I just want you to (Everybody needs a hero) There is so more (Everybody needs a hero) you try (You should try) When you try (You try) you try (You should try)
I wanna see us all rise above poverty line Teach them how to cross the T's, put a dot on I's A lot of folks fell victim high, lot of them Swallow pride to survive and it got me some It's hard to the block early, go to school late I what the world see when the product turn great And start getting cake, fitting but he fake put him in a box cause he attracting real estate He went to college, got a degree and he Respectful to say the least, and them records he just Proud of the place that bred him, credit to his accomplice Still involved the streets, if they hit him he still responsive a jungle out there, people watch your back And watch your because people be tryna front I ain't got them kind of problems, never been the to stunt Where I'm from gets you burnt and I'm not yearning for the sun
I want you to know (Everybody needs a hero) is so much more (Everybody needs a hero) When you try (You try) you try (You will try) When you try (You try)
Growing up seemed like all the ones that was doing Was around so they could say they loyal to the hood I mean some was like football gods, that'll show the strength of them odds Sometimes you move away to make away Devil wants you coming back when you stay away I to do it for myself and you could say today That's the road that paper play, now we saving paper plates I I wish that I could drive that bus With hood stars and has-beens that grind like us Try to shine like us, but a fine line me when I tell you we can thrive with a mind like us A world that'll kill you if you ask for Something in the air we breathe, you need a for I'd rather see my folks with stamps up on passports I stay in touch because I be like the last source
I just want you to (Everybody needs a hero) There is so more (Everybody needs a hero) When you try (You try) you try (You will try) you try (You should try)
I done robbed at gunpoint, failed a couple classes Grew apart from I thought was everlasting Changed me for the better, I ain't end up in a Held on for the ride, my side seatbelt was Share my life experience because it just got And I can't recall a time my guts got weak Golly, you can't me we ain't capable of rising Tryna get the following like I'm Verizon It's crazy how I feel the ones that When I'm hearing they stories feel a kin to them Or we like one in the same, we a synonym I be defending them because I be really feeling My circle got degrees and weight up on they shoulders Steady jobbing sure them kids do what they supposed to To the top with my seat hot, boy, I'm Erik Spoelstra For all the marbles, I'm than 2 from Villanova
I just want you to (Everybody needs a hero) There is so more (Everybody needs a hero) you try (You should try) When you try (You try) When you try (You try)