AfriKing - Stay Strong

Stay strong
Yeah yeah yeah stay strong
Life's hard but gotta stay strong
Death is easy, even kids spray guns
Yeah yeah yeah so stay strong
Prayed to God he said stay strong
Quitting ain't a option, stay strong
Keep pushing, you too could be a great one
Lately I been in the zone stuck
Lone stuff, dealing with the stresses of a grown up
My fam the only reason I ain't turn my phone off
Mom stay calling, like why you ain't coming home much?
Can't lie Ma lately I've been stressed out
Chest stopped when I heard that granny's health dropped
Debts piled, couple other things I left out
Hate talking rather keep the smoke on my breath loud
Self doubt had me running away from success
Learned a lot on the corner of Norfolk and Sussex
Had disputes with friends that I'll never forget
Realized that life ain't always bout who's wrong or correct
Unless death's involved but that's the last lesson
Cash getting, paying sins hoping to glimpse at heaven
Reflect on the times I was on the block repping
Half stepping, living fast so I had to cop weapons
They ain't fight fair so had to change my attack
Wasn't raised on the streets, I just learned to adapt
Endured a lotta violence and pain in my past
Niggas tried to take every single nice thing that I had
They ain't wanna see me win like Bron on the Cavs
Was a athlete but injuries changed the course of my path
Started hanging on the block, selling smoke for cash
Moms was going through divorce, she ain't even know the half
Pops tried to get back in my life, we knew barely
Dude irked me, hard to start clean when your shoes dirty
Long way from Liberia to Trenton, New Jersey
First day of class had to fight just to prove worthy
Failed at making friends in school, Kids ain't show me fun
Helped some avoid zeros, some still owe me one
Used to skip lunch, baggie jeans and hoodie on
Eating chicken, stayed by the shack like Kobe young
Back when I played Zelda wit my homie Quan
Bloods tried to recruit, like c'mon man you know we strong
Moms used to quote me scriptures from the Holy Psalms
Only son, had to face the dark side like Obi Wan
Got love from Crips so started hanging with the Locs
Sharing jokes, stacking bread while standing with the toast
Made cash with rival gangs while slanging O's
Only color that matters is green, gang banging's old
Almost 30, thinking grown now, stacking the moola
Was so wild in college that I found myself catching a cougar
Deaded that, new thang got goodies and move like a trooper
Mind state Russell Wilson had to plan for the future
Hard staying up but found a Queen who holds me down
It's funny that the chicks I wanted tryna get to know me now
Past is the past, don't care how the story sounds
I still smile at my Exe's even when they show me frowns
I'm good love, enjoy, you used to give me hell
I'm doing quite well nowadays, no need to wish me well
Sorry to hear you doing bad, oh you miss me? well
Member you used to wish that I was dead or in a crazy jail
I stay cautious, stay far from state troopers
Tell the youth, stay strong, stay true to ya
Cuz kids be killing over nothing, it's usually rumors
Look at what just happened in the Bronx, R.I.P. Junior
Yeah yeah He stayed strong
Yo I Pray his family stay strong
Easier said then done but gotta stay strong
Sometimes being smart means you gotta play dumb
Yeah yeah yeah so Stay strong
Prayed to God he said stay strong
Bet you persevere if you stay strong
Keep pushing, you too could be a great one

Written by:
Amos Boyman

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