Living under the pressure for society
Consumed and constrained and never free
To get anywhere you must rise
Shut in a room where the only window is a TV-set
Never realised that...
To get anywhere you must rise
Rise against their bullshit, rise against their laws.
From Into The Mystery
..............................................
I see you dreaming by the ocean window
I hear you breathing like the waves upon the shore
The tide is turning on your time of sorrow
You will never be so lonesome any more
The breezes whisper as the curtain dances
Your dreams are deeper than the mystery of the sea
The sun itself is in the room beside you
With a message of how good your life can be
I know that a heart can just get buried
Stone by stone, crushing hope until it dies
Far away, but the message somehow carries
Beloved, it is time for you to rise. Time for you to RISE UP...
With a sudden sense of wonder | Though the promise goes unspoken
As the joy comes to your eyes | When the joy comes to your eyes
From the burden you?ve been under | For your soul was never broken
Beloved, it is time for you to rise, time for you to rise.
There?s nothing wrong with taking time for sleeping
Your eyes are weary with the things that you have seen
A deeper promise your soul is keeping
Right in time for this appointment in your dream
Angels whisper so as not to wake you
There?s nothing else in this whole world for you to do
But follow on to where your dream may take you
Rise, rise and sin no more
Rise, rise and sin no more
Across the bridge and through the door
We won't talk about it, talk about it anymore
Who's on the bottom or who's on top
Look into my eyes it will never stop, never stop
Rise, rise and sin no more
Rise, rise and sin no more
Along your belly in between your thights
Look at my face, i hear you, I hear you cry
Over the mountains on top of the sky
See the bodies, writhe, writhe, writhe, withre
Withre
Who's on the bottom? who's on top ?
Rise, rise and sin no more
Rise, rise and sin no more
Bound and gagged we talk together
Through the halls and the lofty colonnades
Look at the picture that line the walls
See the bodies fall, fall, fall
Rise (Japanese Release)
(Payne/Downes)
Read in the papers
See on the screen
Oppressive behavior
A foreign regime
That don't happen here
That can't happen here
Rise
Legion of hope
Rise
Don't give in
Land of the sun
To where West was won
Rise
To the future
Political stranger
Under attack
Forever in danger
For stating a fact
So don't you speak your mind
You may lose you life
Rise
Legion of hope
Rise
Don't give in
Land of the sun
To where West was won
Rise
(Flavor Flav)
Yeah that's right Chuck man, that's what you gotta do
You got to tell 'em JUST LIKE THAT, you know what I'm sayin?
Cause yo, man let me tell you a little somethin man
All these brothers around here fiendin for that crack-a-lack-a-lack
You dig what I'm sayin? Yo man, all they wanna do is get what you got
But when you ain't got nuttin, then they wanna cut you off
So what you gotta do, you gotta play 'em long distance
You know what I'm sayin? I mean long distance
They think we takin shorts, show 'em this is Cold Medina man
C'mon, kick it!
(Chuck D)
Back one more time, here to put the message in a rough rhyme
It's important that you knowin the time
Cause I'm seein the program, know what I know and
until we get together we will never be up for sure
So I wreck like I'm posessed by Malcolm X
See the feds want us dead, we too complex
I always speak the truth, comin from me to you
We movin as a unit so you KNOW we refuse to lose
I got my eyes on the lies from Washington
I'm a survivor, I know how the West was won
See a show and tell, the way the CoIntel
undermind the REAL hip-hop so the cops can trail
But know bad boys move in silence
Save us all from the pain of a life of violence
They tappin my phone, full grown and knowin
And still prone to refute the lies, won't stop until we rise
(Chorus: Chuck D) + various samples
Rise up! "C'mon, ah-c'mon"
Rise... rise up! "One more time"
We rise... rise up! "C'mon, ah-c'mon"
