For Us By UsThe Power of Broke

Yeah This one feel different This one's for the home team Didn't see my color on the rack so I had to make a lane Didn't hear my story on the track so I had to make it sing They were selling dreams that were tailored for another man So I took the scraps they left us, drew it up with my own hands Started with a needle and a thread of ambition Listen what the streets was saying, that was my tuition They sold us logos, we wanted a soul They sold us fashion, we wanted control Every stitch a statement, every color a code Turned a basement operation to a story to be told This that for us by us, yeah we built it from the pavement This ain't for them, this for the ones who speak the same language This that uniform for the hungry and the nameless Now they see us, now they wanna know what our name is This that for us by us, stitched the pride in the fabric Turned a dollar and a vision automatic This that uniform for the dreamers causing traffic Now they watching, now they copying the magic Remember the first time I saw it walking down the block Wasn't on a billboard, it was realer than a stock Gave a head nod, that unspoken conversation That's the validation, that's beyond a corporation We ain't need the magazines, the block was our runway Turned a local buzz into a global Sunday Best dressed, no contest, the culture was the co-sign Our music videos became the only product line No budget for the ads, just the real ones who wear it That's a different kind of currency, you can't inherit From a whisper to a movement, see the power we command All because we built it with our own two hands This that for us by us, yeah we built it from the pavement This ain't for them, this for the ones who speak the same language This that uniform for the hungry and the nameless Now they see us, now they wanna know what our name is This that for us by us, stitched the pride in the fabric Turned a dollar and a vision automatic This that uniform for the dreamers causing traffic Now they watching, now they copying the magic This that For Us By Us, yeah, we built it from the pavement This ain't for them, this for the ones who speak the same language This that uniform for the hungry and the nameless Now they see us, now they wanna know what our name is This that For Us By Us, stitch the pride in the fabric Turned a dollar and a vision into automatic This that uniform for the dreamers causin' traffic Now they watchin', now they copyin' the magic