[Intro]
Gang, gang!
Said, "Keep yo head up"
Yeah, lil shorty: "Keep yo head up"

[Chorus]
I know growin' up in these streets it seem like it ain't no way out
But just keep yo head up straight and you gon' make yo momma proud
Never ever be a follower, watch who you hang around
Now when you be comin' around they gon' try to give you that crown
I know growin' up in these streets it seem like it ain't no way out
But just keep yo head up high and you gon' make yo momma proud
Never ever be a follower, watch who you hang around
Now when you be comin' around they gon' try to give you that crown

[Verse 1]
When you grew up in this street shit, you'll see a lotta shit
I done seen the realest n***as get exposed because he snitched
I done seen the closest homies fall out all over a bitch
I done seen a n***a flip a couple eight balls to a brick
I got homies that done died, I got homies doin' time
So I'm out here on the grind; meantime, tryna shine
Cause they life was on the line in that battlefield for me
So when they get out, them real n***as they gotta be with me
You ain't gotta prove a point; shorty, why is you stuntin'?
Talkin' bout a couple thou, only made a couple hunnid
You been out here all day on this corner just hustling
And you still ain't make none, huh? Ain't that something?
This what it was all about back in '13 when we was thugging
We was out here on our money, if not that it wasn't nothing
Yeah, we had our poles in public, they was tryna push us back
Once you get up in this street shit, boy, it ain't no turnin' back