FOR MY PEOPLE - Joey Bada$$

[00:04.60] [Intro]
[00:04.70]You know, yeah
[00:10.29]Always wanted to have super powers
[00:13.16]You know, uh
[00:15.16]
[00:18.45] [Chorus]
[00:18.55]This for my people, tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful
[00:26.18]So hard to survive a world so lethal
[00:31.24]Who will take a stand and be our hero, of my people, yeah?
[00:37.40]This for my people
[00:40.56]Tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful
[00:45.38]So hard to survive a world so lethal
[00:50.11]Who will take a stand and be our hero?
[00:54.00]
[00:56.55] [Verse 1]
[00:57.05]Uh, now all heroes don't wear capes
[01:00.21]And all villains don't get away
[01:02.70]But all limits eventually fade
[01:04.16]I don't wanna be good, *****, I'm tryna be great
[01:07.38]It's hard when your back's against the wall
[01:08.98]And if you got it all to keep your feet up on the floor
[01:11.45]That's why I thank the Lord when I wake up in the morn'
[01:13.75]'Cause to inform the world the very reason I was born
[01:16.40]You can see the power when the mic is in my palm
[01:18.43]When I storm across the room, hit the stage and perform
[01:21.02]Word is bond, don't be alarmed
[01:22.69]Don't let me have to sound the horn, and drop a bomb
[01:25.25]Wanna get my mom a crib, with a lawn
[01:27.53]Somethin' that my future kids, can run up on
[01:29.81]That's why I always do my best to carry on
[01:32.46]Life is like game of chess, don't be a pawn, my *****
[01:34.30]
[01:34.36] [Chorus]
[01:34.41]This for my people, tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful
[01:42.33]So hard to survive a world so lethal
[01:47.06]Who will take a stand and be our hero, of my people, yeah?
[01:53.43]This for my people
[01:56.66]Tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful
[02:01.43]So hard to survive a world so lethal
[02:06.22]Who will take a stand and be our hero?
[02:10.00]
[02:12.74] [Verse 2]
[02:13.24]Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane
[02:15.68]No, it's the young black god livin' out his dreams
[02:18.19]What you mean? I been up on an ultralight beam
[02:20.15]They don't wanna see you fly, they just gonna shoot your wings
[02:22.80]Everything ain't what it seem
[02:24.74]Wishin' all these dirty cops, would come clean
[02:26.65]Still swervin' on these city blocks, for one thing
[02:29.29]My man just copped a 30 shot, protect the team, know what I mean?
[02:32.95]Music is a form of expression
[02:34.87]I'ma use mine just to teach you a lesson
[02:37.14]Rule one: this microphone's a weapon
[02:39.45]I'm shootin' out the actions manifested and my passion
[02:41.54]Never restin', I'm surpassin' the expectancy of life in my direction
[02:44.54]Man the section 8 depressin'
[02:46.06]Hard to be progressin' through recession and oppression
[02:48.11]Not to mention that they had us cell blocked ever since an adolescent
[02:50.39]
[02:50.49] [Chorus]
[02:50.59]This for my people, tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful
[02:58.37]So hard to survive a world so lethal
[03:03.22]Who will take a stand and be our hero, of my people, yeah?
[03:09.51]This for my people
[03:12.72]Tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful
[03:17.48]So hard to survive a world so lethal
[03:22.23]Who will take a stand and be our hero?
[03:25.90]
[03:27.52] [Outro]
[03:30.30]Oh, mm
[03:39.55]Oh, mm