Good to Be Home
Barney Artist Lyrics

I’ve been seeing where these peeps are really from
I've been discovering the true origins of the people around me

We keeping the vibe alive we shining just till we hear the song
We're keeping the energy high and positive, shining until the music stops

Hands up if you rep your home
Raise your hands if you represent your hometown with pride

I’m from the Eastside of the city
I come from the eastern part of the city

Where things are known to go down
Where things often happen and events take place

Spit a round with my lyrics
Rap a verse with my rhymes

I’m hitting it from the ground
I'm starting at the basics and working my way up

Let me pound
Let me showcase my skills

Barney Artist rep that Eastside B
I, Barney Artist, represent and take pride in the Eastside

Forest Gate is the ends and it’s inside me
Forest Gate is my neighborhood and it's a part of me

Street by street
Step by step, one street at a time

Let the bars invigorate your flow
Let my lyrics inspire and enliven the way you perform

When I spit it from the road
When I perform my rap while on the streets

They’re yelling “Barney let’s go”
People are cheering and encouraging me to keep going

Never lone
Never alone, always with my crew

Life's a journey so making friends is the best vibe
Life is a journey and making friends is the best way to experience it

Home is somewhere where you’re spending the best time, oh
Home is the place where you have the best experiences

Always chilling with my G's
Always hanging out with my close friends

Grab a falafel try eating peace
Try a falafel sandwich and enjoy the peace of mind it brings

Let me speak what I see, uh
Let me express my thoughts and observations

See what I speak
Understand the meaning behind my words

When I'm breathing on beats
When I'm rapping on a rhythm

Keep my cypher complete, uh
Maintain the group of rappers who are sharing the mic with me

Eastside is where I call home
The Eastside is the area I consider my home

Come to ends fam I’ll show you where I roam
Come to my neighborhood and I'll show you around

I kinda miss the days when we would roam
I miss the times when we used to wander and explore

Parkside café stores, then back to mine
Visiting the local café and stores before heading back to my place

What a weet, sweet day to roam
What a lovely day to wander around and explore

Golden undertones
A sense of warmth and happiness discovered while exploring

Oh, it’s good to be home
It's great to feel at home and comfortable

Yo, I would show you how I live
I would give you a tour of my life

If I wasn't sat outside the crib (for fuck’s sake)
If I hadn't locked myself out of the house

I left my keys and my misses by the fridge
I left my keys and my partner by the fridge

But no joke I be penning this lyric by the bridge
But seriously, I'm writing this rap by the bridge

That's how it is
That's just how things are

Yo, It's like I live a double life
It feels like I'm living two completely separate lives

I'm feeling like I'm 40
I feel older than my actual age

Kids and a troubled wife
I have children and a difficult spouse

They wake up by the side
They awake next to me

Wonder what the day becomes
Curious about what the day will bring

I dance between my big mothers and my baby ones
I balance between my elderly relatives and young children in my family

I used to play in slums
I used to play in poor neighborhoods

Now I gotta pay the sums
Now I have to pay expensive bills and taxes

Three different cribs and ain't got time just to stay in one
I have three different homes but not enough time to stay in one place

I hope this payment comes
I hope I get paid on time

So I can change the radiator for the neighbor's one
So I can replace my neighbor's broken radiator

And maybe get the glazing done
And maybe repair the windows

But you can see what I'm becoming
You can see what I'm turning into

Been the mouth of the south ever since I was a youngin'
I've been known as a skilled speaker since I was young

I need a place to call my own
I need a home that belongs solely to me

For the days that I'm alone
For the days when I'm by myself

But like the beat yo, I just keep running
Like a musical rhythm, I just keep moving forward

For me home is just a place where all the traveling stops
For me, home is a place where my constant travels come to a halt

A place to rest, lay in my nest before I’m hatching the plot
A place to relax and gather my thoughts before I start planning my next move

Seems easy but it’s actually not
It may seem simple but it's actually quite difficult

It’s hard to function when the time zone’s dropping like a Jack-in-the-box
It's difficult to function when my body is adjusting to different time zones

Not the trials and tribulations of an average job
Not the usual struggles of a typical job

But more rewarding
But more fulfilling and satisfying

Tour’s exhausting but it’s important
Touring is tiring but it's crucial to my career

So I’m all in
So I'm fully committed

And if home is truly where the heart is
And if home really is where we feel most comfortable

Then my heart’s a moving target
Then my heart is constantly on the move

‘Cause I be daily departing
Because I leave home every day

And I could write a book about the cities I’m seeing
I have seen so many different cities that I could write a book about them

But I’ll be forever keeping London city supreme
Despite traveling to so many cities, I will always hold London above the rest

Though I never pay attention to the postcode walls
Even though I don't focus on the specific neighborhoods within London

Barely at home to check the post no more
I'm hardly ever at home to check my mail

Always on the move
I'm constantly traveling

I’m on the mission to deliver what they ask for
I'm working hard to give my fans what they want

Looking at the past through the stickers on my passport
Reflecting on my past travels by looking at the stickers on my passport

Circle the Earth for whatever it’s worth
Traveling around the world for any value or benefit it brings

By representing to the death of me the place I was birthed forever
By always representing the place I was born in, even until my death