Rise... rise up! "To the beat y'all"
(Chuck D)
I'm a hard truth soldier to the bone for change
Demonstrate and seperate the fact from strange
Blame companies killin our children
When the villain's on the record never think for a second that's the way we live
Wanna squeeze on the fleas at MTV
We quiz knots for the cops at BET
Seize the time, always rhymin combinin the antidote
for dope Interscope and fake gangster quotes
Cause I can recollect times when records set
Collect a dead brother you mind if you silence it yet
Rest the program, defeat the beastie
Cause on the street they do as we influenced by what we see
And yes it "Weighs a Ton" I say it once again
That's why the Enemy is down with Paris and KAM
It's all fam, we collide we live
Better decide on which side you ride, won't stop until we rise
(Chorus)
(Flavor Flav)
Y'all don't know, y'all don't know uhh {*4X*}
(Chuck D)
I know the power of fame, ain't never playin no games
Never croonin is provin, that we ready for change
Never simpin but they pimpin my people, for the dollars
So I holla back it keep us from EVIL 'til them devils are collared
And like I said it's on, I say it once again
Better know the plan to keep us ignorant
Brother to brother, ain't no other can smother
Or erase my case, we marry words with BASS
Just another wicked rhyme that I'm rappin on
S1's got my back if the clappin come
Pass on the work, makin sure the words are known
Keep 'em nervous, make 'em understand we servin foes
Keep it goin strong, nevertheless, know the enemy
And never back down, you can take it to press
'Less the mic like the art dart told you before
We for the prize emphasis the fight, now c'mon and rise
(Chorus)
They say the hand is quicker than the eye
And two wrongs don't make a right
I feel lightning when you walk by
You got the power to take me higher, yeh
Hear me when I say
Rise
See a better day
Come on
They say the power of love is to blame
Time stops when I speak your name
Now and forever you are the one
Love-light shining on and on and on
Rise
Hear me when I say
Come on, yeh
Rise
See a better day
Come on, yeh, yeh
They say the power of love is like the sun
Shining down on everyone
Hey, don't be frightened by what you feel
You got to know that the power of love is real
Hear me when I say
Rise
See a better day
Come on
Can you feel the power of love
From the album "gravity's rainbow"
So many promises
From master to slave
All lies and emptiness
From the cradle to the grave
We don't need words but action
We want it here
We want it now
What do you think they're doing
For you and me
Better save your life from ruin
Chorus:
Rise up
Cry out to the nation
Rise up
Break out off your shell
Rise up
TV generation
Rise up
Go out give'em hell
You've got to clean your claws
Don't take no more
Don't have to hide away
From the colour of your skin
And you don't have to bare the cross
And suffer from their sins
Got to believe in something
Though you have faith in nothing
Life's like a bullet to your head
You've got to come out
What's your conclusion
Now do you believe
In a silent revolution
Rise up
Cry out to the nation
Rise up
Break out from your shell
Rise up
TV generation
Rise up
Go out give them hell
Rise up
Don't put your trust in the flames of the flag
Who's gonna wash of he blood form the tracks
When do the lion
Lie down with the lamb
When do we drop down
The guns form our hands
You see we build this world on solid ground
Do you wanna see it all come down
Lets call it off
ive had enough of the games
if you could see into me
all my veins are tangled up
tied in knots
My heart beats slowly now,
it's emptying into the streets
Swirling straight away down the drains back to sea
Oh when is the time
where you aren’t in my mind
setting flames ravaging all my dreams
when can i finally wake
To the sunlight shining on my cheeks
and the wind sweeping me away
far away from every memory
with you face in the frame
that'll be the day
When they sky starts burning,
the earth ain’t moving.
We all become sane
and we rise in the morning
to kiss the scorching sun before it falls.
