Hold Your Head Up

I was the kid in school
 With hand me downs from my sister
 And gal dem still loved me now that's charisma
 Front of my crep split
 Ain't seen a barber for months
 But the way I profile
 You would have thought I was Trump
 Back when I was spotty
 And my head way outgrew my body
 Even those times spittin it shoddy
 Before I bust my first nut
 Behind the trees in the park
 You'd find me and Jay drunk way after dark
 Bams too, looking for moves
 Like bees do swarming
 Funny thing we all got ball in the morning
 We like thirteen
 But grown as we see it
 You find us any Saturday night in coliseum
 Sticking dick to big gal
 And I told her my age straight
 Never been one to play games
 Or watch face or none of that
 Pop shots I'm gunning back
 No ball to catch
 Look how these cowards running back
 No matter what they say to you
 No matter what they put you through
 Always to yourself stay true
 You gotta hold your head up high
 When you feel you've hit the ground
 And they seem to laugh out loud
 Whatever goes up must come down
 You gotta hold your head up high
 For my young tugs on every block
 Eighth in their sock
 With aims to get paid and parade in the drop
 Sweet kids get older
 Grow chips on both shoulders
 Daddy left it seems the wind done blow colder
 Even in july
 That's why we hoodied the whole year
 Mothers lose sons when them clouds disappear
 Nothin sweet out here
 But I count my blessings
 Been through a lot of shit
 But I take it as lessons
 Just a young yout that ain't never had nothing
 Many times went to school
 Stomach still rumblin
 Still felt like I had a right to fuck
 Brought gal to my yard
 And the power would cut
 While youts sleeping
 I'm at the launderette before school
 With big bin liners still trying to look cool
 At the time it was hell
 Now I just laugh
 Funny how you change
 The way you feel about the past
 If they put your back to the wall
 You gotta stand tall
 Don't watch these little dicks
 All they do is talk
 Fuck em all I'm rollin
 Real niggas'll roll wid it
 Yeah life's a bitch
 But I still wanna hit it
 Spit what's real to me nothing more
 Nothing less
 Niggas ain't got no homes
 But roll with stones around they neck
 Can't you see you're the diamond
 Always shining
 Plus the only thing
 Tough enough to break us is us