I want you to know (Everybody needs a hero) is so much more (Everybody needs a hero) When you try (You try) When you try (You try) you try (You should try)
I see us all rise above that 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 and it got me some time It's to play the block early, go to school late I wonder what the world see when the product turn And start getting cake, fitting but he ain't Can't put him in a box cause he attracting real He went to college, got a and he polished Respectful to say the least, and records he just demolished Proud of the place bred him, give credit to his accomplice involved with the streets, if they hit him he still responsive It's a jungle out there, people your back And watch your front people be tryna front I ain't got them kind of problems, been the type to stunt Where I'm that gets you burnt and I'm not yearning for the sun
I just want you to know (Everybody a hero) is so much more (Everybody needs a hero) When you try (You try) When you try (You try) When you try (You try)
Growing up seemed like all the that was doing good Was just around so they could say they to the hood I mean some was like football gods, show the strength of them slumdog odds Sometimes you gotta move away to make Devil wants you back when you should stay away I learned to do it for myself and you say today That's the road that play, now we ain't 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 it's a fine me when I tell you we can thrive with a mind like us A world that'll kill you if you ask for in the air we breathe, you need a mask for I'd rather see my folks stamps up on their passports I stay in touch because I be feeling like the source
I just want you to know (Everybody 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)
I done been robbed at gunpoint, failed a classes Grew apart from I thought was everlasting me for the better, I ain't end up in a casket Held on for the ride, my side seatbelt was my life experience because it just got sweet And I can't a time when my guts got weak Golly, you can't tell me we capable of rising Tryna get the following like I'm Verizon It's crazy how I feel the ones that I'm hearing they stories feel like a kin to them Or we one in the same, we like a synonym I be defending them because I be really them My whole circle got degrees and up on they shoulders Steady jobbing making sure them kids do what supposed to To the top with my seat hot, boy, I'm like Erik For all the marbles, I'm than 2 from Villanova
I just want you to know (Everybody a hero) There is so much (Everybody needs a hero) you try (You should try) When you try (You try) you try (You should try)