Anthony Dent - Hood Anthem lyrics

[Verse 1] Some people don't know what it means to really be hood They think you're mean, just disrespectful, and you're up to know good They think these brothers don't know nothing else but bling and white tees And they think that all these women can do is somebody's weave They think we're hustlers, gangsters, and goons riding by But be easy with your mouth Cause you don't know nothin' 'bout the life that gets lived The struggles we deal, it's hard some days man If you feel me, then say "I'm hood" [Chorus] Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D Don't speak on it if you don't know what it means I was raised in the hood, overcame in the hood Not ashamed of the hood, cause the hood is in me Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D Don't speak on it if you don't know what it means I was raised in the hood, overcame in the hood Not ashamed of the hood, cause the hood is in me [Post-Chorus] Everybody put your hands up and rep the hood If you wanna you can stand up, I know it's good Don't be ashamed of the hood, be in the change in the hood Ain't nothin' strange 'bout the hood, it's in everybody [Verse 2] No matter what you do, they'll never see us no different No matter what we accomplish We gettin' honors for Grammy's, Billboard chart toppers Thought they could stop us, but we still got an Oscar They can give it up, because we thinkin' 'bout them, and that's a wrap It's a movement, baby, and it ain't no stoppin' that So I'mma keep doin' me, I hope you keep doin' you We're look out for one another At the end of the day, I'm still hood [Chorus] Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D Don't speak on it if you don't know what it means I was raised in the hood, overcame in the hood Not ashamed of the hood, cause the hood is in me Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D Don't speak on it if you don't know what it means I was raised in the hood, overcame in the hood Not ashamed of the hood, cause the hood is in me [Post-Chorus] Everybody put your hands up and rep the hood If you wanna you can stand up, I know it's good Don't be ashamed of the hood, be in the change in the hood Ain't nothin' strange 'bout the hood, it's in everybody [Bridge] I don't matter if you got some hood in your blood It don't make you any less, represent it like, "what?" It don't matter, it makes you more real then the rest People think it's disrespect, but consider it a blessing Cause you grew up on another side Saw the world with a different eye People don't realize So we learn to appreciate the little things, or the joy life brings Ain't nothin' wrong with bein' hood [Chorus] Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D Don't speak on it if you don't know what it means I was raised in the hood, overcame in the hood Not ashamed of the hood, cause the hood is in me Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D Don't speak on it if you don't know what it means I was raised in the hood, overcame in the hood Not ashamed of the hood, cause the hood is in me