Young World

When you see me see you young world young world

It's all up to you young world young world

Always be true young world young world

That's all we can do young world that's all we can do

If you let them tell it would of never made it this far

Yea you let them tell it would of had to find a new job

I consider it a blessing thank god that I know god

And every failure that's a lesson go down or you go hard

Yea yea and I ain't had no problem making it this far

Many told me keep your head up

And stay prayed up try loving from a distance

Using it as a big sign we just taking a risk now

Let it sink in like quick sand and let it keep you at keeping on

We ain't never had the silver spoon but they ain't steer me wrong

We ain't never had fear of failure but it's in the songs

We ain't saying never but did things they say we never do

You know how I feel about time and my ****s just ahead of schedule

Just be prominent stay dominant if you said it then honor it

Keeping peace while I'm pondering I just preach it and prosper it

Set the bar and I'm climbing it don't show the way I'm finding it

Free the people that's lost in it more to it than being talented

Quality over quantity confidence over modesty

If you got it then show that shit can't hide it if it's evident

We just reaping the benefits we just teaching the have nots

And keeping up with the times that we didn't know we would be here

So what do you believe young world

I would rather fight for something than die for nothing

Who do you choose to be young world

Yea this song is just for you born in 92

Young world young world young world

It's all up to you young world young world

Always be true young world young world

Its all we can do young world

It's all we can do

It's all we can do

My name is Tony Lewis Jr

When I was 9 years old

My father got arrested for his role

In the biggest drug conspiracy

In the history of Washington d c

He will subsequently receive a sentence

Of life without the possibility of parole

That was 1989

I've been without my father for 27 years of my life

We live in a country that

That's had this system of mass incarceration

Of taking fathers away from their children

And when your father goes to prison

They tell you that your father's a bad guy

Your father may be on the news

They talk about him in the hood

They talk about him in your household

You know the love

That you felt when that person was there

You know the fun that y'all had

You know what they did for you

And in many ways what they did for you

And what they tried to do to take care of you led them to prison

In this country where our neighborhoods avoid opportunity

People try to get it the best way they know how

Men right with a divine responsibility to provide

And protect for their families and they pay the ultimate

Price sometimes which is incarceration

For every kid with an incarcerated parent

You should know your parent loves you

And they're in prison they're dreaming for you

They're wishing you're better than them

So honor them in that way be that

Worst thing you can do is follow in their footsteps

So my advice to you is again live out your dreams

Be better and don't get taken young world