I just want you to (Everybody needs 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)
I see us all rise above that poverty line Teach how to cross the T's, put a dot on them I's A lot of folks fell victim high, lot of died Swallow to survive and it got me some time It's hard to the block early, go to school late I wonder what the world see when the turn great And start getting cake, but he ain't fake Can't put him in a box he attracting real estate He went to college, got a and he polished to say the least, and them records he just demolished Proud of the place that him, give credit to his accomplice involved with the streets, if they hit him he still responsive It's a jungle out there, people watch back And watch your front because people be tryna I ain't got them kind of problems, been the type to stunt Where I'm from that gets you burnt and I'm not 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) you try (You should try)
Growing up like all the ones that was doing good Was just so they could say they loyal to the hood I mean some was like gods, that'll show the strength of them slumdog odds Sometimes you gotta move to make away Devil wants you coming back when you should stay I learned to do it for myself and you say today That's the road that paper play, now we saving paper plates I I wish that I could drive that bus With them hood stars and has-beens that grind us Try to shine us, but it's a fine line Trust me I tell you we can thrive with a mind like us A different that'll kill you if you ask for Something in the air we breathe, you a mask for I'd rather see my folks stamps up on their passports I in touch because I be feeling like the last source
I just 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)
I done been at gunpoint, failed a couple classes Grew from friendships I thought was everlasting me for the better, I ain't end up in a casket Held on for the ride, my side was fastened Share my life experience it just got sweet And I can't recall a time when my guts got Golly, you can't tell me we ain't of rising get the people following like I'm Verizon It's crazy how I the ones that genuine I'm hearing they stories feel like a kin to them Or we like one in the same, we like a I be defending them because I be really them My whole circle got degrees and weight up on shoulders Steady making sure them kids do what they supposed to To the top with my seat hot, boy, I'm like Spoelstra For all the marbles, I'm colder 2 from Villanova
I just you to know (Everybody needs 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)