Gonna Be Strong - The Intruders

Drizzle B on the beat Hold on this-this one for lil' bro (Kado, you way too dope, kid), Yo Yo, what's up bro? What you doing bro? How you gon' miss Trevor? Oh, heard Hey bro, I'm proud of you man You kept your head up through all this You know, I know I know its been a hard knowing you don't speak on it much And I don't speak on it much But just know I got your back through everything I love you man Love you too bro When things go right too long I get paranoid (I get paranoid) When it come, if it come I'll be ready for it Been fighting this struggle since a little boy 'Cause we were taught to Struggle "for we learned to soar" Woah-woah We struggle, we fighting The lightning, keeps striking It's frightening, when you have a losing score (Score) My father, he dying, he crying And he thought I never saw He thought I never saw I can't look lil' bro in his eyes He ain't even old enough to drive And we just buried our father Now I gotta to step up and provide Teach him what I'm still learning about life Oh, I need help god (For real) Hope you're with me every step Right or the left one (Ooh) When the I's turn into us You can't be selfish (No) And I didn't see my pop before he left us And my grandma didn't know my uncle was next up Lord, we're broken Becoming numb to all this copin' Oh send help And heal us in one motion Life's a game, 'bout out of tokens I'm asking god (God) When he healing my heart Leave a battle scar (Ooh, battle scar, yeah yeah) Can't get nothing (No) Can't get nothing to go my way (Ooh, no no no) This is life listen Just embrace it before it's gone (Gone, this is life, yeah) Gotta fight 'til you I mean fight (Fight, fight) 'til You find a way (Gotta fight, gotta fight, gotta fight) A way to be strong (Ooh, be strong, yeah, be strong, yeah) A way to be strong (Ooh, be strong, be strong, be strong) A way to be strong (Be strong, yeah) A way to be strong (Be strong, yeah, be strong, be strong, yeah) I may lose it from time to time Looking in my sisters eyes (my mind) 'Cause Mama had 2 strokes left them both traumatized (Mama) So you let your tears flow I'm here to wipe your eyes When you lose hope I'll give you all of mine 'Cause we struggle, we fighting (Ooh-ooh) The lightning keeps striking It's frightening When you have the losing score My mama, she fighting, she trying But she can't walk or talk No, she can't walk or talk Lord, do you hear my people crying? I ain't lying I'm bout to lose my mind, yeah (My mind) When we cope and regain hope another flying (Another fly) Oh lord, why all my people dying? I'm asking god (God) When he healing my heart Leave a battle scar (That's what I'm asking God) Can't get nothing no Can't get nothing to go my way (I can't can't get nothing to go my way) This is life listen (Oh) Just embrace it before it's gone (This is life, just live, just live it) Gotta fight 'til you I mean fight (Fight, fight) 'til You find a way (Gotta fight, gotta fight, gotta fight) A way to be strong (Ooh, be strong, yeah, be strong, yeah) A way to be strong (Ooh, be strong, be strong, be strong)

Try to grasp Can't control Where is it now? What was before? Be stable Be strong But I just feel like, I feel like Losing it all Be stable Be strong But I just feel like, I feel like Losing it all Be stable Be strong But I just feel like, I feel like Losing it all Rise above The red and blue No pill for me It's just a show Be stable Be strong But I just feel like, I feel like Losing it all Be stable Be strong But I just feel like, I feel like Losing it all Be stable Be strong But I just feel like, I feel like Losing it all Be stable Be strong But I just feel like, I feel like Losing it all

