So they say in order to come up you gotta stay down, I lost a lot of friends, gained a lot of enemies, but still, I stayed down. In and out of jail, turn my life around, and stayed down and a few stayed down with me.

Hook

When I was doing bad/people stop coming around/It was only a few who/stayed down

Every since I changed up/look at me now/they gotta watch me come up/I stayed down/

Won't let the devil get to me/I pray now/just thankful that you get to see/I stayed down

Won't stop there ain't no giving up/I can't now

Stay focused I'm a live it up/I stayed down

Verse1

Keep God with me/I walk with Him no weapon formed/shall prosper/I pray 3 times a day seek/understanding wisdom and knowledge/elevate into something great/chose my path to step by faith/see this life will tear you down/gotta stay strong continue to pray/different beliefs/lead us astray/the crooked paths/turned us away/get back focus/think walk straight/don't let the devil get in your way/he came to deceive/ kill and destroy/material gains/become the decoy/fortune and fame control our minds/all this money chasing we blind/selling these drugs call it a grind/thinking we on/but really we dying/saying we strong but really be lying/crumble and fold when facing some time/trying to succeed with all this hatred/fail and fall/afraid to face it/turn to the drugs/try to replace it/running these streets catching these cases/stay down

Hook

When I was doing bad/people stop coming around/It was only a few who/stayed down

Every since I changed up/look at me now/they gotta watch me come up/I stayed down/

Won't let the devil get to me/I pray now/just thankful that you get to see/I stayed down

Won't stop there ain't no giving up/I can't now

Stay focused I'm a live it up/I stayed down

Verse 2

Black genocide is a death role/Louisiana is a death toll/these city limits/we living in it/the killing senseless/don't grow old/these children watch they misled/no future for em/they brain dead/them sacrifices just to get bread/with a prison sentence full regrets/you reap what you sow/speak into existence what you say/trust in the Lord with all your heart/know without a doubt he's leading the way/no wrong turns/I'm keeping the faith/it's my turn I'm on my way/reading these/scriptures strengthens my Soul/fall to my knees/continue to pray/Jesus died for all my sins/every day I have to repent/all this wickedness that we in/gotta stay down make it to the end/learn from losses/that's my lesson/whenever I win that's my blessing/had to let go of all this stressing/gain success to make progression/stay down

Hook

When I was doing bad/people stop coming around/It was only a few who/stayed down

Every since I changed up/look at me now/they gotta watch me come up/I stayed down/

Won't let the devil get to me/I pray now/just thankful that you get to see/I stayed down

Won't stop there ain't no giving up/I can't now

Stay focused I'm a live it up/I stayed down