Hero

[Hook]

I just want you to know (Everybody needs a hero)

There is so much more (Everybody needs a hero)

When you try (You should try)

When you try (You will try)

When you try (You should try)

[Verse 1]

I wanna see us all rise above that poverty line

Teach them how to cross the T's, put a dot on them I's

A lot of folks fell victim high, lot of them died

Swallow pride to survive and it got me some time

It's hard to play the block early, go to school late

I wonder what the world see when the product turn great

And start getting cake, fitting but he ain't fake

Can't put him in a box cause he attracting real estate

He went to college, got a degree and he polished

Respectful to say the least, and them records he just demolished

Proud of the place that bred him, give credit to his accomplice

Still involved with the streets, if they hit him he still responsive

It's a jungle out there, people watch your back

And watch your front because people be tryna front

I ain't got them kind of problems, never been the type to stunt

Where I'm from that gets you burnt and I'm not yearning for the sun

[Hook]

I just want you to know (Everybody needs a hero)

There is so much more (Everybody needs a hero)

When you try (You should try)

When you try (You will try)

When you try (You should try)

[Verse 2]

Growing up seemed like all the ones that was doing good

Was just 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 odds

Sometimes you gotta move away to make away

Devil wants you coming back when you should stay away

I learned to do it for myself and you could say today

That's the road that paper play, now we ain't saving paper plates

I swear I wish that I could drive that bus

With them hood stars and has-beens that grind like us

Try to shine like us, but it's a fine line

Trust me when I tell you we can thrive with a mind like us

A world different that'll kill you if you ask for

Something in the air we breathe, you need a mask for

I'd rather see my folks with stamps up on their passports

I stay in touch because I be feeling like the last source

[Hook]

I just want you to know (Everybody needs a hero)

There is so much more (Everybody needs a hero)

When you try (You should try)

When you try (You will try)

When you try (You should try)

[Verse 3]

I done been robbed at gunpoint, failed a couple classes

Grew apart from friendships I thought was everlasting

Changed me for the better, I ain't end up in a casket

Held on for the ride, my side seatbelt was fastened

Share my life experience because it just got sweet

And I can't recall a time when my guts got weak

Golly, you can't tell me we ain't capable of rising

Tryna get the people following like I'm Verizon

It's crazy how I feel the ones that genuine

When I'm hearing they stories feel like a kin to them

Or we like one in the same, we like a synonym

I be defending them because I be really feeling them

My whole circle got degrees and weight up on they shoulders

Steady jobbing making sure them kids do what they supposed to

To the top with my seat hot, boy, I'm like Erik Spoelstra

For all the marbles, I'm colder than 2 from Villanova

[Hook]

I just want you to know (Everybody needs a hero)

There is so much more (Everybody needs a hero)

When you try (You should try)

When you try (You will try)

When you try (You should try)