"Build Me Up" lyrics

[Lil' Keke:]
You set me up and knocked me down
The streets'll let you down, man
You held me high and let me drown

It's been a lesson from the start, so I just play it smart (Smart)
Don't put no faith inside these niggas, they gon' break your heart (Heart)
The streets a dangerous place (Place), them corners hot and cold (Cold)
Soon as it bless your game (Game), come back and snatch your soul (Soul)
We in the last days (Days), these niggas chasin' praise
I'm tryna get to this money, stuck in my old ways (I am)
And I kept rockin' up that quarter, bought my first J's (My first J's)
When them boys turned they back, that was the worst fade
When them niggas fixed they plate, they ain't gon' never share (Never)
Build you up and knock you down, yes, I've been there (On God)
Set you up for hard truth and then call it fair (Fair)
But I'm just searchin' for peace of mind and clean air

You built me up and knocked me down
They say it get worse before it get better
You held me high and let me drown
Cartel, how you feel about it?

[Cartel Bo:]
I move how I move just for my kids (Yeah)
I feel like the police know exactly who I'm is (Yeah)
They wanna be all up in my business and not my bills (Yeah)
Nigga wanna kill you 'cause his bitch feelin' at risk
Nigga try and he gon' die, put that four-five in your eye
She keep tellin' me she dreamin' I'm goin' off a cliff and die
ADHD, PTSD, bitch, you play with me, I'm fine
I remember sittin' in the prison, phone calls getin' denied
A lil' bitty boy, mama shootin' at me, I went hidin' (Yeah)
Found a gun inside my cousin shoebox, went outside and shot it (Yeah)
I be tellin' people yeah and I be knowin' I ain't got it (Yeah)
Same motherfuckers talk about your ass in private (Yeah, yeah)

[Propain:]
You built me up and knocked me down
It's a thin line between love and respect, nigga
You held me high and let me drown
Ayy, you could die a hero or

You could live long enough to see yourself become a villain, ho (Yeah)
Man, these streets get Philly cold (Ayy)
Started off as a dog, then niggas turned wolves, no Minnesota (Yeah)
Want you out like a pitcher's throw (Uh)
Six figures, need a million more (Uh)
I ain't stoppin' shit, tryna block mine, then this thing blowin' like Billy Joe (Bang)
Shootin' at 'em like it's ten or four (Yeah)
Boys hatin', but they really broke (Facts)
Sittin' 'round talkin' 'bout what another man got, all you niggas hoes (Facts)
Meanwhile, I'm tryna get a store (Yeah)
Buy a block, I'm tryna heal a soul
They build you up just to tear you down
But when it's self-made, it's never gettin' broke, young Pro, nigga (Let's go)

[Stunna Bam:]
I know I'm the man
Still in the streets plus I'm ownin' land
Pints of the syrup, I was stormin' in
When my cup runneth over, I'ma pour again
When the rain came, then the pain came
Brodie lost his life in the 'caine game
Then he caught a body, it was self-defense
Then I took my family through the same thing
I made millions
Really do the numbers, dog, I saved children
Really bein' humble, I was made different
And the streets did me right, I got paid different
They don't show no love
I was stressed out, I ain't claim that
Back against the wall, I had to fade that
Me and my bitch goin' through some changes
I'm still in the streets where it's dangerous
Say you built me up, then broke me down, nigga
Threw me in the water, let me drown in it
Sometimes I feel like I'm too real for this
But my God told me I was built for this, Stunna

You built me up and knocked me down
You knocked me down, down, down, down
You built me up and broke me down
You broke me down, you broke me down, down, down
You set me up and knocked me down
Yeah, you knocked me down, down, down
You held me high and let me drown
You let me drown