Umm pum-pum-pum  Pum-pum, pum-pum, pum-pum    Look behind myself  As I reflect on all the memories  The times they come and go  Lost everything from friends to Family  If I could turn back the hands  There would be some things I'd change about me  I know that my past is not what my future holds    Where I come from  Who could believe  All the pain and misery  Look in my eyes and you'll see  The diary of me    Rewind my life  Just go back and correct all the wrong  And ask God to direct my path  So that I can make it home  And if I could turn back the hands of time  There would be some things I would change about me  But I know that my past is not what my future holds  'Cause    Where I'm from  Who could believe  All the pain, misery  Look in my eyes and you will see  The diary of me    Years ago a child was born (a child was born) (ooh)  And raised without a man (without my... father, and wonder why he's in these streets) (ooh)    My mother's gone (mothers gone, yet still... found the strength to pray for me) (ooh)  But still reached out her hand  Just open the book (na-na-na-na-na-na)  Turn the pages of my life (na-na-na)  And you will read  A true story about one man's journey    Where I'm from (ahh...)  Who would believe, yeah  That all the hurt and pain and misery (ahh...)  Look in my eyes (ahh...)  You'll see the diary of me (pum-pum-pum-pum-pum)  Where I'm from (where I'm from, who could believe) (ahh...)  Who could believe (the hurt and pain and misery)  (Look in my eyes) in my eyes (and you will see) (ahh...)  (The makings of) the makings of  (My diary) my diary  (Where I'm from) look in my eyes (ahh...)  (Who could believe) you'll see  (The hurt and pain and misery)  (Look in my eyes) (ahh...)  (And you will see) yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah  (The makings of my diary)  (Where I'm from...) (ahh...)