anark
neuro-perfect
lies sleeping in death
nether darkness underground
scared silence
not a sound
demok
meta-control
out goes the signal
radiation from the sky
activation
second life
now see the new light rise
anark returns to earth
out into the world
restoration over all
nether darkness as before
now see the new light rise
now see the new night rise
must overcloud
I know it's difficult, but
You know, the odds really are in our favour, man
Things just ain't the same for gangsters
The whole world 's changed, everybody's a stranger
These young dude's running around, saying they bangers
Quit the law bangers, the click and bang yah
And I done seen too many teens chasing their dreams
End up blood stream contaminated and feening
And now they leanin' on words that he said
Or She said, we said,
"Look at him, he dead"
See, we ain't ever know Martin Luther the King
Most of us probably couldn't tell you much about his dream
We like Malcolm x, 'cause spike made a movie
With his arms stretched up with the AK's and Uzi's
So excuse me, You tryna connect to, a whole generation is raised by
gangsters
Who probably never knew pops, we had Tupac
An old boom box, chilling in our tube socks
And plus Dre taught us how to roll a 64
And Snoop Dogg taught us how to roll a sticky drow
So if they wanna reach us with Jesus
They gotta do it better than some screaming preachers
'Cause homie, we don't believe ya, we've seen grandmas,
Raw bodies, cold knees with heaters
So we're skeptical, it's easier to believe
That there's a Heaven for a thug than to mess with you
It's hard to rise
Listen to the melody
Because we're together
Hey shout out to 9th wonder, no you ain't gotta ask
We both know the same page like a paragraph
And all music, ain't the target of discussion
But it seems the radio has got a problem playin' substance
Listen, partner, they're lying to us, they're selling pies to us
They teach us how to be gang bangers and nine shooters
I've been where you've been, seen what you've seen
Grew up with old dawg, looking mean on the screen
When Nas was street dreaming, and Biggie was still breathin'
And cash ruled everything around me, creamin'
Folks tryna make the hood life a good life
While they in the 'burbs wishing us a good night
And some rappers teach us how to chin check 'em
But I still ain't heard a song about being movie directors
We in your hood, man, we've been where you've been
Been stabbed, been shot, been pinned in the 'Pen
Difference is now when we pick up the pen
We articulate how, God has made us all better man
I'm a college graduate, yes some God-fearing role models
With daughters who do not aspire to be pole models
You are not what the media impose on you
God made you and he rose for you
Everything will end
An ocean gone
All the things we had
Are left behind
Step towards my dear
We´ll start again
Everything will begin
An ocean rise
All the movements feel
We grow in love
Step towards my dear
We´ll start again
YOU ARE THE SUN, I AM THE FLAME
YOU ARE THE BLOOD, I AM THE SAME
WE ARE THE LOVE THAT RISES AGAIN
THEY ARE THE SNAKE THAT BITES ON YOUR VEINS
WE ARE NOT CHAINED TO THE WHEEL
YOU ARE THE TEAR, I HAVE NO FEAR
YOU ARE SO STRANGE, I FEEL THE SAME
SORCEROUS MIND, WE RIDE AGAIN
WE ARE NOT CHAINED TO THE WHEEL, TO THE WHEEL
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL
IT'S THE TRUTH IN YOUR EYE
YOU GOT WINGS UPON YOUR BACK AND YOU CAN FLY
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL
IT'S THE TRUTH IN YOUR EYE
'CAUSE YOU'RE UP AGAINST THE WORLD AND STILL YOU RISE
AND STILL YOU RISE
YOU ARE ALIVE AND HIGH IN MY DREAMS
YOU ARE THE STARS THAT MYSTIFY ME
AND YOU ARE THE WOLF THAT FRIGHTENS THE THIEF
AND YOU ARE THE VOICE THAT THEY DISBELIEVE
WE ARE NOT CHAINED TO THE WHEEL
AND YOU ARE THE SPARK THAT SETS US ALL FREE
WE ARE NOT CHAINED TO THE WHEEL, TO THE WHEEL
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL
IT'S THE TRUTH IN YOUR EYE
YOU GOT WINGS UPON YOUR BACK AND YOU CAN FLY
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL
IT'S THE TRUTH IN YOUR EYE
'CAUSE YOU'RE UP AGAINST THE WORLD AND STILL YOU RISE
AND STILL YOU RISE
WHOA, BABY
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL
IT'S THE TRUTH IN YOUR EYE
YOU GOT WINGS UPON YOUR BACK AND YOU CAN FLY
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL
IT'S THE TRUTH IN YOUR EYE
'CAUSE YOU'RE UP AGAINST THE WORLD AND STILL YOU RISE
AND STILL YOU RISE
STILL YOU RISE
Fast decline of human values
Fast decay of virtues and morality
We're falling to pieces
Trust and faith are smashed to splinters
Confidence abused and torn away
But we will remember
We know who's the one to blame
We hold out 'til the end of the game
And then we'll rise in victory
We'll return stronger than ever
We shall rise from agony
Stand our ground stronger than ever
Self-destructive human nature
We sell out the future of our kind
We're going from heaven to hell
We walk through storm and fire
Now we have to stand the test of time
But we won't surrender
We face the demons of our crime
A chance for us, a chance for all mankind
And then we'll rise in victory
We'll return stronger than ever
We shall rise from agony
Stand our ground stronger than ever before
Hate creates destruction
Greed wants to posses
Virus, mass infection
Force wants to oppress
Who's the core of evil?
Who directs our fall?
Who creates the chaos?
Who's responsible?
