Yeah
Yeah, it all starts with a vision
That's key to ignition
All that drive's gon' need some direction
All that pride's gon' need some revision
All niggas wanna make the cut, incision, yeah
But it cuts deep
Most my niggas never left the streets
White friends thinking that it's not so deep
Being born in the hood is like a swim in the deep end
In the mirror like they gon' see
Hella confidence, mama keeps praying for me
It's all love, my nigga, you can hate on me
But I'm just trying to flip an M and make it all about we, yeah, uh
One dream ain't enough
I'm alive but I'm just ain't breathing enough, yeah
Some kids ain't eating enough
But they out here worried about being enough, yeah
We don't stop, it's upside down
We should be at the top
And everybody feeling like they relate to the story
But they had to live out the plot, yeah
Race against the clock
Fighting the anxiety of making it or not
On top of that you still gotta worry about the cops
To top that you still gotta watch for the ops, yeah
One color against all odds
We ain't got much, nigga, but we got God
So throw 'em fists in the sky now
Before there's nothing left, do it right now

It's not every day you see a Black kid fly
But every day you see another Black kid try
We ain't tryna see another Black mom cry
That's why young niggas waste no time
Let them fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly
Let them ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride

Keep rising and keep faith
Don't be good, my nigga, just be great
I would tell you to keep safe
But these days all we say is stay dangerous
Stay strong, they won't break us
Black kids with black cars and bank statements
T-shirts with Black faces
These days you die young and stay famous
Running out of time, tears running down another mother's eyes
If it ain't a suicide then it's a homicide
Black-on-black crime like we color blind
Never working overtime, peace from the other side
You and I are better off unified
I was just a young nigga tryna make it out
I'm just a young nigga tryna stay alive, yeah
Stay low and stay focused
Laugh now, cry later and keep going
Took time when I wrote this
I'm chosen, I'm having my moment
It's me against all odds and I know it
One God, one planet, it's in motion
Takes a lot to be the better man
I just wonder if they understand, yeah

It's not every day you see a Black kid fly
But every day you see another Black kid try
We ain't tryna see another Black mom cry
That's why young niggas waste no time
Let them fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly
Let them ride, ride, ride, ride, ride, ride