Proud & Powerful

Lyrics

[Intro] Straight like that [Verse 1] Proud 'cause I grew up on welfare Proud I was dirt poor, more or less Proud 'cause I never had Jordans Proud 'cause I used to wear Payless Proud that the stove kept us warm Proud that I didn't have a red cent Proud that I pay my mama bills now Proud that I live in the hills now Proud that my brother stopped poppin' Xans Proud that I finally became a man Proud that I cried many tears Proud for the pain and the fears Proud that my heart been broken Proud that my uncle stopped smokin' Proud that they thought I wouldn't make it Proud that my haters gotta take it Proud that my sister never lost hope Proud that she fightin' diabetes I'm proud that Salito got to see me I'm proud when I see me on TV I'm proud for the bad breaks Proud for the mistakes, I'm proud to be a dad I'm proud 'cause I'm tan I'm proud that the talent kept this pen in my hand [Bridge] Straight like that You gotta be proud for everything, man The good, the bad, the ugly You gotta be powerful through it all Powerful through the struggles To live is to suffer, word up [Verse 2] You survive through the times, that's powerful People livin' through the rhymes, that's powerful You shook hands with your enemy, that's powerful You always keep it G, that's powerful You makin' moves out the hood, that's powerful You gave a dollar to a bum, that's powerful Give advice to the youth, that's powerful You gotta pay dues, that's powerful Givin' people good news, that's powerful You just signed your first deal, that's powerful You just made your first mill, that's powerful You bow down and kneel, that's powerful You pray for every mill, that's powerful Givin' thanks, powerful, showin' love, powerful Your mind is a weapon that's powerful Every scar on your body, that's powerful Every verse in my songs, that's powerful Supportin' your child, that's powerful Raise a kid that ain't yours, that's powerful Forgivin' your past, that's powerful Visit family in prison, that's powerful Puttin' money on they books, that's powerful Everything I do is powerful But if I wasn't proud, then I couldn't be powerful