Jay-Z's "Where I'm From" Appreciation

[jrellcuse10]

Has to be one of my favorite Jay tracks of all time. The reality, rawness and grittiness is something that I appreciated from it.

 

[x Buddha Bless x]

Brooklyn is not only the best borough but quite arguably the most thoroghest place on earth.

 

[jj1223]

hes from marcy, son

 

[mr subliminals]

dont know necessarily where this post was going...
but this is one of my fav jay-z tracks and one of the best songs that describes not only brooklyn but the hood in general

I'm from where the beef is inevitable, Summertime's unforgetable
that right there is just one line that describes growin up in the hood

Your WORD was everything, So everything you said you'd do
You did it, Couldn't talk about it if you ain't lived it
NO FRONTIN

At each other's throats for the love of foreign cars
Where cats catch cases, hoping the judge R and R's
But most times find themselves locked up behind bars

ill let cake takeover the rest

 

[jordannb23]

this one of the hardest songs i've heard it in my life classic jay

 

[blackmagnus514]

In My Lifetinme been on repeat for me.

love this song. you knew it was gonna be some%%@! when you head the beat drop....

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

"Where you can't put your vest away, and say you'll wear it tomorrow, cause the day after, we'll be saying 'Damn, I was just wit himyesterday' "

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by Mr Subliminals

dont know necessarily where this post was going...
but this is one of my fav jay-z tracks and one of the best songs that describes not only brooklyn but the hood in general

I'm from where the beef is inevitable, Summertime's unforgetable

that right there is just one line that describes growin up in the hood

Your WORD was everything, So everything you said you'd do
You did it, Couldn't talk about it if you ain't lived it
NO FRONTIN

At each other's throats for the love of foreign cars
Where cats catch cases, hoping the judge R and R's
But most times find themselves locked up behind bars

ill let cake takeover the rest

�
�� Oh You Knew I Was In On This One!!!

I'm a block away from hell, not enough shots away from straight shells
An ounce away from a triple beam still using a hand-held weight scale
Your laughing, you know the place well
Where the Liqour Store's and the base well
And Government, %%@% Government, ****** polotic themselves
Where we call the cops the A-Team
cause they hop out of vans and spray things
And life expectancy so low we making out wills at eight-teen
Where how you get rid of guys who step out of line, your rep solidifies
So tell me when I rap you think I give a %%@% who criticize?
If the %!++ is lies, god strike me
And I got a question, are you forgiving guys who live just like me?
We'll never know
One day I pray to you and said if I ever blow, Let 'em know
Mistakes ain't exactly what takes place in the ghetto
Promise fulfilled, but still I feel my job ain't done




My favorite Jay song ever

 

[qaddafi]

you laughin, you know the place well, where the Liquor *store's* and the base swells, and government? ##*+ government? N's politic theyselves...

 

[deuce king]

and government? ##*+ government? N's politic theyselves...

and government? ##*+ government? N's politic theyselves...


.....Had to repeat that last line given the Mike Vick situation this week. This song is one of the realest songs ever made, so many memories from this joint. My favorite line....."#@##! ah so you love, that's how they fool thugs......before ya know it ya lying in a pool of blood"

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

All that shootin......NOBODY HIT.....

 

[getmoneyforever]

And people say jay wack hahaha

 

[send one]

Cough up a lung

 

[stoneyjax]

I from where N's pull your card... And argue all day about who's the best MC.. Biggie, Jay-Z or Nas

 

[john mickens]

Originally Posted by dreClark

"Where you can't put your vest away, and say you'll wear it tomorrow, cause the day after, we'll be saying 'Damn, I was just wit him yesterday' "

one of the realest lines anyone has ever spit

 

[solelifted5]

I'm from where the beef is inevitable, Summertime's unforgetableBoosters in abundance, buy a half-price sweater newYour world was everything, So everything you said you'd doYou did it, Couldn't talk about it if you ain't lived itI from where!+#+@+% pull your car, and argue all day aboutWho's the best MC's, Biggie, Jay-Z, and NasWhere the drugs czars evolve, and thugs always areAt each other's throats for the love of foreign carsWhere cats catch cases, hoping the judge R and R'sBut most times find themselves locked up behind barsSPAZZEDD

 

[jasko mostar]

dopeness

"Where you can't put your vest away, and say you'll wear it tomorrow, cause the day after, we'll be saying 'Damn, I was just wit himyesterday' "

real $+@+ man. track is beyond classic.

 

[Hahahaha]

this is my fav Jay song

 

[cels the younggod]

Originally Posted by xBuddha Blessx

Brooklyn is not only the best borough but quite arguably the most thoroghest place on earth.

 

[true 3 blue]

[Freeway] EARLY! [/Freeway]

 

[dj236]

"Mentally from many places but I'm brooklyn's own.."

APPRECIATED

 

[shady4life]

Exactly. Gritty is the first word I thought of when you mentioned this track.

 

[memphisboi55]

this and can i live are my fave jay tracks

 

[city glamour]

Originally Posted by xBuddha Blessx

Brooklyn is not only the best borough but quite arguably the most thoroghest place on earth.

Definite co-sign. BK representer.

 

[king sosa 18]

Originally Posted by jrellcuse10

Has to be one of my favorite Jay tracks of all time. The reality, rawness and grittiness is something that I appreciated from it.