Against The Odds

All the times that we struggled, trying to make do till the end of the week Boy I swear we stayed in huddles, planning out what the next move gonna be Where's the end of the tunnel, and where is the light they sworn we would see Boy we been down on our knees, praying They say a family pray together stay together Break bread together, evade the pressure We might fight and shoot the fade together Love hurts but it makes us better When I strive and I put my focus on God, then I serve my family right Even though all of the things that they try the black family will still thrive My parents marriage was not a good model I learned from my parents but their marriage isn't something that I wanna follow So now I'm here stumbling trying to have something that I barely seen See I'm tryna be, I'm tryna be yea I'm tryna be everything they said I won't be A husband, a father with a family that's thriving I put that on me Put that on my rib, put that on my kids, put that on the fam put that on my I'm tryna be everything they said I won't be A husband, a father, with a family that's thriving I put that on me Put that on my rib, put that on my kids, put that on the fam put that on my