You got to give me respect
You got to give me respect
You got to give me respect
I'm demanding you give respect
I was born standing up fighting back
Had a mother and father addicted to the smack
I was dragged pulled up right through the cracks
On the wrong side of the railway tracks
I was born standing up fighting back
Had a mother and father addicted to the smack
I had find away through
I saw things that were totally taboo
teenage years stealing to feed
Surrounded by parents and their addictive greed
I worked three jobs trying just to be
To survive and try to plant a seed
So Give me, give me, give me ,some respect
Give me, give me, give me ,your respect
I'm demanding I'm demanding your respect
So Give me, give me, give me ,your respect
I was born standing up fighting back
Had a mother and father addicted to the smack
I was born standing up fighting back
Had a mother and father addicted to the smack
So Give me, give me, give me ,some respect
Give me, give me, give me ,your respect
I'm demanding I'm demanding your respect
So Give me, give me, give me ,your respect