Head Still High

Intro

Yeah

Uh

Still breathin

Still standin

Verse 1

Born where the palm trees lean against the smog

Mama worked doubles and I played in the fog

Every corner told a story

Some got rich some got buried early

I learned to smile while my stomach was tight

Five dollars short on a Tuesday night

Neighbors knew my name but they never knew the weight

I carried on my shoulders walkin through that gate

Dreamin loud when the sirens sang along

Turn the radio up and I write another song

Chorus

I came up from the bottom with my head still high

I came up from the bottom never asked why

Tell my people keep pushin keep holdin on

We gon make it out before the morning comes

Verse 2

Three in the morning and the kitchen light low

Mama said baby you already know

Life ain't fair but it's yours to shape

Don't let nobody tell you what you can't take

I seen brothers fall to the same old street

Same old cycle same old defeat

So I write it down so it ain't in vain

Every scar is a verse every loss is a chain

Break it

Chorus

I came up from the bottom with my head still high

I came up from the bottom never asked why

Tell my people keep pushin keep holdin on

We gon make it out before the morning comes

Bridge

For the ones who never made the news

For the mothers who paid the dues

For the kids with holes in their shoes

We still got somethin left to lose

We still got somethin left to prove

Verse 3

Now the city hums a different kind of tune

Half my friends gone half still in the room

I hold the memories like money in my hand

Count em slow so I understand

I ain't perfect I ain't pretend

But I'm still here at the bitter end

So if you hear me put your fist in the air

Somebody out there knows we been there

Chorus

I came up from the bottom with my head still high

I came up from the bottom never asked why

Tell my people keep pushin keep holdin on

We gon make it out before the morning comes

Before the morning comes

Before the morning comes