[00:00.00]Hood Anthem
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[00:22.07]Some people don't really know what it means to be hood.
[00:23.97]They think it means ur just a stuffler and ur up to know good.
[00:26.83]They think these brothers don't know nothing else but bling and white tees.
[00:29.65]And they think that all these women can do is somebody's weave
[00:32.48]They think we're hustlers, gangsters, and goons riding by
[00:35.24]But be easy with your mouth,Cuz u dont know nuthin bout,
[00:37.61]The life that gets lived, the struggles we deal.
[00:39.71]Its hard some days man, if you feel me then say
[00:43.18]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[00:46.25]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[00:48.56]I was raised in the hood
[00:49.87]Overcame in the hood
[00:51.18]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[00:54.24]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[00:57.11]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[01:00.20]I was raised in the hood
[01:01.54]Overcame in the hood
[01:02.91]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[01:05.85]Everybody put your hands up and rep the hood.
[01:07.42]If you wanna you can stand up, I know its good,
[01:09.97]Don't be ashamed of the hood,
[01:11.56]Be in the change in the hood,
[01:13.00]Ain't nuthin strange bout the hood itz in everybody
[01:15.45]No matter what you do they'll never see us no different.
[01:18.70]No matter what we accomplish
[01:21.12]We gettin honors for grammys, billboard chart toppers,
[01:24.06]Thought they could stop us but we still got an oscar.
[01:26.58]They can give it up because we thinkin bout them and thats a wrap.
[01:29.39]It's a movement, baby, and it aint no stoppin that
[01:31.88]So imma keep doin me,I hope you keep doin you,
[01:34.72]We're look out for one another,
[01:36.01]At the end of the day i'm still hood
[01:37.57]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[01:40.00]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[01:42.86]I was raised in the hood
[01:44.13]Overcame in the hood
[01:45.60]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[01:48.44]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[01:51.06]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[01:53.82]I was raised in the hood
[01:55.28]Overcame in the hood
[01:56.63]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[01:58.86]Everybody put your hands up and rep the hood.
[02:01.64]If you wanna you can stand up,I know its good,
[02:04.23]Don't be ashamed of the hood,
[02:05.55]Be in the change in the hood,
[02:07.10]Ain't nuthin strange bout the hood itz in everybody
[02:09.55]It dont matter if you got some hood in your blood,
[02:14.95]It don't make you any less, represent it like, what?
[02:15.10]It dont matter it makes you more real then the rest.
[02:18.66]People think its disrespect, but consider it a blessing.
[02:21.56]Cuz you grew up on another side
[02:23.41]Saw the world with a different eye,
[02:25.16]People dont realize,
[02:26.91]so we learn to appreciate the little things,
[02:28.41]Or the joy life brings,
[02:30.58]aint nuthin wrong wit bein hood.
[02:32.04]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[02:34.41]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[02:37.14]I was raised in the hood
[02:38.61]Overcame in the hood
[02:39.90]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[02:42.90]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[02:45.60]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[02:48.43]I was raised in the hood
[02:49.70]Overcame in the hood
[02:51.02]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[02:53.88]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[02:56.54]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[02:59.24]I was raised in the hood
[03:00.64]Overcame in the hood
[03:02.01]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[03:04.47]Yes i'm hood H-O-O-D
[03:07.07]Don't speak on it if you dont know what it means
[03:09.78]I was raised in the hood
[03:11.16]Overcame in the hood
[03:12.51]Not ashamed of the hood, cuz the hood is in me.
[03:14.28]Everybody put your hands up and rep the hood.
[03:16.82]If you wanna you can stand up,I know its good,
[03:19.57]Don't be ashamed of the hood,
[03:21.08]Be in the change in the hood,
[03:22.48]Ain't nuthin strange bout the hood itz in everybody
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