Keke Palmer - Hood Anthem lyrics

Some people don't know what it
Means to really be hood
They think you're mean, just disrespectful
And you're up to know good
They think these brothers don't know nothing
Else but bling and white tees
And they think that all these women
Can do is somebody's weave
They think we're hustlers, gangsters
And goons riding by
But be easy with your mouth
Cause you don't know nothin' 'bout
The life that gets lived
The struggles we deal
It's hard some days man
If you feel me, then say "I'm hood"

Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D
Don't speak on it if you
Don't know what it means
I was raised in the hood
Overcame in the hood
Not ashamed of the hood
Cause the hood is in me
Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D
Don't speak on it if you
Don't know what it means
I was raised in the hood
Overcame in the hood
Not ashamed of the hood
Cause the hood is in me

Everybody put your hands up and rep the hood
If you wanna you can stand up
I know it's good
Don't be ashamed of the hood
Be in the change in the hood
Ain't nothin' strange 'bout the hood
It's in everybody

No matter what you do
They'll never see us no different
No matter what we accomplish
We gettin' honors for Grammy's
Billboard chart toppers
Thought they could stop us
But we still got an Oscar
They can give it up, because
We thinkin' 'bout them, and that's a wrap
It's a movement, baby
And it ain't no stoppin' that
So I'mma keep doin' me
I hope you keep doin' you
We're look out for one another
At the end of the day, I'm still hood

Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D
Don't speak on it if you
Don't know what it means
I was raised in the hood
Overcame in the hood
Not ashamed of the hood
Cause the hood is in me
Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D
Don't speak on it if you
Don't know what it means
I was raised in the hood
Overcame in the hood
Not ashamed of the hood
Cause the hood is in me

Everybody put your hands up and rep the hood
If you wanna you can stand up
I know it's good
Don't be ashamed of the hood
Be in the change in the hood
Ain't nothin' strange 'bout the hood
It's in everybody

I don't matter if you got
Some hood in your blood
It don't make you any
Less, represent it like, "what?"
It don't matter
It makes you more real then the rest
People think it's disrespect
But consider it a blessing
Cause you grew up on another side
Saw the world with a different eye
People don't realize
So we learn to appreciate the little things
Or the joy life brings
Ain't nothin' wrong with bein' hood

Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D
Don't speak on it if you
Don't know what it means
I was raised in the hood
Overcame in the hood
Not ashamed of the hood
Cause the hood is in me
Yes, I'm hood, H-O-O-D
Don't speak on it if you
Don't know what it means
I was raised in the hood
Overcame in the hood
Not ashamed of the hood
Cause the hood is in me