Hood Anthem - Keke Palmer

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»

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

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

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

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

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

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

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