Discouraged
Don't ever let nobody tell you that you Can't do it
Don't take advice from somebody who Ain't been through it
Keep ya head up high just know you can Get through it
Don't get discouraged get yo ass up and Get to it
Don't let these Lil boys tell you that you Not enough
Don't let ya boys tell you that you gotta Act tough
You see ya momma working hard I know Life is rough
Don't get discouraged cause the only way From here is up
My black family the world really don't like us
America painted this picture we're not righteous
I to beg to differ cause we good shit it's just, uh
We been fussing and fighting like we don't like us
Ladies, I know you watched ya mother get it done
Your father left so good men you can't believe in them
Clips of men attacking women saying it was fun
Threads of stories of all the evil that they have done
Don't feel silenced keep telling your story we need to hear it
We need reminders we need to know what y'all are fearing
It's not your burden it's all of ours just free your spirit
The ugly truth is better than fairytales we been hearing
The more yall speak y'all issues the more we talk about em
Throw it in our face so it ain't no way to walk around them
Older generations taught us wrong that's why we doubt em
Too many sunny days I think it's time that we cloud em
Don't ever let nobody tell you that you Can't do it
Don't take advice from somebody who Ain't been through it
Keep ya head up high just know you can Get through it
Don't get discouraged get yo ass up and Get to it
Don't let these Lil boys tell you that you Not enough
Don't let ya boys say you that you gotta Act tough
You see ya momma working hard I know Life is rough
Don't get discouraged cause the only way From here is up
My black family the world really don't like us
America painted this picture we're not righteous
I to beg to differ cause we good shit it's just, uh
We been fussing and fighting like we don't like us
Fellas, we are public enemy number one
So why fight with our sisters that's just Dumb
Why fight with our brothers fuck where you from
Desire to inspire talk about how far you come
Don't be scared of your trauma that's the way we heal
You can't be weak or vulnerable I know it feels
It's a war outside and it's time we build
And we the soldiers so we gotta be out in the field
Black men turn they backs and still getting killed
Hung from trees are we picking Cotten in the field
Throwing women in dumpsters that was never real
The irony for George and Kap they died from a kneel
Don't ever let nobody tell you that you Can't do it
Don't take advice from somebody who Ain't been through it
Keep ya head up high just know you can Get through it
Don't get discouraged get yo ass up and Get to it
Don't let these Lil boys tell you that you Not enough
Don't let ya boys say you that you gotta Act tough
You see ya momma working hard I know Life is rough
Don't get discouraged cause the only way From here is up
Don't take advice from somebody who Ain't been through it
Keep ya head up high just know you can Get through it
Don't get discouraged get yo ass up and Get to it
Don't let these Lil boys tell you that you Not enough
Don't let ya boys tell you that you gotta Act tough
You see ya momma working hard I know Life is rough
Don't get discouraged cause the only way From here is up
My black family the world really don't like us
America painted this picture we're not righteous
I to beg to differ cause we good shit it's just, uh
We been fussing and fighting like we don't like us
Ladies, I know you watched ya mother get it done
Your father left so good men you can't believe in them
Clips of men attacking women saying it was fun
Threads of stories of all the evil that they have done
Don't feel silenced keep telling your story we need to hear it
We need reminders we need to know what y'all are fearing
It's not your burden it's all of ours just free your spirit
The ugly truth is better than fairytales we been hearing
The more yall speak y'all issues the more we talk about em
Throw it in our face so it ain't no way to walk around them
Older generations taught us wrong that's why we doubt em
Too many sunny days I think it's time that we cloud em
Don't ever let nobody tell you that you Can't do it
Don't take advice from somebody who Ain't been through it
Keep ya head up high just know you can Get through it
Don't get discouraged get yo ass up and Get to it
Don't let these Lil boys tell you that you Not enough
Don't let ya boys say you that you gotta Act tough
You see ya momma working hard I know Life is rough
Don't get discouraged cause the only way From here is up
My black family the world really don't like us
America painted this picture we're not righteous
I to beg to differ cause we good shit it's just, uh
We been fussing and fighting like we don't like us
Fellas, we are public enemy number one
So why fight with our sisters that's just Dumb
Why fight with our brothers fuck where you from
Desire to inspire talk about how far you come
Don't be scared of your trauma that's the way we heal
You can't be weak or vulnerable I know it feels
It's a war outside and it's time we build
And we the soldiers so we gotta be out in the field
Black men turn they backs and still getting killed
Hung from trees are we picking Cotten in the field
Throwing women in dumpsters that was never real
The irony for George and Kap they died from a kneel
Don't ever let nobody tell you that you Can't do it
Don't take advice from somebody who Ain't been through it
Keep ya head up high just know you can Get through it
Don't get discouraged get yo ass up and Get to it
Don't let these Lil boys tell you that you Not enough
Don't let ya boys say you that you gotta Act tough
You see ya momma working hard I know Life is rough
Don't get discouraged cause the only way From here is up
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Writer(s): Marvin Crittenden
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