(VERSE)
It's a long and hard road we travel growing up/
We gotta learn to cope with everything that's thrown at us/

But some blow it up, way out of proportion/
And some bottle it, hiding all thier emotions/
So this to everybody praying to God/

And this is for the people who put a blade to their arm/
This is made for anybody that's facing harm/
Due to where they live, what they did, who or how they are/

Being strong ain't about how much you're hated/
It's about how you grin and bare it, keep your head up, and take it/
By dealing with what your faced with, and being patient/

How you goin' be free when you can't deal with the enslavement?/
Now let's face it, things happen for a reason/
So why you think you're delt the problems you're recievin?/

Whatever God you worship is wanting to test your strength/
He wouldn't give you issues if he thought that you would cave./


(CHORUS)
From the ghettos, to the streets, to the burbs/
This is for the people who have never been heard/

From the burbs, to the city, into uptown/
We gotta stick together, ain't no giving up now/
(Ayeee) This is the people's anthem/

(Ayeee) This is the people's anthem/
(Ayeee) This is the people's anthem/
If anybody rejects it, then they'll be held for ransom/


(VERSE)
I used to be the weirdest kid that you would ever meet/

my clothes would never match, I had no friends, and I never speak/
Tryin to find me in a crowd was a fast act/
I was that loser with a trumpet and bigpack/

Always getting laughed at, and embarrassed in public/
Swirleys in the bathroom, and getting robbed of my lunches/
But I was never throwing punches in those situations/

I learned to flip the tables and laugh at the kids that hated/
I learned to put myself way above thier level/
and show them the drill, like I was specialized in dental/

They never got to me, they tried to push through/
Then I realized, "This ain't the best that I could do"/
Remember, no matter what issues in life you have/

There's always someone else on the planet that has it twice as bad/
Keep in mind that today's a gift/
And you made it farther in life than a lot of people did./



(CHORUS)

From the ghettos, to the streets, to the burbs/
This is for the people who have never been heard/
From the burbs, to the city, into uptown/

We gotta stick together, ain't no giving up now/
(Ayeee) This is the people's anthem/
(Ayeee) This is the people's anthem/

(Ayeee) This is the people's anthem/
If anybody rejects it, then they'll be held for ransom/