Basement

[Verse 1: F.Stokes] Greyhound, Megabus, clothes in a plastic bag From shelter to shelter, six kids with no dad She left the city for a better life Ran to a small town where the population was mostly white Racial undertones, trying to get back home With barely enough to keep shirts on my backbone Now ain't this real life, numb to what pain feel like Demons knocking like the sound of steel pipes Same lady who gave birth never left my hometown But she the reason I travelled the earth Locked the door, my uncle's going through her purse "Wake your brother up, they're giving free meals at church." And I can't justify how my daddy could black your eye Now my sister can't trust a guy We never had much, but we had us And my brother found home in a pair of handcuffs [Chorus: Dan Smith] How am I gonna get myself back home? I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I [Verse 2: F.Stokes] The sound of bullets bounce as I write raps in the kitchen Daddy in a cell trying to hold his ambition Witness the transition from a boy to a martyr Sell dope but go to school to be a barber The ghetto's like a prison, you locked but you still living Barely breathing up until if you're leaving But home is where the hate is And my cousin ain't thirty yet but she's got eight kids Half look up to me, but the other half rarely fuck with me (Just another night) 'Cause apparently, they think I see myself as better (and we've had many of them) I see my songs as simply therapy Now let's go back to that whole Greyhound bus bit Mama worked there for old white folks, wiping up shit (To the morning we're cast out) Tryna save ships, now close your eyes and envision (But I know I'll land here again) How she turned a bus ride, into a spaceship [Chorus: Dan Smith] How am I gonna get myself back home? I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I Oh, how am I gonna get myself back home? I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I [Bridge: F.Stokes, Dan Smith] My home is comprised of many elements Grandaddy was a junkie and found home in a needle filled with daily medicine Home is far less based on physicality (The birds are mocking me) But embracing the mentality that you can turn even the harshest conditions into an optimistic galaxy (They call to be heard) Come home, daddy, it's okay now (The birds are mocking me) All the tears are dried up, mama's in a better place now No guns unless they're video games (They curse my return) But there's a darker side to sex, rock and roll, and cocaine Come home [Pre-Chorus] How am I gonna get—, how am I gonna get myself— How am I gonna get—, how am I gonna get myself— How am I gonna get—, how am I gonna get myself—, how am I gonna get myself home? How am I gonna get—, how am I gonna get myself— How am I gonna get—, how am I gonna get myself— How am I gonna get—, how am I gonna get myself—, how am I gonna get myself home? [Chorus: Dan Smith] Oh, how am I gonna get myself back home? I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I Oh, how am I gonna get myself back home? I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I [Outro: F.Stokes] From the basement to the ceiling Going back home to replace this feeling From the basement to the ceiling Going back home to replace this feeling