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 them how to the T's, put a dot on them I's A lot of folks fell victim high, lot of them Swallow to survive and it got me some time It's to play the block early, go to school late I wonder the world see when the product turn great And start cake, fitting but he ain't fake Can't put him in a box cause he attracting estate He went to college, got a and he polished to say the least, and them records he just demolished Proud of the that bred him, give credit to his accomplice Still with the streets, if they hit him he still responsive a jungle out there, people watch your back And your front because people be tryna front I ain't got them kind of problems, been the type to stunt Where I'm that gets you burnt and I'm not yearning for the sun
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) you try (You should try)
Growing up seemed all the ones that was doing good 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 slumdog Sometimes you gotta away to make away Devil wants you coming back when you should away I learned to do it for myself and you could say That's the road that play, now we ain't saving paper plates I swear I that I could drive that bus With them hood stars and has-beens that like us Try to shine like us, but a fine line Trust me I tell you we can thrive with 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 touch because I be feeling like the last
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 been robbed at gunpoint, failed a couple classes Grew apart from friendships I was everlasting Changed me for the better, I ain't end up in a Held on for the ride, my side seatbelt was Share my experience because it just got sweet And I can't recall a time when my guts got 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 genuine When I'm they stories feel like a kin to them Or we like one in the same, we like a I be defending them I be really feeling them My whole circle got degrees and weight up on they Steady jobbing making sure them kids do what supposed to To the top with my seat hot, boy, I'm like 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) you try (You should try)