Oddisee - May 2nd lyrics

CHORUS Hold your head Keep that high Don't chase hoes Eye on the prize Don't give up Make mom proud Keep your feet on the ground Head in the clouds VERSE 1 I'm at a point where I'm needing advice and I can't go to my father Or the big homies since they don't like being bothered Unless we talking about their product Really I ain't bitter I just got these dreams of these demons pulling triggers And my nephew is the target and my little cousins I told them stay in school and I'll make sure they want for nothing I'm making sure I hug them They grew up in a time where the shorties all broken 'cause their fathers never loved them And their mama's always bugging Teachers lacking patience Screaming f** 12 'cause they shooting by the dozens forreal I'm still trying to recover It ain't just May 2nd every day I miss my brother forreal I got some questions only he can answer Still learning how to be the standard So he visit me in dreams last night we had a talk and he said Know I'll always be by your heart my n***a CHORUS Hold your head Keep that high Don't chase hoes Eye on the prize Don't give up Make mom proud Keep your feet on the ground Keep your head in the clouds My n***a don't give up VERSE 2 'Cause anything worth having takes time for it to happen Getting nicer with production plus you working on your patterns It's crazy where you are G, pardon me for laughing I just saw you as a lawyer dawg who knew you'd be a rapper 25 with a masters, you are black excellence If a n***a hate 'cause that's something that they could never get And you excel in arenas we wasn't supposed to fit So stick your chest out shorty, learn to boast with it I know you still working on your confidence And building your accomplishments while trying to keep it positive Wait...you in your prime boy they should call you an optimist I'm hating that I ain't around to rock with this but... CHORUS Hold your head Keep that high Don't chase hoes Eye on the prize Don't give up Make mom proud Keep your feet on the ground Keep your head in the clouds My n***a don't give up Don't give up Don't give up Because the dream getting closer, stay committed, stay focused forreal Don't give up Don't give up 'Cause anything worth having take time for it to happen forreal CHORUS Hold your head Keep that high Don't chase hoes Eye on the prize Don't give up Make mom proud Keep your feet on the ground Keep your head in the clouds