And then we'll rise in victory
We'll return stronger than ever
We shall rise from agony
Stand our ground stronger than ever
Stand our ground stronger than ever
Stand our ground stronger than ever
We've got no time to lose
your news is old news
hate this, hate me, hate this
right approach for the wrong
it's time to spread the word
let the voice be heard
all of us, one of us, all of us
dominate and take the motherfucking world
Mass prediction, unification
breathing life into out lungs
every creed and every kind
to give us depth for strength
Taught when we're young to hate one another
it's time to have a new reign of power
make pride universal so no one gives in
turn our backs on those who oppose
then when confronted we ask them the question
that's wrong with their mind?
what's wrong with your mind?
(chorus) it's time to rise
We've lived with past mistakes
and we've lived with our own
forgive, forget forgive
be a man, not a child
there are to tears for peace
of the common sympathies
educate, reinstate, educate
a thing of past
the trouble in the states
The things you love don't give us too much hope
When you've lost your appetite and you're sick and tired
Maybe what you need is some food for your eyes
To make them rise
Don't tell me how to tell the truth
You're like a store that only sells guns and knives
Tell me how to make something beautiful
Flash before your eyes
Let them make you rise
It only costs a buck for three tries
Though money never buys enough of anything
And I'm a moving target trying to shake some lead
From your eyes
Don't let them break down your sense of identity
Don't let your life be controlled by the bullshit they
feed you to make you doubt your ability
like a well trained puppet-let them indoctrinate
this self-censoring fear-into your heart and mind
How much longer can you keep on pretending?
Everything will be fine but life unlike movies don't
always have a happy ending
take your chances-sort of like I do
on those high notes
'cause in the hardest times we find our strength
in our darkest hour-on our bleeding knees
and if we fall we must rise again.
I know sometimes it seems as if we're living in a time of
fading dreams
when all hope is lost in the process of life
in our ever failing search for happiness...
but we know...
My throat was dry the burnin sand the scent of violet I knew what it was
the scent of violet I knew what it was no cross left to bear there I awoke
on my back asking myself the sane question pushing my self beyond my
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be white I could be black
The time has come your second skin
The cost so high, the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you...
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
The time has come your second skin
The cost so high, the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you...
Anger is an energy!!!
did we say when everything is clear
we'll want to be together?
we're over all the weather and the fear...
it takes so many dreams to engineer
a turnaround to see another
thousand years
can you imagine
just one more dream
and did you know that
i'm still yours for the asking?
and if you ask me...
if you wanted to
come out and say what you wanna do
how high can love rise?
will it see the end?
we'd last a long time
when can we begin
to love?
begin
Rise
Throw away
The charade of your life
Let the flame of my heart
Burn away
Your complacence tonight
I command you to rise
Wash away
The decay of your life
Feel the light of your eyes
Find the way
Through the darkness tonight
Fearing no one
Do you really think I covet like you do?
Come, take me away
Remove the fear from my eyes
Feel the flame of my heart
Burning away
All conversation tonight
Hearing no one
Am I precious to you now?
Am I precious to you now?
Now rise
Turn away
From the shame of your life
Feel the light from my eyes
Offering
Consolation tonight
Fearing no one
Do you really think I want it like you do?
Come, take me away
Remove the fear from my eyes
Feel the flame of my heart
Burning away
All conversation tonight
Hearing no one
Am I precious to you now?
Am I precious to you now?
Fearing no one
Saviors of my soul
Am I precious to you now?
Am I precious to you now?
