We Gone Make It - Derek Minor

Uh…

This for everybody surviving

And all they money spent

People up in my house

And I can’t even pay my rent

I work my tail off

Hopin' one day I’m well off

Or at least just feed my babies

They say I’m lazy, but they WAY off!

I know the struggle

I feel you

Cops still in my rear view

And I ain’t broke no laws…

But I guess my skin’s in clear view

Hey, we need education

Maybe a lil' mo' patience

Cause our father’s gone and this slave mentality’s still keepin' us naked

You see crackheads on every corner

Pills, drink… marijuana

Pick jail, and in the coffin

Cause that’s what we see often

And I know sometimes that you just wanna give up

But boy just keep yo' head up…

God said that we gon' make it bruh!

One day

I know we won’t have to cry no more

And this pain

I can’t let you take it

That’s why we, we, we gone make it yeah!

We, we, we gon' make it yeah!

I can’t let you take it

That’s why we, we, we gon' make it yeah

We, we, we, gon' make it yeah

I can’t let you take it

That’s why we, we, we gon' make it yeah

Single mama it’s hard…

Lord knows I understand

Growing up and he’s smart

How you gon' raise him into a man?

You see the pain when he ask about where his daddy at

You’ll go hungry to make sure he got clothes on his back!

Girl I know your pain

God, He know the same

He hears you when you pray

You can give Him everything

Young man I feel you

See other kids and it kills you

Cause they dads off in they homes

And yours ain’t even nowhere near you!

I understand, cause I been it

It’s real to me, cause I lived it!

And I swear to God

Long as I breathe my son won’t know that feeling!

Not cause I’m so good

But the Lord’s my inspiration

Long as He’s our Father

I know that we gone make it

Not cause I’m so good

But the Lord’s my inspiration

Long as He’s our Father

I know that we gone make it

Not cause I’m so good

But the Lord’s my inspiration

Long as He’s our Father

I know that we gone make it!

One day

I know we won’t have to cry no more

And this pain

I can’t let you take it

That’s why we, we, we gone make it yeah!

We, we, we gone make it yeah!

I can’t let you take it

That’s why we, we, we gone make it yeah

We, we, we, gone make it yeah

I can’t let you take it

That’s why we, we, we gone make it yeah