Chin Up

Put my head down, keep my chin up Been through some shit yeah I'll admit but keep my chin up Y'all counterfeit can't match this wit them haters been done Keep talking shit I'll never quit game time I'm Lillard Portland made Cali raised on the southern side Good lord she came change the game not without a fight Aye, not without a fight Your rights? Better believe those are worth a fight The browner the skin, the deeper they hate, man The poorer you are, the more that you stay, fam Listen up, this is real modern-day man Now in the south can't jog on streets, they might be slain Listen up, f*ck that That's enough pushback That's enough push back 1863, the end of slavery Nah they just changed the gift wrap If you feel bad, then they've won Please don't feel bad, keep your chin up I got a sister and she's pregnant Brother in law, little bro, he's in prison man A crime he didn't do But still in prison when Police arrived, they shot, they lied They almost killed the man Yeah I'm gassed up Don't have to be black to fight for what's just Can't figure out if most of y'all are just flat out dumb Or just a product of a corrupt government Keep your chin up When things get rough Please don't give up We'll get there, I promise Kinda funny right People can sleep at night Creating policies That strip us of our rights Rights right? Wrong Be calm, they tell us Be gone, hard sell us On an idea that leads us astray Tell us go right But walk the opposite way Tell us they're allies Then turn around and betray Stab you in the back, in fact, won't blink or think twice The problem is, I'm convinced Most of y'all don't think right But you think you do You're buying rhetoric, from the opposing side You're smoking sedatives, instead of open your eyes Oh boy, here we go Conspiracy theories, you think you know Your fear is just merely taking over the show What happened to logic and reason bro Wait.. I think I know Yeah I think I know It's easy to be hating on things To be free can't be jaded must be Active, speak intelligently That's when there'll be change and you'll see We got stupid people People who actually can't process things cognitively thinking they are Making problems for the rest of it, costing us things, they are Scary Have your opinions backed by facts Don't watch youtube and think you're an expert, like that's that Only listen to people who haven't told you something wrong At the end of the day, fight for what's right, keep your chin up, and be strong