Keep Rising
(专辑: A Tear For The Ghetto - 1999)
Let's work for the
family Let's keep the
family strong By keepin the
tie of love strong in the
family All those of you who are rich, use your riches to elevate the
poor All those who think you are wise, use your wisdom And teach the
unlearned So all of us walk together like brothers And I
say this, there is no family without a
hair in their family Yo it took 41 shots, to take one man down I'm black and I'm proud, fighting for this struggle right now 27 years I
didn't think I'd walk this Earth My grandmother sat and told me how she hustled for life Pop dukes had to leave, to fight the
feedin me Mom dukes took her early leave, to explore her life Now we eat dogs, runnin through these streets all night Something ain't right, now what part of the
game is this? If it took killas and niggas stronger to make an end Searchin for bread, my whole situation has changed Rollin at a
young age, But I
got to focus my brain Straight like that, the
codes are on the
streets to come back Come burnin my mack, it's time to kill them softly black Cause we real Brooklyn niggas comin through these streets Connect it with 5
boroughs and the
shit gets deep Open your eyes, hoping that these people get by Real recognize real, now you got to pack steele I
got my deal, 0
for 1
record deal And these stupid ass niggas said we couldn't come back Hears to your facts, I
hate set it on you you black We hate to set it on your black "So let's get the
family together" First to first, niggas don't want me to disperse Why young minorities they have to ride in a
herse Undertane to 5
vehicle, or up in the
lobby Little kids got shot, cops can't even show their own Glocks I've performed in many countries, with people going to war Settling the
score, representing Brooklyn once more I
write rhymes to design or a
new frame of mind They got us locked us in situations, we might have to kill I'm trying to bill, niggas keep on fronting still "All those of you who are rich, use your riches to elevate the
poor" "All those who think you are wise" Cause we real Brooklyn niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Queens niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Bronx niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Shaolin niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Harlem niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep BK, Harlem niggas Footprints, walkin the
streets, I
hope it is a
good path Lookin for my dad, tell him how we survived in the
hood It was all good, cause 99 percent of your life Positioning things are right, niggas they start to act trife See I
set my family and even kept my things real Had my own dough, even pushed the
forward deal Cause writing rhymes is much better then sittin and Writing jail letters That sings all those ones certain locked behind the
walls Brooklyn's my print, a
black baby mistoken from birth Where's your old Earth? Black cause burn on the
dirt Cause this industry makes billions of dollars every year Blood, sweat & tears, while my people sittin in the
cut Hungry as fuck, I'm sitting back drinkin on my tea They can't stop me, ghetto connect the
soldier you see Cause we real Brooklyn niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Queens niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Bronx niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Shaolin niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep We real Harlem niggas coming from these streets Connected with 5
boroughs and this shit gets deep That's right, this goes out to all of Chicago L.A., New York, livin the
hard life Streets of Indianoplis Brooklyn