Stand Your Ground

I was raising a world where you got up
And stood your ground
When the going gets tough
Boy, you better be holding it down

So when your world comes crashing down
Are you gonna run or stand your ground
When you find yourself
Left standing in the fight of your life
Are you gonna stand for what you know is right
So when the world comes crashing down
And it'll come down
Are you gonna be a man and stand your ground

I take a breath and exhale
The weed smoke hangs and lingers
Whiskey glass filled up to at least four fingers
It's been a stressful life
Turbulent with tribulation
Yet I navigate the waters like a maze inside my patience
It's amazing
I built a whole world around my music
Raised a whole family with my words
So I'ma use them
You'll never take it from me
If you do then I'ma die about 'em
Rise like a phoenix through the fire
I'm inspirin' em
So here I am with a purpose
God's way of working
From the bottom to the surface
I never knew that pain
Would make me stronger till I heard it
Now I'm looking back like I ain't never felt it, so it's working
And for that I'm blessed
I gave the world myself in exchange for success
So I can stand where I'm standing
And say shit with my chest
And I ain't budgin' for nothing
Until I'm losing my breath

So when your world comes crashing down
Are you gonna run or stand your ground
When you find yourself
Left standing in the fight of your life
Are you gonna stand for what you know is right
So when the world comes crashing down
And it'll come down
Are you gonna be a man and stand your ground

I've been preppin' for the life
I've been living like a king
I've been taking care if mine
And I never left the dream
But the game don't stop
For the evil on the street
So you better be prepared
To make a a choice of what to be
I don't want none
Nothin what it seems
I'm a man on a mission
I aint listen to the breeze
We can start somethin'
But I'm never gonna be
What you ever thought I was
Or What you ever thought of me
I been at it for a minute
A man that got up and did it
An addict that got offended
By everybody and then it
Turned into the biggest ending
Of everything I intended
I listen to all the critics
And spit it like I been livin
Authentic like I meant it
When I stand my ground
Never look for trouble
But I'm holding it down

So when your world comes crashing down
Are you gonna run or stand your ground
When you find yourself
Left standing in the fight of your life
Are you gonna stand for what you know is right
So when the world comes crashing down
And it'll come down
Are you gonna be a man and stand your ground