🥊🔥 I GOT UP | Compton Made Me Tough

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:06]I GOT UP.

[00:00:07]COMPTON MADE ME TOUGH.

[00:00:11]>> [music] [music] >> YEAH. YEAH.

[00:00:20]FIRST [music] GRADE LUNCH LINE, hands in my pocket, kids threw jokes like rocks, tried to make me drop and [music] shove to my shoulder, feel fists wanting to bite. Knuckles itch heavy LIKE SWING OFF A >> [music] >> HOMIES laughed loud. I kept the tears low, jaw clenched tight, plotting combos to throw. [music] Mirror in the HALL SAID, "BOY, GET TOUGH." SHADOW BOXED HARD on the floor till enough was enough.

[00:00:42]Had to save me. HAD TO BUILD ME BRICK BY BRICK DAILY.

[00:00:47]>> [music] >> COMPTON MADE ME TOUGH.

[00:00:51]>> [music] >> Hands staying up.

[00:00:59]Clapped back from the dust.

[00:01:04]Now they can't >> [music] >> can't touch us. Teen years hit hard.

[00:01:09]Same old games, new crowd, [music] same shade, same dirty names back in the hallway, shoulder checks, cold grins.

[00:01:15]Slapped to my pride, [music] turned to swing at shins. Red laps in my mind, made a plan in the dark. Jab, jab, hook, clock. When they sparked up a bark, no handouts, no rescue, no saving grace, [music] just a scared young man throwing hands for respect. Compton on my chest, I wore that weight. Every block talk, counters, [music] every scar bred faith up a cut dry. That's the thing they missed, turned every you can't to a clinch in the ring.

[00:01:40]Had to save me. HAD TO BUILD ME BRICK BY BRICK DAILY. [music] COMPTON MADE ME TOUGH.

[00:01:49]>> [music] >> HANDS STAYING UP.

[00:01:54]>> [music] >> CLAPPED BACK FROM THE DUST. I got up.

[00:02:01]I got up.

[00:02:01]>> [music] >> Now they can't can't touch us. Young wolf in the yard, I was out on the block. Whole world on my neck, heavy [music] chain on the clock. Swung through the rumors, ducked tape when it fell. Had the sharp in my [music] fist in the heaven made hell. Cold nights, hood summers, I was learning the code.

[00:02:18]Keep your stance plain, keep your guard in the road. If they speak on my [music] name, better speak it with fear cuz I swung through the doubt till the doubt disappeared. Still nerves, hard [music] jaw, was built for the test. Turn the blues to a shield over bone in my chest.

[00:02:31]If they [music] push, I don't budge. I just stiffen my frame. Made a legend out the kid that swung back at the game. Had to save me. Had to save me. HAD TO BUILD ME. Brick by [music] brick daily. I got up.

[00:02:42]I GOT UP.

[00:02:44]COMPTON MADE ME TOUGH.

[00:02:46]I GOT UP.

[00:02:47]>> [music] >> I GOT UP.

[00:02:49]HANDS STAYING UP.

[00:02:51]I GOT UP.

[00:02:52]>> [music] >> I GOT UP.

[00:02:54]CLAPPED BACK FROM THE DUST.

[00:02:56]>> [music] >> I GOT UP.

[00:02:58]I GOT UP. NOW THEY CAN'T can't touch us.

[00:03:02]Now I'm grown and I walk straight. Same storm, new stance. Stay fresh. They don't bully me. Nah, they read that glare [music] cuz my fists learned language and my heart learned pain. From the dirt to the discipline, I learned that truth. Every swing had a story.

[00:03:17]From the booster with you down, hit me don't [music] fold. Don't run, guard hard, swing smart till the work gets done. I got up.

[00:03:24]I GOT UP.

[00:03:25]COMPTON MADE ME TOUGH.

[00:03:28]I GOT UP.

[00:03:29]I GOT UP.

[00:03:31]HANDS STAYING UP.

[00:03:33]I GOT UP.

[00:03:34]I GOT UP.

[00:03:36]CLAPPED BACK [music] FROM THE DUST.

[00:03:38]I GOT UP.

[00:03:40]I GOT UP.

[00:03:40]NOW THEY can't >> [music] >> can't touch us.

[00:03:45]Shout out Compton.

[00:03:46]>> [music] >> Still standing. Still strong.

[00:03:50]Swung through the breaks.

[00:03:52]and I carried that off. [music]