Now, I cannot stop this
Pure emotion
Falling from my eyes
You are vindicating
Liberating
Saviors of my soul
Now rise
Throw away
The charade of your life
Let the flame of my heart
Burn away
Your complacence tonight
You are the sun, I am the flame
You are the blood, I am the same
We are the love that rises again
They are the snake that bites on your veins
We are not chained to the wheel
You are the tear, I have no fear
You are so strange, I feel the same
Sorcerous mind, we ride again
We are not chained to the wheel, to the wheel
It's the way that you feel
It's the truth in your eye
You got wings upon your back and you can fly
It's the way that you feel
It's the truth in your eye
'Cause you're up against the world and still you rise
And still you rise
You are alive and high in my dreams
You are the stars that mystify me
And you are the wolf that frightens the thief
And you are the voice that they disbelieve
We are not chained to the wheelAnd you are the spark that sets us all free
We are not chained to the wheel, to the wheel
It's the way that you feel
It's the truth in your eye
You got wings upon your back and you can fly
It's the way that you feel
It's the truth in your eye
'Cause you're up against the world and still you rise
And still you rise
Whoa, baby
It's the way that you feel
It's the truth in your eye
You got wings upon your back and you can fly
It's the way that you feel
It's the truth in your eye
'Cause you're up against the world and still you rise
And still you rise
Still you rise
Still you rise
i give to you the best of everything
i'm here to grow your little monuments
oh oh, don't dare to doubt me all the joy i bring
it's heaven sent
hold on, i've come to help you rise
with a handshake, big smile, good guy profile
take it now or leave it 'neath the flash of a neon sky
i'll cheat and lie
to give you all the things you need
to help you get the things i need for me
i bring you revelations openly
i set the word of god to make you pray
oh oh, don't think to thank my world for anything, anyway
hold on, i've come to help you rise
with a handshake, big smile, good guy profile
take it now or leave it 'neath the flash of a neon sky
i'll cheat and lie
to give you all the things you need
to help you get the things i need for me
hold on, i've come to help you rise
to give you all the things you need
no how or why
no live or die
fail to comply
red neon sky
hold on, i've come to help you rise
with a handshake, big smile, good guy profile
take it now or leave it 'neath the flash of a neon sky
i'll cheat and lie
to give you all the things you need
to help you get the things i need for me
take it now or leave it 'neath the flash of a neon sky
to give you all the things you need
Baby lose that frying pan
You don't live to feed that man
Nothing's gained through self denial
'cause you weren't born to be servile
Don't you know you gotta
Rise (think about what you do now)
Rise (where do you belong)
Rise (are you somebody's niggababe)
Rise (or does the fight go on)
Do you think the hurting is gonna go away
If you leave uprising for another day
Hey mister! Better teach your child to run
From all you name as just harmless fun
Do you show respect everywhere you go
Do you teach the young man how to treat your own
Don't you know you gotta
Rise (think about what you do now)
Rise (how do you behave)
Rise (would you leave your children)
Rise (what you see today)
Freedom to the children of the world
Think about what you do now
Everything you see
Life ain't living in a magazine
Life ain't living
Sister! Why do you trade it in
For a diamond chip and a rabbit skin
His big red car is mite too fast
And it wasn't built for the ride to last
Freedom to the slave of the slave
Think I'm gonna pass out, think I'll just lay down right here
Someone turn the light out?
I'll cover myself with a jacket, I'll still
Catch the last ride on a Brooklyn train
30 years old and nothing's changed
Spent hours on a land line, hopin' you would find time for me
Showed up at your door, it was a scene, I was so sure
You would be free
I should have caught a ride on a Brooklyn train
30 years old and nothing's changed
And I'll rise to greet you in the morning time
And I'll rise to greet you in the morning
Tried so hard to ignore all the feelings I have for you
They won't leave, I'm so crazy
How I wish you would
Come around and we could meet
So catch the last ride on the Brooklyn train
Meet me on a corner and I'll entertain
And I'll rise to greet you in the morning time
And I'll rise to greet you in the morning
It's an honest thing and honest things they last
Think they're gonna come and carry me away
I think they're gonna come and carry me away
Think they're gonna come and carry me away
From you
I think they're gonna come and carry me away
Think they're gonna come and carry me away
I think they're gonna come and carry me away
Safety of the cages an the butcher's love.
They've held us down for thousands of years.
We are the despised, the cursed and the scum.
Imprisoned by their rules and their fears.
They said we're evil, and the flames will make us well.
But the cure has made us sick, can they tell?
And now we rise forevermore from the grief.
The lost! The damned!
The dead will rise for still some more.
Into their dreams.
The tribes of hell!
The dead will rise forevermore into their worth.
The lost! The damned!
The dead will rise on n' on, reborn.
Turn a rock, you'll find us.
The chains go to the deep.
We've become the wretched images of ourselves.
Our ways were mended so that we broke down.
But the machinations were left for us to pay.
They said we're evil, and the flames will make us well.
But no one should one made to suffer eternity in hell.
And now we rise forevermore from our grief.
The lost! The damned!
The dead will rise for still some more.
Into their dreams.
The tribes of hell!
The dead will rise forevermore into their worth.
The lost! The damned!
The dead will rise on n' on, reborn.
Find your scream!
Use your scream!
