The Rap Map
Tompkins Houses
From "Where I'm From" by Jay-Z
Lyrics
So they ran up to Tompkins and sought them dudes to trustI don't know what the fuck they thought
Those niggas is foul just like us
About
Tompkins is a project just down the street from Jay-Z’s own Marcy Houses. Residents of Tompkins and Marcy are natural rivals, just as guys from Nas’s Queensbridge Houses are rivals with those from nearby Ravenswood Houses
