Real Life - Lil B

Keep your head up

It’s real life

Keep your head up

I know your mom died and I feel your pain

That’s why I’m sitting in the dark sparking up this flame

And you lost your dad too

And he’s still a soldier

Please don’t let the grind stop

Know that life ain’t over

Seeing you cry some nights

With your head down

Hurt my heart like a stroke

That you go unfed now

Don’t let the pain crush your mind

And yourself man

I’mma hold you down for real

It just crossed my mind

How the days pass when you’re not looking

But a death in your family got all the pictures crooked

Plus your grandma and your grandpa

Life is too short to be living with your head hung

Keep it up

Keep your head up

Know that you could make it

Brother didn’t snitch and he took that bid

He didn’t know what time was 'til he took that bid

Just look him in his eyes

Said two plus ten

I ain’t know what math was

But that’s two plus ten

No one asked why he felt that pain

Why he got so mad

Loaded up and cocked that back

Didn’t ask why he hit those licks

His whole family dying

Plus he scared that the drugs don’t mix

And he mad that the drugs exist

Whole family apart ‘cause the buzz is it

And they rather get high than to hug their kids

Man, I look him in his eyes and he hate that shit

I did this for you, bro

And everything is good

Someone love you

Lady from the hood

Swear she got no answer

Gotta raise three kids

But she got breast cancer

And we know rent due when the bank won’t answer

Wanna move out the hood and defeat that cancer

I ask how she stay on her feet like dancers

How she keep on adding paint to a life-size canvas

She told me every day that you must take chances

If you’re living in the past then there’s no enhancements

She said life’s hard but the dreams do matter

Only way to read books is if you move through chapters

She said spread love of pain and promise

And she died the next day

That’s what made me honest

It’s real life

Take everybody like they’re a million dollars

You never know

Girl Seventeen got to fix her posture

Always getting beat down by her deadbeat father

He’d say nice things

But it’d be so awkward

When he’d drink alcohol

Then he’d slap her mama

Now Girl Seventeen

Call men imposters

What he did to her mind caused way more drama

She walked out the house

Said no more drama

Had to fend for herself

So she stayed with partners

She met a nice dude and his name was Seante

And he ran a little game and proceed to boss her

Because she want a man nothing like her father

She would do anything for a dude that bothered

Seante made her start having sex for dollars

And it really hurt my heart every time I saw her

Deep down inside all she want is a father

So I never judge a book by its cover

Girl Seventeen having sex for hours

Staying up long nights

Even missed a shower

Had to deal with the pain off pills and powder

Taking long drives home on the road for hours

Sex with many men

Even dealt with cowards

Wouldn’t put the condom on

‘Cause he felt the power

Seante got sick, had to call the doctor

Said he didn’t feel well and his head was nauseus

Girl Seventeen, started to get real cautious

‘Cause Seante never said what was in that office

Seante came home looking like he lost it

So Girl Seventeen went to kiss him

He said, «Don't touch me, I’m HIV positive»

Just make sure you use condoms

And never judge a book by its cover

That’s why, when I look at people now

I don’t know what they’re going through

You don’t know what anybody’s going through

So you gotta respect it

It’s Lil B

All these are real stories

And I want to dedicate every verse to y’all

I know all of us can relate to this

Just let the beat cry for you, I’m crying for you

But I gotta let this song cry