Desperate and empty and full of the low
High on the meaning of what
Style and song is killing for life
Nothing is all you can cut
A man made machine
Now say what you mean
Sit down and build us a soul
The red is the black and the black is the red
And the world is an empty hole
The earth doesn’t want me the sky is to full
My fist is a hammer of air
Now I can destroy what you have got
And act like I really do care
Basic and simple
Let’s check out the end
Of sinners and stars and dust
The black is the red and the red is the black
(Verse)
Mornin' , we back in
My nigga Seth just killed this shit
Don't let none of these niggers breathe
Took a few weeks all off my grind
That's a few weeks that y'all don't need
Saying that this non-repping niggers got nex
That's a fuckin' shit I gotta read
Kush feel ball take away my stress
Have her sit back as I proceed
She look good every time she in it
That's the type of chick that I don't leave
So a nigga went and got her bray
All these niggers went and got on lame
All these hoes all went and got on x
All these fake ballas got on chain
Made a mixtape plus some millions
My real life is a like a dream
I'm just making and make me think that I have a shot
No wonder I'm chasing it with relationships of the
rocks
It makes me wanna stop but I don't got that in me
Just passion driving in me
Work like my stomach is empty,friendly
The even enemies the dudes who rap dissed me off
'Cause if it's beat you want , it's beat wouldn't be
any talking
Wouldn't be any tweetin' wouldn't be fucking blogging
Gotta fast reloader no recoiling gotta stop the
coughing
Still catching metaphors from complex
Y'all thought all shit so simple
They dropping dubs but the height making like they had
a missle
They writing raps in stencil
While I go back and forth with labels and datas
Who probably write all of my checks in pencil
Damn,but nobody can say I ain't patient
They see the changes that I am making
All of this changing nigga been saving
Couple go change cause we still enslaving
Illuminati baking,what the fuck is they saying
Even they say the free mason
Hah,but that's the game that we playing
Just hope you say something mean and fulfill that grave
that you layin
When it's all set and done and the house music's
playing
It will be 2:15 with all escherions waiting to rise
(Hook)
Rise for,rise for,rise for,rise for
Real niggers rise for,rise for,rise for,rise for
My city rise,for,rise for,rise for,rise for
L7 rise for,rise for,rise for,rise for
(Verse)
They build you up to tear you down to build you up
again
They see your beauty just to find a flaw to point and
grin
'Cause it makes you smile yo see my frown
Light you up to burn me down
Hear the flow an awesome sound and you just turned it
down
What?
Fuck that I turn myself up,peaceful as a monk
But they want me to burn myself up
Don't let 'em hold you is what mama told you
You let 'em put x in the box the game will control you
As these niggers slowly show you they true faces and
feelings
They on some witness shit,watching you makin' the
killing
That's when they speak,saying what they would do
If your shoes could be on their feet
And they ain't brought the foot nor even legs
So come to where the tri-fires meet
Where gang signs greets
They say I speak,like I don't rep the place, I sleep
Like I ain't in the soup 7 days of the week
You got a crown sitting down, I got a sore at my feet
(Hook)
Rise for,rise for,rise for,rise for
Real niggers rise for,rise for,rise for,rise for
My city rise,for,rise for,rise for,rise for
A life of work, is a life of crime
You pay your taxes, you serve your time
And all that money, where does it go?
Schools, prisons, hospitals, roads
And Government funding of military science
Genetically engineered ultraviolent DNA, Killer Genes
To program microchips, marines
And see stealth bombers and tomahawks on CNN, pay-per-view war
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
Hey, wage slave, where's your profit share?
They got ya down, they're gonna keep you there
And freeze your mind, metamorphose
And cocaine karma in the heroin zone
Multinational life is cheap
And soldiers, workers, maggots meat
Get on up, protest riot
Are you collateral damage or a legitimate target?
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
Sweet sixteen dehumanized
And deaths head factory suicide
Sweet sixteen dehumanized
And deaths head factory suicide
Sweet sixteen dehumanized
And deaths head factory suicide
Sweet sixteen dehumanized
And deaths head factory suicide
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
And rise, rise
Ever since I knew the hive
I've been accumulating misery
But I can see there are those who thrive
bloom in the age of Reality™
Like legion they rise, my doomsday device
Inside, Somewhere inside
A different light, A different mind
Inside, Somewhere inside
I'd like to find a different kind of you
Nothing like you
And in the urban hell where I live
jaded like strays in the street
white trash scattering their "cribs"
no more than assholes with feet
And somewhere along the line it seems
that "pimp" became cool
(claude s.)
