Be strong!



[Verse 1]

Damn man, it's always somethin

If it ain't the phone, then the door's buzzin

If they're not in school, they on the corners hustlin

All these criminals that the law is bustin

Crime don't stop, all good and all is sudden

They was so cool, they used to say they cousins

Went to the same school, even played the dozens

Y'all was just boys, now they say they wasn't

Need to mind my own, solve other people's problems

Fix theirs, but mine? I don't speak about em

Low key, I try to be a private person

Smile all day, show no signs of hurtin

Who am I tryin to fool? Things keep weighin on me

If it's not me, who's gonna say it for me?

Gotta let it out, puttin up a shield isn't

Me not dealin with it's how I deal with it

And that's wrong...



[Chorus]

If you feel like you've been through alot and held it inside

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you had your head up, but now you have trouble holding it high

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you feel left alone after someone close to you died

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you feel nothing works, no matter how hard you've tried

You might need a shoulder to cry



[Verse 2]

You don't get a break from drama

Seeing how the angels came to take your Mama

Took your father early, could've waited longer

Didn't make you stronger, just made you ponder

What you here for? Yesterday you got fired

Car repossessed, can't control your baby brother

Seen him arrest, beef with his baby mother

How your nieces rest? Mailbox stays cluttered

But never see a check

Many men, but they don't know how to be direct

Play games on your ex you gotta see for sex

Friends got drama too, so they need advice

Never ask what's up with you, so you be uptight

Have your own (?), that you had it on

Never put yourself first, so it has you torn

Flashbacks of your folks, so you're sad and mourn

The only ones you had close, and that you had are gone...



[Chorus]

If you feel like you've been through alot and held it inside

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you had your head up, but now you have trouble holding it high

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you feel left alone after someone close to you died

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you feel nothing works, no matter how hard you've tried

You might need a shoulder to cry



[Bridge]

If you can't find the happiness that you were hoping to find

You can use my shoulder to cry

If you feel everyone's against you, and no one's on your side

You can use my shoulder to cry

If you feel there's nothing you can do except run and hide

YOu can use my shoulder to cry

If you're hurt deep down and try to smile on the outside

You can use my shoulder to cry



[Verse 3]

Need a shoulder? Use mine

On the verge of burstin if you didn't cry

It's just a shirt, it'll dry

Headin towards self-destruction, might help discussin

With other people cause your dealt with your self-reluctance

May you find a substance, or a [?]

Your mind is sufferin

But on the whole, you're wasting time frontin

You had it all together

But it fell apart

What's right in your mind your heart can't tell apart

Moves that you had to make, you would've made different

Routes that you had to take, you had no say in it

How it is, is gonna be how it's gonna be

But you don't wanna see that, cause you don't agree

It's still there, holdin back won't get it over

I'm here, so lower your head down on my shoulder

Try to fake it and go on, but you can't because

It's hard to cry on someone else's when the world's on yours...



[Chorus]

If you feel like you've been through alot and held it inside

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you had your head up, but now you have trouble holding it high

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you feel left alone after someone close to you died

You might need a shoulder to cry

If you feel nothing works, no matter how hard you've tried

You might need a shoulder to cry