Keep Your Head Up

[Verse] If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too If you can wait and not be tired by waiting Or being lied about, don't deal in lies Or being hated, don't give way to hating And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise If you can dream and not make dreams your master If you can think and not make thoughts your aim If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two impostors just the same [Verse] If you can face the truth that's spoken Twisted by liars to trap the naive Or watch your dreams crumble and be broken Rebuilding them with tools that can't conceive If you can risk it all on a single throw And watch your fortune vanish, starting anew Never letting on about your heavy blow But pushing forward with a heart that's true If you can carry on long after they're gone When all that remains is willpower's plea And hold on tight when hope is withdrawn Embracing the strength deep inside of thee [Verse] If I can vibe with the masses and stay true Or chill with the rulers But still keep it real If no haters or homies can ever break my groove If everyone matters But I ain't playin' no feel; If I can seize every moment No time to waste With every second Leaving my mark in the race Then the world is mine Everything belongs to me And let me tell you Son Then the man I'll be [Verse 2] If I can see beyond the surface Read between the lines Or rise above the noise Keeping my own shine If I can take the punches and keep on standing tall If I can dance to the rhythm Never miss a call;