Coming Home - P Diddy Dirty Money (Boyce Avenue & DeStorm) Video & Lyrics

Boyce Avenue recently teamed up with DeStorm Power for their second collaboration, a cover of P Diddy Dirty Money's "Coming Home."  As usual, this version totally dominates the original (sorry, Diddy, but it's a fact.)

The third verse to this song hit me like a brick.  Last February, my marriage ended, and I came home to Washington state, where I grew up, after living in Arizona for almost a decade.  I had no job, no money, and no idea what I was gonna do.  It was one of the scariest times of my life, but I fought my way back, and I'm now happier than I have been in a very long time.

Mad props to Boyce Avenue & DeStorm for taking a song that was mediocre at best and turning it into something uplifting, inspirational, and full of hope.

Check out the video below, and if you like it, buy it on iTunes on Boyce Avenue's Cover Collaborations album.




LYRICS:

I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world I’m coming home
Let the rain wash away
All the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits
And they’ve forgiven my mistakes
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world that I’m coming

I said I’m back up in this place
And I’m finally at the front of this race
And I ain’t going back,
I'ma rip this track so the world should remember my face
I said I’m back up in this place
And I’m finally at the front of this race
And I ain’t going back,
I'ma rip this track so the world should remember my face

Yeah, I’ve been away for awhile
I gave my word when I returned
That I'd come back with a smile,
Or don’t come back at all
The world is throwing blows,
But I ain’t backing off
Everybody claim they want to grow,
But they just slacking off
It took a lot of years to put the hood behind me
The best advice I got was that I had to find me
Another day, another challenge
I never thought I’d see the day I’d be rewarded for my talents

I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world I’m coming home
Let the rain wash away
All the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits
And they’ve forgiven my mistakes
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world that I’m coming home

And if you ever call up,
And say you fell down
It feels good that I can finally help them all up
I’m doing well now,
Let’s go to the mall now
We ain’t gotta split the bill,
I told you I got all us
Came a long way from those ghettos on the east coast
To 7th letter, 6th number, flying high who needs coach
I miss my son up in my arms, miss my homies, miss my mom
Her home cooking was the bomb
And even though she's gone I'm coming home

I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world I’m coming home
Let the rain wash away
All the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits
And they’ve forgiven my mistakes
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world that I’m coming home

This one’s for all my people in the struggle,
Unemployed or working double shifts,
Take your head and lift it in the air,
One fist in the air
Reach for the stars, you’re almost there,
You can make it, I’ve been there,
You can take it, I’ve been there
Even though all the hope is gone,
Find something to focus on,
You need motivation,
That’s the reason why we play this song
To let you know you’re not out in this world on your own,
And the only time you’re going back,
Is when you’re going home

I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world I’m coming home
Let the rain wash away
All the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits
And they’ve forgiven my mistakes
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world that I’m coming home

All Instruments, Beat Box, & Arrangement by Alejandro Manzano
Additional/Original Lyrics: DeStorm Power

Special thanks to Alejandro Manzano for help with the accuracy of the lyrics.