| I had to be strong, yeah
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| Had to be strong, yeah
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| Drownin' in the rain, yeah
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| I was drownin' in the pain, yeah
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| Made it out in mud, I was sleepin' on the floor, I done been through all the
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| pain, yeah
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| Had to be strong, yeah
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| I had to be strong, yeah
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| I had to be strong, I wouldn’t make it on my own
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| Yeah I had to be strong, yeah
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| I had to be strong, yeah
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| I had to be strong, yeah
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| Comin' where we’re from, had to make it out the slum
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| Yeah we had to be strong, yeah
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| Cryin' on the phone, kept it G, though
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| I was hurtin, feel far from the gates listenin to Lito
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| It’s 4am, I’m up lurkin, I can’t sleep, though
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| We don’t talk about depression, 'cause that talk make you look weak though
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| I ain’t havin' it, on the inside hitter
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| I’ve been holdin' back tears, on the inside hitter
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| Tell the judge, I ain’t no savage, I just had to be strong
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| Residue on pots and pans, I was coming from the crumbs
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| Sleepin' on the floor, just a mattress, ain’t no furniture
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| Everywhere I look, I see hell and it’s burnin' me |
| Broken homes on broken homes, We had to be strong
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| Ain’t no parent in my home, my grandma had to be strong
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| When your money ain’t long, FPL be on the phone
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| And they threatening the lights, boy, you gotta be strong
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| Starin' at your baby, wonder where the money comin' from
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| Look, daddy gotta get it, said a prayer, and now let’s get it
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| Hard to lean on God, and still chase legal digits
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| When your bills ain’t addin' up, and you’re beefing over stamps
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| Been there, I was in the line, this dude didn’t have it
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| Two dollars short, he tryin' to buy his baby some Pampers
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| I know the hood medicating, hella drama unresolved
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| We don’t believe in getting help, this to everybody in a cell
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| May God be the strength you need to make it, yeah
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| Hood nation, I hope you’ll make it
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| Drownin' in the pain, yeah
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| I was drownin' in the pain, yeah
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| Made out in mud, I was sleepin' on the floor, I done been through all that pain,
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| yeah
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| Had to be strong, yeah
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| I had to be strong, yeah
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| I had to be strong, I would make it on my own
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| Yeah I had to be strong, yeah |
| I had to be strong, yeah
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| I had to be strong, yeah
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| Comin' where we’re from, had to make it out the slums
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| Yeah we had to be strong, yeah
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| Had to be strong, yeah
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| Had to be strong, had to be strong |