It seems like I'm broken, there’s something in my blood
Got me lookin up to God praying, hoping for revelations
I cannot escape from this certain fate
My mom's an addict yet she still made sure to give her kids the brain to find a way
She used to break down crying on her own
Trying to hide what’s inside to make us strong
All the years that she spent in the struggle can make a nigga humble
It's a motherfuckin war in this concrete jungle
So fuck the press, fuck the state, fuck the five o
Ain't no helping hand, we had to fight for our survival
I remember having to wear my homies' old shoes
Before that day in September that broke the whole news
Before my rise to fame before having iced out chains
Before sitting alone in my room and crying in pain
It seems like only yesterday when my pops died
And I got no more tears to cry, Lord give me a sign

I gotta stay strong through all these tribulations
(Never let it get you down homie)
And ill never let this sorrow take me out
(Never let it get you down)
I gotta keep my smile no matter what im facing
(Never let it get you down homie)
Never let it get you down no no,
(Keep ya head up, Keep ya head up, homie hold ya head)
Never let it get you down

We used to hang out on the corner smoking
Our first pack, made us feel grown, nigga you always had my back
Like I had yours, had so many scuffles and fights
Who’d think that you would end up with a kid and a wife (Haha)
I keep on looking at your picture, I miss ya
What can I do but drown the sorrow in a mixture of liquor
And can’t nobody tell me shit about you homie we was bloodbrothers
And when your mom gave me a hug, she was my mother
Always had an open ear for my naive pride
And homie it tore up my heart on the day she died
But you never managed to cope with the pain
You hid your tears to save face and maintain
But homie we shoulda talked, I shoulda spent the days and be there
So I could keep you from climbing up on that chair
It seems like only yesterday when my brother died
And I got no more tears to cry, Lord give me a sign

I gotta stay strong through all these tribulations
(Never let it get you down homie)
And ill never let this sorrow take me out
(Never let it get you down)
I gotta keep my smile no matter what im facing
(Never let it get you down homie)
Never let it get you down no no,
(Keep ya head up, Keep ya head up, homie hold ya head)
Never let it get you down