've really been real stressed¹
Down and out, losin ground
Although I am black and proud
Problems got me pessimistic
Brothers and sisters keep messin up
Why does it have to be so damn tough?²
I don't know where I can go
To let these ghosts out of my skull³
My grandmas past, my brothers gone
I never at once felt so alone
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not just my spare tire (home) ⁴
But lord I ask you (home)
To be my guiding force and truth (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home) ⁵
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
Lord it's obvious we got a relationship
Talkin to each other every night and day
Although you're superior over me
We talk to each other in a friendship way
Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
Outta the country and into more country ⁶
Past Dyersburg into Ripley⁷
Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
Walk the roads my forefathers walked
Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
Ask those trees for all their wisdom
They tell me my ears are so young (home)
Go back to from whence you came (home)
My family tree my family name (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Glossed by: Kai Fowler
1.Prayer style makes song more personal and believable.
2.“It” refers to life.
3.Memories of lost ones in speakers past
4.Regretful of only praying when in need
5.Chants of home represent longing for comfort.
6.Leaves Atlanta for Tennessee for family funeral
7.Different towns in Tennessee
8. Drugs and crime still enslave the youth
Year: 1992
Let me understand your plan
Eshe?
She went down to Holly Springs
Rasadon and Baba?
They went down to peach tree
Headliner?
I challenged him to a game of horseshoes⁸
A game of horseshoes!