[00:00:00] Gotta Stay Strong - Gravediggaz [00:00:03] Yo yo check it [00:00:06] Yo for real coming atcha [00:00:12] Yo it's like this yo [00:00:20] Never give up never give up never give up [00:00:22] Keep holding on gotta stay strong [00:00:27] Keep your head up hung [00:00:29] Yo what you say to a brother [00:00:31] When he straight up wrong [00:00:32] If you feel you all that then lets get it on [00:00:34] I got no time for the b******t [00:00:35] I'm quick to snap [00:00:36] But if worse come to worse [00:00:38] I whip out the gat [00:00:39] Back down from no man [00:00:40] I'm a brother with heart [00:00:41] But I'd rather build first mad swift with darts [00:00:44] Street brother with knowledge of self at nineteen [00:00:46] Same jam master a hundred twenty degrees [00:00:49] Been around for a minute in a land of gold [00:00:51] Brooklyn East New York where I started to flow [00:00:54] Coup Devilles rag time bottles with bells [00:00:56] Feel me phat Caddy's like Sam Cassell [00:00:59] Mad brothers my block was a flock of black sheeps [00:01:01] Wasn't a house ni**a so we house the streets [00:01:04] Getting knocked by the cops now and then we pop [00:01:06] Few shots in the air let 'em know we was here [00:01:09] Time flew but now I'm getting better with age [00:01:11] Flip a new page time to unleash my rage [00:01:13] Never give up never give up never give up [00:01:16] Keep holding on gotta stay strong [00:01:22] Keep your head up hung [00:01:23] Yo look in my eyes [00:01:25] Tell me what you see in the dark [00:01:26] Want a move me out my seat like Rosa Parks [00:01:28] Mentally enslaved brothers never change they ways [00:01:31] Exploit the youth [00:01:32] Now my vibes negative grips [00:01:34] Buying in to the fake graph maternity stamps [00:01:36] Cash it while I f**k it [00:01:37] Yo I'll see you tomorrow [00:01:38] Black woman you a queen [00:01:40] But I doubt your strength [00:01:41] Watching the two f**king [00:01:42] Run around half nude [00:01:43] Flashing guns and clips [00:01:44] Diamonds and phat rocks [00:01:46] African brothers died on them chopping blocks [00:01:48] Don't despair now you wanna cover your ear [00:01:51] Monkey see monkey do [00:01:52] F**k wrong with you [00:01:53] In fifty states you cats can't carry the weight [00:01:56] Wanna mention [00:01:56] What ya'll need special attention [00:01:58] Never degraded my race [00:01:59] Come face to face [00:02:01] Rappers more of a joke then a ray of hope [00:02:03] I ain't sitting on my a** just to turn my cheek [00:02:06] Hip-hop be the art and I'm the masterpiece [00:02:08] You cats with fake images watch your back [00:02:11] Practice what you preach [00:02:12] Cause that sh*t is wack [00:02:13] Never give up never give up never give up [00:02:16] Keep holding on gotta stay strong [00:02:21] Keep your head up hung [00:02:23] But what you mean you ain't down [00:02:24] You ain't rolling with us [00:02:25] Cause you living mad large [00:02:27] And your crib is plush [00:02:28] Must've forgot [00:02:29] You the same little crab from the wood [00:02:30] Punk from the hood [00:02:31] Fronting like this sh*t all good [00:02:33] Moving up in the world even switch the gas [00:02:35] But you know to this day [00:02:37] I still whip that a** [00:02:38] Ain't nothing change [00:02:39] Nothing but the time of the year [00:02:40] Still trot through the hood like Paul Revere [00:02:43] Vision my vise my peeps is black and dilated [00:02:45] Brothers quick to cross the streets intimidated [00:02:48] Ain't my fault cause I got that New York walk [00:02:50] New York talk blame it on society's fault [00:02:52] Brothers stay bebbed up I'm prepared caliss [00:02:55] Ready to give my life because I'm doing a bit [00:02:57] Bagged the eighth [00:02:58] Figured it was worth the weight [00:03:00] Crack a bottle over the head of your fake role models [00:03:03] Biting the such of must [00:03:04] Give up ways and plus [00:03:05] I be damned if I let the song self distruct [00:03:07] Yo never give up never give up never give up