Coming Home Lyrics

[Verse 1: Pusha T]
Uh, ah, fuck it, we all poor
Even if you got money, still lookin' for more
Why am I buyin' Rollies? I got 20 for sure
Still connect witchu, it's still hid in the drawer
With no Js on, I'm still lookin' to score
Uh, all these lies, they steady tellin' me

Before Obama, we had Eric B. (Woo)
Or Tony Lewis out in D.C.
The '80s kingpins, gotta free them
All these faces, they ain't believe in
If no child's left, then how can we leave them?

[Chorus 1: Lauryn Hill]
When love is gone, you hold onto anything
Some do wrong, just to feel anything
But when the void is filled, you stand up to anything
When love is real, you can do anything
(You can do anything)

[Verse 2: Pusha T]
For my street-corner survivors (Survivors)
For my niggas that miss The Wire (Woo)

And throwback mamis, that won't retire
Reminiscin' on the days
When the trips was Cancún and the bottles got sprayed
You can't relate 'cause you wasn't there
Nah, you wasn't hot, let me make it clear
Y’all was breakin' into cars, we was breakin' bad
When y’all was fightin' dogs, we was racin' Jags
This the life for the fast
Now it's jail poses and club pictures
Airbrush backdrops and jail visits
This the dope boy song for the dope boys gone
Let 'em know it's still snowin'
[Chorus 2: Lauryn Hill]
When love's withdrawn, you hold onto anything
(You hold onto anything)
Some do wrong, they have to do anything
(They have to do anything)
But when the void is filled, you stand up to anything
(You stand up to anything)
When love is real (When love is real)
You can do anything (You can do anything)

[Verse 3: Pusha T]
I'm speakin' to the soul of my black native bros
Who ain't get to go to school like a J. Cole

Who ain't have a silver spoon or a bankroll
Who weren't taught the golden rule, but they made do
Free lunches and apple juices, uh
Food stamps, ashamed to use 'em
You ever lived with the user?
Shared a bed with abusers, that's the worst way to lose 'em

[Verse 4: Lauryn Hill]
New plan, but it's a new day
Black people past their due date
Settin' the captives free in a new way
I'm coming home, I'm coming home, I'm coming home
I'm coming home, I'm coming home, I'm coming home
It's a new day, Black people past their due date
Settin' the captives free, in a new way
Said it's not over, it's not over
Yes, it's just started, it's just started
[Chorus 3: Lauryn Hill]
When love is strong, you can do anything
Things go wrong, but you'll stand up to anything
(But you'll stand up to anything)
'Cause when the void is filled, you can do anything
(When the void is filled)
When the love is real, you can do anything
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Genius Annotation

“Coming Home” is a collaboration between Pusha T and Lauryn Hill recorded in late 2015. The song was put up for auction by Music Mafia in mid-2018 before leaking online on June 13, 2019. It then saw an official release on August 28, 2019.

The song shares a similar instrumental with Sia’s “Reaper.” It’s likely that the instrumental was given to Sia after Pusha didn’t use it; an alternate version of the song with Keyon Christ production exists.

Pusha T released the song as part of the launch of the “Third Strike Campaign”, a campaign with lawyers, MiAngel Cody and Brittany K. Barnett to free prisoners sentenced to life in prison under the three-strikes law.

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What have the artists said about the song?
Genius Answer

Talking about the origin of the track and the connection with Lauryn Hill, Terrence told Rolling Stone:

It was actually just a request, we don’t have any people in common, really. I just made the request, and she expressed that she liked what I do musically. Basically, she was like, ‘Let me take a crack at it.’

Push said he was “floored” when Hill accepted the request, and kept on describing the process:

Then, she came back with something like, ‘Hey, this is what I’m working on, but I don’t know if I really like these two parts.‘ I’m like, ‘What?! Are you actually going through your process with me? What do you mean?’


The song went through at least nine different renditions, but she managed to do so many different takes.
She was like ‘Oh, you know what, I’m going on tour for such and such, or I’m going overseas and I’ll probably get back to it.’ I was like, ‘Cool.’
Then, she’d get back to it and it’d be like a surprise call, a surprise email, a surprise text of an mp3. She took charge and took over executing the track.

About the instrumental, Push said:

I remember having the beat and was like, ‘Man, I think this is bigger than what Pusha T really does. What he’s known to do.‘ I felt like the track itself had a feel good music. It had that feeling to it.
I was like ‘This needs to have a bit of a message to it.’

How was the track teased?
Genius Answer

Few hours before the release of the track in the US, Spotify posted a video of Pusha T talking about the new song:

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