Your Own Hero

Lyrics

[Intro] Blaq turn my headphones up Hail Mary Hail Mary Hail Mary Yeah [Verse 1: Romeo] If you had one opportunity to show 'em Would you go out and get it? If you was running for your life, I swear to God you gon' finish This the shit we be living We don't go home to business I mean, my daddy, he did it He did that shit for his children Life or death situation Rich kids, they go on vacation These niggas robbing and shooting, you gotta hide in the basement You almost had a touchdown then you suddenly fumble All the other little kids think the beast in the jungle All them lions and dragons, it ain't hard to imagine Your best friend slide you some pills Said it's gon' make you feel magic Now they all in your head Yeah the angel and devil How you fall for that nigga who just gave you the shovel This squad is full of gorillas And I ain't talking a zoo Some of 'em look like your best friend, some of 'em look like your boo I know you feel like you drowning, I'm telling you you gon make it Even in them scary movies, what would happen to Jason? Never blame yourself, we all dealt different cards Robin took his life and he's a superstar Don't listen to the bully, you are not a zero But you gotta be your own hero (Chorus) How could you settle? We was made in the struggle Swear they pushed out their last for this The grind don't stop, never You, you know better So how could you settle? We was made in the struggle Swear they pushed out their last for this The grind don't stop, never You, you know better [Verse 2: Dee-1] Better learn to love yourself, if not the world gon' take advantage They got implants and butt shots Cocaine, pills, and Xanax Join a gang that say they ride for you They swear they say they love you But it was a Crip who killed Nip, so I don't trust none of ya No disrespect but I'm suspicious of people Christopher Columbus stole this whole country, yeah we call him a hero So forget your role models, potna Mines is God My watch made out of concrete, times was hard I'm in the industry full of the blind leading the blind My city flood all the time, that's cause our ancestors crying Too many black people dying I'm talking black on black crime When they try to make you feel wrong for doing right, pay them no mind Keep your relationship tight Trust in yourself and don't stop Always show up early and know that it's lonely at the top Create a lane for yourself Cause jealousy ain't allowed These are the Hustler's Commandments Now go make everyone proud, bow (Chorus) How could you settle? We was made in the struggle Swear they pushed out their last for this The grind don't stop, never You, you know better So how could you settle? [Verse 3: Marqus Clae] We was brought up to accept people for who they are Blessed with a mind to think beyond whatever may be far It's many races that go through their trials and tribulations Though it seem like my people never defeat what they facing Look at the hurt in that little boy eyes when his older brother gets killed by people who 'sposed to protect and serve But it's not in their will, I wonder Divided as a people, our people killing eachother Ain't thinking 'bout no Martin Luther They just wanna spark and jump off the porch and pull up and shoot ya Illiterate to the future And mentally I'm in a loop of repeating my thoughts like time is music Truthfully trying to keep positive vibes around me How we gon' learn to live and love when devils keep surrounding? To share and do for one another Not to pull eachother in a pool of fire Burning, look at the world turning My back against the wall, I'm trying to find a way out I'm becoming my own hero Fuck being the zero (Chorus) How could you settle? We was made in the struggle Swear they pushed out their last for this The grind don't stop, never You, you know better So how could you settle? We was made in the struggle Swear they pushed out their last for this The grind don't stop, never You, you know better [Verse 3: Krazy 504 Boy] Dear God I'm so stressed full of aggrivation Watching my wife do this chemo and this radiation I seen my homie die in front of me, it had me shook I hit a couple of lines of coke but never got hooked Four shots in my back man that's all it took I started staring at the mirror for a second look We was all born poor on these project streets Man them drug dealers made me want these gold teeth I realized I had talent when I heard a beat Walking over dead bodies on the concrete I reveal it's my hood, man I bleed the 4 I got a Calliope Pops just like Romeo I seen my cousin get life, couldn't let the game go See the money come fast but the time slow And the Feds set you up just like the movie Blow When them killers run up on you ain't nowhere to go