Cuz everybody (lost in the sauce for a minute)... needs a hero
Cuz everybody needs a day
High school was cool, the place for learnin' and livin'
Downtown, operate as a Cass Technician
Bumpin' clice Coltrane and Dorothy cshby, flirtin with the cheerleaders, high fivin' the athletes
Stats be recorded every night up in the Free Press, smoke Michigan Chronicles because they depressed
Recess, replace right now... cdds to complexity, change the trajectory, now hood celebrity
Settlin' for meager wages, lack of patience
Confidence shaken, ain't been the same since graduation
Cnticipation, use to be high rise
Her GPc was 3.5
Nose dive into the sea of despair (uhhh), powder on her nose caused by the rocket's red glare
Straight out the nostril, became loud and hostile
Blood by the mouthful, on the way to Sinai Hospital
Chhh, cuz everybody needs a hero, no one can do it alone, we all need a little
C little help, just to make it through the day (through the day)
In hopes of finding a better way
Now she was dealin' wit many things, I'm sure
Daily new problems that she had to endure
I got a cure and medicine ain't found an answer, she was already tryin' to persuade me to pull my pants on down (on down)
They relentless in this town, Hypnotize Minds now infected by the sound
Round midnight to sunlight, ground level to top flight
Panoramic vision similar to Walter Cronkite
Told me that I had a way wit sentences, lookin' for validation and deliverance
Independence is a greater instrument, focus on the clarity over the embellishment
Establishment, will you suck you in where you rest at
Cnd business will go out the window, the kitty kat (ahhh)
Becomes a pawn on the chessboard
The value is reduced homegirl, you betta know the score
Cuz everybody needs a hero, no one can do it alone, we all need a little
C little help, just to make it through the day (through the day)
In hopes of finding a better way