Ooh whoa-ooh! Whoa, whoa... yeahh! Whoa-oh! Ey, ey! Yeah, you got to get going No time for sitting down Some people not knowing life is a cycle You got to know how to get around Woo!... hahh Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fears And don't you wait too long Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fear And don't you wait too long Ahhy! how you doing? long time I haven't seen you Hope you behaving yourself now like a good-behaving citizen Nothing come easy--you got to work hard, I'm telling you Hope and pray for the best 'cause I believe in you Not like the stereotype, cleanliness intriguing you Give thanks and praise for my life, and for us being here Children can't go to school, the system killing us There's good in us, and we've always wanna bring it out! Show the world what we got--the struggle continues, yow Check the conditions in which we living, yow Right now I come giving you That you work to be the winner All children, going to baby, that's how we continue Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fears And don't you wait too long Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fear And don't you wait too long People love fi lift expectation, that's fine with me Opportunity comes but once, so it's time for me I don't think of failure because the sun shine for me Something in the back of my head keep reminding me Keep on listening, you hear when I call There's good and bad, so just be good and stand tall A lot of people out there wish for me to fall I'm not scared--I pray to He who had created us all Evils and the demons--woo! I don't stop with them Hey, they don't like me? hey, what's up with them? I just can't do without Jah love Because it's like the oxygen I'm no in no folly--ah! doh gimme no crap with them Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fears And don't you wait too long Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fear And don't you wait too long Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fears And don't you wait too long Yes, you got to be strong And be all the best you can The world is out there, conquer your fear And don't you wait too long

I found you, cleared land Put down my flag This is mine from now on When I see intruders I load up my weapons And fire my cannons I wrote my name Everywhere For all eyes to see You're beautiful, beautiful I see them stare But you belong to me So please, no intruders I kill all intruders 'Cause my love is ruthless So please no intruders I wrote you a love song A war song I'll sing it when the ships come I'll die for my state Love in my veins You are my kingdom I wrote your name Everywhere For all eyes to see You're beautiful, beautiful I see them stare But you belong to me So please, no intruders I kill all intruders 'Cause my love is ruthless So please, no intruders Please, no intruders I kill all intruders 'Cause my love is ruthless So please, no intruders I got heads on the table Heads on a stake Of people that failed And done make the mistake of thinking I'd let them in But this is my land So don't you come in This is my land So please, no intruders I'd kill all intruders 'Cause my love is ruthless So please, no intruders

We are the Earth intruders, we are the Earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches, ah-ah Turmoil, carnage Here come the Earth intruders We are the para-troopers Stampede of sharpshooters Come straight from voodoo With our feet thumping With our feet marching Grinding skeptics Into the soil Shower of goodness coming to End the doubt pouring over Shower of goodness coming to end We are the Earth intruders We are the sharpshooters Flock of parachuters Necessary voodoo I have guided my bones through some voltage And love them still And love them too Metallic, carnage, curiosity, feel the speed We are the Earth intruders We are the sharpshooters Flock of parachuters Necessary voodoo There is turmoil out there Carnage, rambling What is to do, but dig Dig bones out of Earth Mud graves, timber, morbid, trenches We are the Earth intruders Stampede of resistance We are the cannoneers Necessary voodoo We are the Earth intruders We are the Earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches

Each night under this moon I sit alone Hoping you'll get home soon Darling, come home soon Darling, come home soon I sit in my room each and every night Wondering how you are Are you feeling all alone For I miss you so I'm writing you So sad and blue For I love you so So far away Wish you were here And I'll never let you go Be mine under this moon I sit in my room Please, hoping you'll get home soon Darling, come home soon Darling, come home soon (la, la, la, la) Darling, come home soon

Sad girl, you look so sad Did he break your heart? Gee, that's too bad I guess now you see, oh How love could be Sad girl, forget that guy Come on, let's smile now Please won't you try? Get a hold of yourself Come on and find you someone else Open up your, open up your heart, girl Open up, we can make a brand new start Open up, please don't cry Just go out and find yourself another guy Sad girl Hold your head up high Things are gonna change, I know As time goes by Because that's the way it goes Everybody knows Somebody's somebody's fool (Sad girl) And you're no exception to the rule (Sad girl) Your day's gonna come, my love (Sad girl) All you gotta do is keep on smiling (Sad girl)