Strive

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 coulda, shoulda, 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'ma 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

Before 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"

Ayy, 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

Ayy, 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