[Refrain]
I been gone a little too long
I need to go home
I been gone a little too long
I need to go home

[Verse 1]
I don’t remember the doors opening to the house
As long as I can think back, I remember being there
My daddy never once ever tried to kick me out
Yet, I act like there’s boundaries that won’t let me near
Count on two hands when I see you in a 3-6-5
If I never go home, is that door closed off?
If a tree falls in the middle of a forest, does it sound off?
That connection, I have closed off, closed off

[Chorus]
You been gone a little too long
Can you please come home?
You been gone a little too long
Can you please come home?
I been thinking of you
I been missing you
I been wishing you
Would please, just please, come home
[Refrain]
I been gone a little too long
I need to go home
I been gone a little too long
I need to go home
I been gone a little too long
I need to go home
I been gone a little too long
I need to go home

[Verse 2]
Tell me where do I go? Where do I go?
Tell me where do I go?
I don’t know. I don’t know
I tried everywhere, everyone and everything
But nothing ever seems to be exactly what I need
Do I need love or a lady or Mercedes or more ratings?
I learned many relationships that we want are overrated
But playing love and care down as an understatement
It's too overstated. Y’all better stop playing

[Chorus]
You been gone a little too long
Can you please come home?
You been gone a little too long
Can you please come home?
I been thinking of you
I been missing you
I been wishing you
Would please, just please, come home
You been gone a little too long
Can you please come home?
You been gone a little too long
Can you please come home?
I been thinking of you
I been missing you
I been wishing you
Would please, just please, come home

[Bridge]
Some place where the love flows like water
I need to phone home
Some place where the love flows like water

[Verse 3]
Chris Ray
Been a while since I left that home
Probly since the time I felt grown
Don’t mean when I turn 21
When ratio turned 2 to 1
Ladies to me. I had that charm
Lay it on me. It ain’t no harm
Relate to me. No snooze alarm
That white on me like chicken parm
I taste her white. Crack can do harm
I knew I had to get Off White
But not off of no Sneakers app
I do not talk that sneak or cap
Away from that holy household
Your rules and morals, I still hold
I just want my momma happy
I just want my daddy smiling
Still sad my granny and nanny
Died before I could graduate
I just ask that you grant her grace
I say her cause their soul’s the same
I try to never sit in shame
Sometimes, I feel like shit and shame
I saw their pain and hurt refrained
I gave love, hugs and my whole heart
They passed my 10th and 12th grade year
Few tears fell and created art
Nanny said she would see me later
She died twenty minutes later
The time was around 12:30
It’s midnight, not the afternoon
The year was in 2012 (two-thousand twelve)
I remember the night so well
Her lifetime was in jeopardy
Died after we watched Jeopardy
But before, I kissed her on cheek
She told me with valiant strength
“Good night. I’ll see you later.”
I still haven’t seen later
But that’s why everyone’s thinks I’m patient
Cause Granny and Nanny, I’m still waiting
[Refrain]
Can you please come home
You been gone a little too long
You never came home
You been gone a little too long
You never came home