How I Got Over

Album: How I Got Over (2010)
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    Out in the streets where I grew up
    First thing they teach us, not to give a fuck
    That type of thinking can't get you nowhere
    Someone has to care

    How I got over where the people come apart
    Don't nobody care about you only thing you got is God
    Out here in these streets if you get down on your luck
    You can stand out with a hand out, but nobody give a fuck
    Out here in these streets every man is for himself
    They ain't helpin' no one else, it's a hazard to your health
    Livin' life in these cold streets
    Hey, who's worryin' 'bout you, babe
    When you whylin' out, runnin' 'round in these streets?

    Out in the streets where I grew up (how I got over)
    First thing they teach us is not to give a fuck (how I got over)
    That type of thinking can't get you nowhere (how I got over)
    Someone has to care

    Yo, when you on the corner, it's too much drama
    Livin' with the police right behind ya
    It's always more than a slight reminder
    We livin' in a war zone like Rwanda
    Before I go back to the Heavenly Father
    Pray for me if it ain't too much bother
    Whatever don't break me or make me stronger
    I feel like I can't take too much longer
    It's too much lyin' and too much flyin'
    I'm all cried out 'cause I grew up cryin'
    They all got a sales pitch I ain't buyin'
    They tryin' to convince me that I ain't tryin'
    We uninspired, we un-admired
    And tired and sick of being sick and tired
    Of livin' in the hood where the shots are fired
    We dyin' to live, so to live we dyin'
    You just like I am

    Out on the streets where I grew up (how I got over)
    First thing they teach us is not to give a fuck (how I got over)
    That type of thinking can't get you nowhere (somebody, somewhere)
    Someone has to care

    Somebody's gotta care
    And I swear it isn't fair
    In suspended animation, we ain't tryin' to go nowhere
    Out here in these streets
    We're so young and all alone
    We ain't even old enough to realize we're on our own
    Livin' life in these hard streets
    Where it's like they lost they mind
    Is there anyway to find
    Are we runnin' out of time out here?
    Listen
    Hey, who's worryin' 'bout you, babe
    When you whylin' out, runnin' 'round in these streets?

    Out on the streets where I grew up (how I got over)
    First thing they teach us is not to give a fuck (how I got over)
    That type of thinking can't get you nowhere (somebody, somewhere)
    Someone has to care

    Out in the streets where I grew up
    First thing they teach us, not to give a fuck
    That type of thinking can't get you nowhere
    Someone has to care
    Out in the streets where I grew up
    First thing they teach us, not to give a fuck
    That type of thinking can't get you nowhere
    Someone has to care
    Out in the streets where I grew up
    First thing they teach us, not to give a fuck
    That type of thinking can't get you nowhere
    Someone has to care Writer/s: Ahmir K. Thompson, Hunter, Jeremy James Grenhart, Karl B. Jenkins, Rick Friedrich, Tarik L. Collins
    Publisher: DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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