Young World (Explicit)-Chaz French/Kevin Ross/Tony Lewis Jr.

[ti:Young World (Explicit)] [ar:Chaz French/Kevin Ross/Tony Lewis Jr.] [al:True Colors] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.14]Young World (Explicit) - Chaz French/Kevin Ross/Tony Lewis Jr. [00:00.90]Written by：Kevin Ross/Chaz French/Jerren Spruill [00:01.37] [00:02.11]When you see me see you young world young world [00:05.57] [00:07.45]It's all up to you young world young world [00:10.87] [00:13.10]Always be true young world young world [00:16.51] [00:18.23]That's all we can do young world that's all we can do [00:22.21] [00:23.17]If you let them tell it would of never made it this far [00:25.74] [00:28.25]Yea you let them tell it would of had to find a new job [00:31.14] [00:33.45]I consider it a blessing thank god that I know god [00:36.44] [00:38.64]And every failure that's a lesson go down or you go hard [00:41.78] [00:43.51]Yea yea and I ain't had no problem making it this far [00:47.38]Many told me keep your head up [00:48.83]And stay prayed up try loving from a distance [00:51.07]Using it as a big sign we just taking a risk now [00:53.54]Let it sink in like quick sand and let it keep you at keeping on [00:56.54]We ain't never had the silver spoon but they ain't steer me wrong [00:59.26]We ain't never had fear of failure but it's in the songs [01:01.72]We ain't saying never but did things they say we never do [01:04.22]You know how I feel about time and my shits just ahead of schedule [01:06.90]Just be prominent stay dominant if you said it then honor it [01:09.55]Keeping peace while I'm pondering I just preach it and prosper it [01:12.45]Set the bar and I'm climbing it don't show the way I'm finding it [01:15.08]Free the people that's lost in it more to it than being talented [01:17.38]Quality over quantity confidence over modesty [01:20.19]If you got it then show that sh*t can't hide it if it's evident [01:22.94]We just reaping the benefits we just teaching the have nots [01:25.38]And keeping up with the times that we didn't know we would be here [01:28.32]So what do you believe young world [01:30.96] [01:33.11]I would rather fight for something than die for nothing [01:37.64] [01:38.59]Who do you choose to be young world [01:41.55] [01:44.09]Yea this song is just for you born in 92 [01:48.00] [01:48.59]Young world young world young world [01:52.43] [01:54.32]It's all up to you young world young world [01:57.52] [01:59.82]Always be true young world young world [02:03.02] [02:05.02]Its all we can do young world [02:06.87] [02:07.72]It's all we can do [02:09.09]It's all we can do [02:10.10] [02:11.29]My name is Tony Lewis Jr [02:12.45] [02:13.51]When I was 9 years old [02:15.12]My father got arrested for his role [02:17.02] [02:17.55]In the biggest drug conspiracy [02:18.52]In the history of Washington d c [02:20.55] [02:21.34]He will subsequently receive a sentence [02:22.92]Of life without the possibility of parole [02:24.90] [02:25.92]That was 1989 [02:26.76] [02:27.99]I've been without my father for 27 years of my life [02:30.37] [02:31.81]We live in a country that [02:33.06] [02:33.78]That's had this system of mass incarceration [02:35.33] [02:35.83]Of taking fathers away from their children [02:38.17] [02:38.93]And when your father goes to prison [02:40.47]They tell you that your father's a bad guy [02:42.44] [02:43.25]Your father may be on the news [02:44.90]They talk about him in the hood [02:46.24]They talk about him in your household [02:47.52] [02:48.64]You know the love [02:49.82]That you felt when that person was there [02:51.81] [02:52.46]You know the fun that y'all had [02:54.10]You know what they did for you [02:55.32] [02:56.14]And in many ways what they did for you [02:58.14]And what they tried to do to take care of you led them to prison [03:01.66]In this country where our neighborhoods avoid opportunity [03:03.70] [03:04.48]People try to get it the best way they know how [03:06.72] [03:07.80]Men right with a divine responsibility to provide [03:12.41]And protect for their families and they pay the ultimate [03:15.62]Price sometimes which is incarceration [03:17.46] [03:18.76]For every kid with an incarcerated parent [03:20.42] [03:21.01]You should know your parent loves you [03:22.79] [03:23.73]And they're in prison they're dreaming for you [03:25.33] [03:26.07]They're wishing you're better than them [03:27.42] [03:28.20]So honor them in that way be that [03:30.16] [03:31.13]Worst thing you can do is follow in their footsteps [03:33.77] [03:34.77]So my advice to you is again live out your dreams [03:38.39]Be better and don't get taken young world