In da hood

Yeah (uh-huh) Listen up closely now.

Corner store mornings, steam from the grate We learned to move fast,

never arrive too late

Shadows on the brickwork,

stories in the clay Finding our own light in the middle of

the gray (straight up)

In the hood where the concrete grows our dreams

Nothing is ever quite what it seems (no indeed) But we keep

on standing tall through it all

Yeah we stand together,

we never fall

Kids on the stoop,

double-dutch in the lane Translating the joy right out of the pain

Old timers nodding with a lifetime of truth Passing down the keys

from the days of their youth

(tell

'em)

In the hood where the concrete grows our dreams

Nothing is ever quite what it seems (no indeed) But we keep

on standing tall through it all

Yeah we stand together,

we never fall

Just another day in the place we call home.

Yeah. (peace)