Strive

Album: Always Strive and Prosper (2016)
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  • You can be you today
    You can be you tonight
    Know you're feelin' really great
    It's gon' be alright
    I can see it in your face
    And I know you wanna fly
    So get off your ass
    And create your life

    'Cause you're missin' opportunities
    I know you're rich in opportunities
    And you're missin' opportunities
    I know you're rich in opportunities
    Oh, oh, oh

    Workin' in Ben & Jerry's, it was scary
    My life vision was blurry
    You got talent, why's you here?
    I'm thinkin', "Yeah, plus I am gettin' a belly"
    I remember mama screamin'
    "You ain't gon' be like your uncle Terry"
    Uncle Terry on the corner sellin' rocks
    He don't care what you tell him
    He a hustler, bad muddastrudda
    Ridin' in a brand new Lex when he pull up
    He got a hood bitch from the block in the winter
    He pull up on her like, "Baby give me sugar, mane"
    Man I wish I shoulda, coulda, woulda
    Woulda put a hurtin' on her if I hit her with the wood up
    She got me dreamin'
    When I get outta the hood, I'mma get me somethin' better

    You can be you today
    You can be you tonight
    Know you're feelin' really great
    It's gon' be alright
    I can see it in your face
    And I know you wanna fly
    So get off your ass
    And create your life

    'Cause you're missin' opportunities
    I know you're rich in opportunities
    And you're missin' opportunities
    I know you're rich in opportunities
    Oh, oh, oh

    In VA, where I stay
    They don't play, they'll tell you that to your face
    Collard greens, candied yams, potato salad
    'Fore you grub, better say your grace
    Auntie Jean was kinda mean, but she had dreams
    She used to sing like Tina Turner
    She said, "Bring my wig and bring my dress
    My high heel shoes from a Sunday mornin' service"
    Aye, she said, "I'll show y'all beginners"
    I'll still whoop that ass with a switch and a splinter
    Pray for these tramps runnin' 'round like a sinner
    Missy wanna be a star? Well tell her she's a winner
    Ayeeee, she a bad lil' sumn'
    Love how she dance like Michael Jackson
    Told me I would be number one
    Just be yourself, don't be nothin' like them

    You can be you today
    You can be you tonight
    Know you're feelin' really great
    It's gon' be alright
    I can see it in your face
    And I know you wanna fly
    So get off your ass
    And create your life

    'Cause you're missin' opportunities
    I know you're rich in opportunities
    And you're missin' opportunities
    I know you're rich in opportunities
    Oh, oh, oh Writer/s: DAROLD D. BROWN, DIJON ISAIAH MCFARLANE, KEVIN DUANE MCCORD, MELISSA A. ELLIOTT, STELIOS PHILI
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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