(Hook)
Dont give up we can break through
This poverty stay strong dont let it take you
And all ya problems going on in ya life
Keep ya head up cause it will be alright
Let all the pain and the anguish that remake you
Disintergrate dont feel down cause people hate you
Stand tall never give into the ways of the devil
You aint alone we in this struggle together


(KaNg)
This songs for all my people working day and night shift
Raising kids whos liftin stores livin lives as drunk stiffs
Not using god given gifts perpetuating the hood
We got opprotunities but our chances aint good
To land a solid job with a high payroll
Cause people judge on looks not the contents of the soul
It gets old being broke and poor
Walkin out ur front door
Seeing the same drunk sleeping by the corner store
Gangsters still runnin the block hearing the glock
Pop pop and another body drops
We need to stop and realize what we got
U dont need to be gangsta we dont need to be a bunch of hot
Headed teens, conniving crack fiends, pregnant beauty queens
We're all acting obscene
I aint puttin down the hood im attacking it clean
While drug dealers sellin drugs stackin tha green
But i've seen hope for lost teens
Who use their minds to change their outter surroundings
People perfecting their skillz and speaking out
Getting better and wiser thats what lifes all about


(Hook)
Dont give up we can break through
This poverty stay strong dont let it take you
And all ya problems going on in ya life
Keep ya head up cause it will be alright
Let all the pain and the anguish that remake you
Disintergrate dont feel down cause people hate you
Stand tall never give into the ways of the devil
You aint alone we in this struggle together


(Str8_hood)
Im tired of the struggle everyday people suffering
Losing loved ones from the act of being a thug
Homeless tugging on ur clothes askin for loose change
I tell them keep ya head up tomorrow's a new day
Nowhere to go cuase they broke they in they old age
So i feel sorrow for sayin no up in they poor face
I wish that god could come down and shed his light on them
From the bottom pick them up and try to preach on them
Reach down stick with them like theirs a leech on them
All the valuable lessons that you could teach on them
We missing chunks out of our lives like a street filled with potholes
Going through drama and problems that only god knows
While other people brag about what they got flaunting their maybach's
To the day back aint no where i was going like a stray cat
You gave me my guidance give them a similar plan
Critisized for being broke dont wanna be victims of that
All they need is the slightest bit of hope for them to come through
Distractions and barriers to break through because they want you
Dont cut them down when you see them they on a mission
They been tryin to make it right you the only piece that they missing


(Hook)
Dont give up we can break through
This poverty stay strong dont let it take you
And all ya problems going on in ya life
Keep ya head up cause it will be alright
Let all the pain and the anguish that remake you
Disintergrate dont feel down cause people hate you
Stand tall never give into the ways of the devil
You aint alone we in this struggle together