COMPTOSHADE (Believe in My City)

Santana Blocc, yeah

COMPTOSHADE

You can see it in my face though

Uh

Mama said “stand tall”

I took that down Rosecrans

Right by the swap meet

Shirt tucked in, that slow stance

Homies on the front porch

Noddin’ like “you gon’ be great”

Graffiti on the brick wall

Spellin’ everything it took to escape

But I ain’t run from it

I became sum’n

Turn the weight of the world

To a bass drum rumblin’

They point fingers at the map

Like it’s cursed where I stay

I see kids ridin’ bikes

Hear them laughin’ all day

I’m from Compton

You can’t shade my shine

COMPTOSHADE

But the block still mine

They gon’ talk, they gon’ doubt

They gon’ throw that hate around

I believe in my city

So my city hold me down

I’m from Compton

You can’t shade my glow

COMPTOSHADE

Watch the whole thing grow

They gon’ talk, they gon’ doubt

But we built from solid ground

I believe in my people

So my people hold me down (yeah)

Seen red and blue lights

Flash off the palm trees

Seen all this pain

Turn cousins into concrete

Still, auntie at the grill

Smell the smoke in the breeze

Little sisters jump rope

Singin’ off-key

Yeah, that’s home

Even when it hurt me deep

I wear “CPT”

Like it’s stitched in my sleep

They call us lost

But I see future in the face of my folks

Every corner got a story

Every story got hope

They say “you from where?”

Like I’m supposed to feel shame (nah)

I say “I’m from there”

Like it’s carved in my veins

If they hate, let ‘em hate

They don’t live what we live

We survived all of that

Now we got more to give (more to give)

I’m from Compton

You can’t shade my shine

COMPTOSHADE

But the block still mine

They gon’ talk, they gon’ doubt

They gon’ throw that hate around

I believe in my city

So my city hold me down

I’m from Compton

You can’t shade my glow

COMPTOSHADE

Watch the whole thing grow

They gon’ talk, they gon’ doubt

But we built from solid ground

I believe in my people

So my people hold me down (hold me down)

Yeah, we risin' up, no fallin' now

Keep it firm, stay on the ground, stayin' strong

TANA! Frontline, palm in the air

Hold it down, no fear, we all aware

Stayin' strong, like a fortress, never sway

Juggernaut movin', can't break, can't stray

Op try to catch us, nah, we too high

Blocc solid, reachin’ for the sky

Will Banz on the grind, top spot in sight

Jet packs lift us off, flyin' through the night

Can't stop, won’t stop, pushin’ through the pain

Compton shade, light up, breakin' every chain

This our block, our fight, our story to tell

Stayin’ true, stayin’ real, doin' it well

Hold up, stay grounded, eyes on the prize

Never fall, never fail, reachin’ for the skies

From the shade to the lights, we all got a part

Unity, power, straight from the heart

Yeah, TANA! Front! Palm! We strong, we on

Keep risin' up, till the break of dawn

This our world, our block, our song

Stayin' strong, forever long