I just want you to (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 wanna see us all rise above that line Teach them how to the T's, put a dot on them I's A lot of folks victim high, lot of them died pride to survive and it got me some time It's hard to play the early, go to school late I what the world see when the product turn great And start cake, fitting but he ain't 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 him, give 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 front because people be tryna I ain't got them kind of problems, never the type to stunt Where I'm from that you burnt and I'm not yearning for the sun
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)
Growing up seemed like all the ones that was doing Was just around so they could say loyal to the hood I some was like football gods, that'll show the strength of them slumdog odds you gotta move away to make away Devil wants you back when you should stay away I learned to do it for myself and you say today That's the that paper play, now we ain't saving paper plates I swear I wish that I could drive bus With them hood and has-beens that grind like us Try to shine like us, but it's a line Trust me when I tell you we can thrive a mind like us A world that'll kill you if you ask for Something in the air we breathe, you a mask for I'd rather see my folks with up on their passports I stay in because I be feeling like the last source
I just want you to (Everybody needs a hero) There is so much more (Everybody a hero) you try (You should try) When you try (You try) you try (You should try)
I been robbed at gunpoint, failed a couple 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 Share my life experience because it got sweet And I recall a time when my guts got weak Golly, you can't tell me we ain't capable of Tryna get the people following like I'm It's crazy how I feel the ones that When I'm hearing they stories feel 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 do what they supposed to To the top with my seat hot, boy, I'm like Erik For all the marbles, I'm colder than 2 from
I just you to know (Everybody needs a hero) There is so much more (Everybody a hero) you try (You should try) When you try (You try) you try (You should try)