I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't gonna leave this game the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't never gonna be the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out me name
And I ain't gonna leave this game the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't never gonna be the same
They let me in this game and I flipped it on its head
This is all I ever wanted since I was a kid
Playing basketball in the streets dreaming big
Thought I had it all figured out until I lived
Through the days I'm amazed at the man that I've become
I got a long way to go, but I'm still young
We ain't done yet, the fat lady ain't sung
But I can hear the kids, my time has just begun
They looking up to me like they know that I'm the one
I could't let them down so I had to be the one
I had to be the one to lift them higher than the sun
And like the sun sets our ending has to come
But before the day ends there's more that has to come
I got the kids behind me shining brighter than the sun
I raised each and every one like they was my sons and daughters
They don't wait for things to come, they know how to be the starter
I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't gonna leave this game the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't never gonna be the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out me name
And I ain't gonna leave this game the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't never gonna be the same
I got to do right by these kids and lead them to the light
I just gave them the gloves, but they learned how to fight
Through the night, to chase what they really wanna be
Laying down the bricks to the place where they wanna be
Its take everything inside of me to give them what they need
Now they mind open, vast like the seven seas
Reasons they are leading me, imagination teasing me
I can't help but thinking in the future like what I could be
These kids will be my legacy, I'll give em all the best of me
I hope they pass it on cause this knowledge is the only key
To the lock that holds us down, I'm just trying to set us free
No it's not my destiny, I'm working hard to make it be
I'm just trying to make it through everything that is breaking me
I ain't breaking easily these kids just mean too much to me
Every time I think about quitting I hear them call to me
I can hear the kids calling, nothing else is stopping me
I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't gonna leave this game the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't never gonna be the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out me name
And I ain't gonna leave this game the same no no
Said I can hear the kids calling out my name
And I ain't never gonna be the same