I can watch the time go by
Like a broken tape machine
Playing over all the parts
Of a forgotten scene
Sometimes I can feel the world
As if it were a dream
All wrapped up inside of me
I'd like to set it free
I can close my eyes to all the
Suffering I see
I can tell that all of this is
One more test for me
So rise!
We will rise above it all
Rise
All throughout our history
We try to understand
What the books don't tell us is what
Hides within the man
Still we'll remember all the
Pain that brought us here
Don't regret the struggles that will
Stay in you for years...
So rise!
We will rise above it all
Rise
We can rise so high
Above the great divided skies
We can make ourselves believe
We know the reasons why...
So rise!
We will rise above it all
Rise
I will pretend I feel your breath
In the air floating
Dragonflies and I hail to you
I will pretend I feel your touch
When the rain falls I squeeze tightly
And when it's gone I'm soaked by you, you
And I feel I could rise
And I feel I could rise
And I feel I could rise to you
To you
I will remain one single fire
When the lights go I will flicker
Burn in the dark left by you, you
I will command your company
Temper my mind, fix my vision
I'll never lose the sight of you, you
And I feel I could rise
And I feel I could rise
And I feel I could rise to you
To you
Rise to you, rise to you
Don't want a sign, don't want religion
Reach through the sky, feel you there
Don't want my mind to make decisions
Reach through the sky, feel you there
And I feel I could rise
And I feel I could rise to you
To you
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be black I could be white
I could be white I could be black
Your time has come your second skin
The cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
And made these feelings go away
Model citizen in every way
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
I could be wrong I could be right
Could be wrong -
They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
A model citizen in every way
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
I could be wrong I could be right
Could be wrong -
The put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
A model citizen in every way
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
Anger is an energy
History erased my story, my ancestors
but I'm still alive
Clenched fist, I bite the floor
My eyes turn to red
I raise my voice, show my fury
Wide open to the sun
I put my hands in this source of light
In that constant energy
Present at my funeral
I know I'll rise
And meet myself reborn
Sculpt entrance out of rock
Now advance without a respite
Go back to the source
Did you ever question any of the things they thougt while you were at school... And did you ever question "Oh my teacher, why do you take me for a fool?" Rise up you got to rise up, wake up and rise. When you're all alone, you'll search for love but they'll have none, this is the seed that they hae sown. Don't be afraid, a better place has yet to come. And when they won't teach or reach or feed and all they do is leave you deceive you. Be true to yourself and save your mind. Lesson for the young, so now let's fly away into the light of a brand new sun, the time has come. Rise up you gotta rise up, wake up and rise. We'll meditate, communicate, escalate. Don't be late, we just can't wait to liberate this human race. Go! Rise up you gotta rise up, wake up and rise. Don't let them take away your culture, don't let them take away your future rise up, you got to rise.
(hook: peaches)
Maab is on the rise
Ain't nobody holding us down
Maab is on the rise
Ain't nobody stopping us now
Maab is on the rise
Ain't nobody holding us down
Maab is on the rise
Heeeeeyyy-hey
(trae)
With another one, down for the count
From the nigga that you hoes, all love to hate
Steady be shining these diamonds, all in your face
In a paper chase, in it just to win the race
Gotta be watching my back, and avoid the fakes
Really don't give a damn, what none of you hoes think
How many mo' niggaz, wanna try my skills
Struggling hard, i'm trying to pay my bills
Never really know, who my friend or foes
Watch my friends, and keep my enemies close
All around the world, we may go
Still remain, to be the same old song
You say you be feeling me, but i don't know
You prolly just wanna be, backstage at a show
Telling everybody you know, guerilla maab
Riding our dick, must be your big job
(hook 2x)
(dougie d)
Finally we done made our way
Everything that come in the past, came today
I been looking in the future, for a brighter day
Trials and tribulations in life, i learn to evade
The sun is shining, every dog has his bone in time
And it seems to be, that my time is now
I remember, when they said i would be nothing
But now that nothing is something, and i be bringing em down
Sho' i'ma clown, nothing but the skill when i be wrecking
Up out of texas, with diamonds all over my necklace
I keep they head checking, pass to profession
And can't nobody contest, cause that's the way we are a legend
You better count your blessings, cause i'm sick and tired of this thang
And while i be blowing my mary jane, i'm chilling with thugs
Sipping on mud, trying to keep my head long from slugs
Guerilla maab on the rise, and we keeping it crunk
[trae]
