Head High

Keep ya head high like its holding the crown
Ima be the one ride when no ones around
Til I'm being put inside the hole in the ground, I'm holding it down, I'm holding it down

I was raised to be a man by force, never had a choice, gotta make a living only words That came out of his mouth regarding money, and at ten years old
Who would've thought he was grooming me to be the man of the house
Use to instruct me on how a smile confuses the masses
How two wrongs dont make a wrong cuz one day they'll resurface in ashes
Gotta play this mind game called life where they say hope for the better
And eveything is gonna be alright
35 years on his job was my energy of never give up you can overcome
All the scrutiny of those who want you dead, killed by economic conglomerate
Use to test my pain tolerance while looking in my eyes to see
I had a thing for it and that I'll do jus fine wit maintaining as long as I acknowledge it
See pop use to pick cotton back in the forties, at times I played dumb
I still soaked up everything he taught me he said...

I was raised to respect my elders and be humble she was the only lioness
I knew in the world of a jungle
And tho another blue collar casualty she told me when using pride apply it to my family
And keep you bout 2 close friends, non surrogate blood thicker than water
But you need water to live and, turn the other cheek cuz it's right
But when they all up in ya face be prepared to fight
Never showed me how to love but knew when I was facing it laughed
Cuz she all my admiration
She surpassed a super woman worked 16 hour days
Come home cook, clean and still had strength to whoop my a
Would say create a beautiful day for yourself
Me and marlous feud wit each other she let us know
All we had was each other to lean on, dont look down on ya brother
Mom was brought up in the sixties and for that I thank my mother for telling me...