Proud & Powerful - Bodega Bamz

Proud 'cause I grew up on welfare

Proud I was dirt poor, more or less

Proud 'cause I never had Jordans

Proud 'cause I used to wear Payless

Proud that the stove kept us warm

Proud that I didn’t have a red cent

Proud that I pay my mama bills now

Proud that I live in the hills now

Proud that my brother stopped poppin' Xans

Proud that I finally became a man

Proud that I cried many tears

Proud for the pain and the fears

Proud that my heart been broken

Proud that my uncle stopped smokin'

Proud that they thought I wouldn’t make it

Proud that my haters gotta take it

Proud that my sister never lost hope

Proud that she fightin' diabetes

I’m proud that Salito got to see me

I’m proud when I see me on TV

I’m proud for the bad breaks

Proud for the mistakes, I’m proud to be a dad

I’m proud 'cause I’m tan

I’m proud that the talent kept this pen in my hand

Straight like that

You gotta be proud for everything, man

The good, the bad, the ugly

You gotta be powerful through it all

Powerful through the struggles

To live is to suffer, word up

You survive through the times, that’s powerful

People livin' through the rhymes, that’s powerful

You shook hands with your enemy, that’s powerful

You always keep it G, that’s powerful

You makin' moves out the hood, that’s powerful

You gave a dollar to a bum, that’s powerful

Give advice to the youth, that’s powerful

You gotta pay dues, that’s powerful

Givin' people good news, that’s powerful

You just signed your first deal, that’s powerful

You just made your first mill, that’s powerful

You bow down and kneel, that’s powerful

You pray for every mill, that’s powerful

Givin' thanks, powerful, showin' love, powerful

Your mind is a weapon that’s powerful

Every scar on your body, that’s powerful

Every verse in my songs, that’s powerful

Supportin' your child, that’s powerful

Raise a kid that ain’t yours, that’s powerful

Forgivin' your past, that’s powerful

Visit family in prison, that’s powerful

Puttin' money on they books, that’s powerful

Everything I do is powerful

But if I wasn’t proud, then I couldn’t be powerful