[Verse 1]
Suitcase by the door
Still smell like airport and old perfume
Mama in the hallway
Eyes say “’bout time you came through”
Plastic chairs in the backyard
Cousins talking louder than the TV news
They save me a plate, keep my place
Like I never moved
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I’m back to where I’m understood
Every scar, every side of me good
They see the mess, still call it art
They know my name, not just my part
I drift, I fall, they pull me in
Same old block, brand‑new skin
I’m back, I’m back
To the people who get me
[Verse 2]
Same old street with the bent sign
Corner store man still calls me “niño”
Grandma’s rosary over my head
Blessing all the things I still don’t know
We laugh in two languages
Spanglish spilling right over the floor
They hear my silence, hear my stories
Way before I ever say a word
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[Rap]
Yeah
I been gone so long, they thought I turned ghost
New city, new clubs, I was doin’ the most
But the spotlight cold when it know you by the pose
Not the kid who used to run barefoot on this road
Abuela in the kitchen, got the stereo low
Little record with the scratch still swingin’ my soul
I sip café, tell her what I seen on the road
She just smile, say “mijo, you still you, that’s gold”
Where they clap for you offstage, no cameras
Where your nickname louder than your banners
I was searchin’ for a fit in a world-size jacket
Turns out home was the only right fabric
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[Bridge]
Hands on my shoulder
“Sit, eat, talk, stay over”
They don’t need the highlight reel
They just wanna know what’s real
Every “you remember when?”
Makes me feel brand‑new again
Far I go, I still belong
Right here where they sing my song
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