I just want you to (Everybody needs a hero) There is so much more (Everybody a hero) When you try (You try) you try (You will try) When you try (You 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 survive and it got me some It's hard to play the block early, go to school I what the world see when the product turn great And start cake, fitting but he ain't fake Can't put him in a box he attracting real estate He to college, got a degree and he polished Respectful to say the least, and them he just demolished Proud of the place that bred him, give credit to his Still involved the streets, if they hit him he still responsive It's a jungle out there, watch your back And watch your front because people be tryna I ain't got them kind of problems, never the type 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 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 ain't paper plates I swear I wish that I could drive bus With them stars and has-beens that grind like us Try to shine us, but it's a fine line Trust me when I tell you we can thrive with a mind 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 their I stay in touch because I be 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) When you try (You try) When you try (You try)
I done been robbed at gunpoint, failed a couple Grew apart friendships I thought was everlasting Changed me for the better, I 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 my guts got weak Golly, you can't me we ain't capable of rising Tryna get the people following I'm Verizon It's crazy how I feel the ones genuine When I'm hearing they stories 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 got degrees and weight up on they shoulders Steady jobbing making sure them kids do what they to To the top my seat hot, boy, I'm like Erik Spoelstra For all the marbles, I'm colder than 2 Villanova
I just want you to know (Everybody a hero) There is so much (Everybody needs a hero) When you try (You try) When you try (You try) When you try (You try)