Be Strong - Rudimental

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

Yeah man, I and I shall not be afraid of ten thousand of heathen that surround and I and I round about Yeah man me know say who de heathen ah go dwell in ah drought Woh, ow, yeah No harm shall come upon thy children, yeah Not even the disasterous pestilence No harm shall come upon thy children, yow Not even what tell Babylon say give me life ah me-e more ah mi friends, woh, oh, ow Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie Oh, let us have a great day, ohh Go, no gold for yon Could never take my place, couldn't be replace Neither buy yuh pearl nor yuh gem Oh, ah see dem praise themself, I agree, everyone needs help But if ah never, as well as whenever yuh rage Den yuh know something else, woh, oh! Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do me wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Whenever, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do I wrong, ay! The powers of Jah, yow Dey wouldn't mind if dey could kill our youth and every time dey tell ah lie that we loot Come down in ah mi village and dem know dat dat dem toop Teaming up we village we go defend mi troop Behind d bars, ah whey dey place dey hoop Dey play ah mental game fi do make mi stoop Well nuff boy go bow, nuff boy go scoop Yow, me ah bun dem fi truth, ow! Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do I wrong Stand firm, Rastafari live forever more I and I know King Selassie shall come in the dark The likes of the poor want more Remember House of Parliament, did fi bun To do good, dey all ignore, ay! Ghetto youth watch it dey mi go lick down satan We need some food, some clothes, all good education, repatriation right now Ow! No harm shall come upon our children, Pharaoh Remember not even the disasterous pestilence No harm shall come upon thy children, oh yeah Not even the disasterous pestilence, well Dey wouldn't mind if dey could kill our youth and every time dey tell ah lie that we loot Come down in ah mi village and dem know dat dat dem toop Teaming up we village we go defend mi troop Behind d bars, ah whey dey place dey hoop Dey play ah mental game fi do make mi stoop Well nuff boy go bow, nuff boy go scoop Yow, me ah bun dem fi truth, ow! Bun Prime Minister, bun down de soap Me gon' bun police in ah him brutal soup No call me no dan, fire pon dope Me ah de living rastaman from King Solomon root Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do I wrong Ohh! Yeah, ow Oh, let us have a great day, ohh Go, no gold for yon Could never take my place, couldn't be replace Neither buy yuh pearl nor yuh gem Oh, ah see dem praise themself, I agree, everyone needs help But if ah never, as well as whenever yuh rage Den yuh know something else, woh, oh!