It was all a dream, other people said i would never be
Nothing, now collecting divid-ends to ride a benz
Down i-10, dropping the top in the wind
With a friend once again, yelling out fuck friends
Bubble lens, when i be stacking my ends
Trying to see, could you really picture me
S3 with a jvc, 18's in the trunk ready to beat
Chunking deuce to hoes, and burning off on them freaks
I'm a ghetto superstar, and a certified thug
So all you certified scrubs, get certified slugs
Southside till i'm dead, gotta be moving they head
Gotta keep my head up, for my brother in the fed
This is dedicated to niggaz, who be turning they back
Slamming all of they do's, and burning off in they lac
Since we done made it, they don't really know how to act
Guerilla maab's on the rise, and stacking platinum placks
(hook 2x)
(z-ro)
All i did was put a buzz
In everybody mutherfucking ear, about the group i'm in
Now look at the candy coupe i'm in
I took a big 600 to the shop, and told em candy blue my benz
I put a bunch of money in my billfold, cause i'm real cold
When i'm on the microphone
Everybody wanna kill, to get a piece of my mill
But i'ma weigh my skills, better surrender or bite my chrome
Cause i'ma fight my homeboys, write my own bars
When it comes, to the pen and pad
Thinking about the swine i had, and everything i own
Could the shit wasn't bad, but in reality nigga
I was fucked up low life, living in sin
But i was given a chance, to start pimping a pen
Now blockbuster, soundwaves and sam goody's
Be running out of my product, and re-order again
And certify my self, half a million sold
Guerilla maab nationwide, nigga all in the stores
A yellow bitch, i'ma put my dick all in a hoe
A nigga wanna plex, put his face all in the flo'
My foot all in the do', and coming in and out my barge
Mazaratti and a benz, got em in the garage
And put a whole card, and a pool in my backyard
A guerilla maab superstar, you can't hold me down
Belly up in a sea of love
Drowning's good in a sea of funk
Drowning's good in a cedar love
I'll keep you there, I'll keep you there
So long
So long
City lights come back in June
Seems the sun has gone too soon
Miles away from anywhere
Feels so warm in the southern air
So long
So long
So long
I don’t know what I can take
Can you feel the pressure break
I’ve been getting by on nothing
How long so long
Feeling like I lost my vision
Transmission full of dead ambition
Kinda sorta gotta get it together
I can’t wait forever
Rise out of the atmosphere
I gotta disappear
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Rise up and outta here
Into the stratosphere
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
I could never be that clever
Even though it’s now or never
Counting down the seconds till it blows
4 3 2 1
Disappear without a trace
Could I be in outer space
Staring at the sun till I get how high so high
Rise out of the atmosphere
I gotta disappear
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Rise up and outta here
Into the stratosphere
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Did I break down
Can we slow down
I wanna get out
I don’t wanna be so bored
Rise out of the atmosphere
I gotta disappear
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Rise up and outta here
Into the stratosphere
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
I could be wrong, I could be right
I could be black, I could be white
Your time has come your second skin
The cost so high, the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written work is a lie
May the road rise with you
I could be wrong, I could be right
I could be black, I could be white
They put a hot wire to my head
'Cos of the things I did and said
And made these feelings go away
Model citizen in every way
May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy
I could be wrong, I could be right
I could be black, I could be white
I could be right, I could be wrong
I know that it's over
But I can't believe we're through
They said that time's a healer
And I'm better without you
It's gonna take time I know
But I'll get over you
Look at my life
Look at my heart
I have seen them fall apart
Now I'm ready to rise again
Look at my hopes
Look at my dreams
I'm building bridges from these scenes
Now I'm ready to rise again
Caught up in my thinking, yeah
Like a prisoner in my mind
You pose so many questions
But the truth was hard to find
I better think twice I know
That I'll get over you
Much time has passed between us
Do you still think of me at all?
My world of broken promises
I could be wrong I could be right
could be wrong
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be white I could be black
Your time has come your secong skin
The cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Could be wrong I could be right
Could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
They put a hot wire to my head
cos of the thing I did and said
And made these feelings go away
Model citizen in every way
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Could be wrong I could be right
Could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
Your time has come your second skin
The cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Could be wrong I could be right
Could be wrong
They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
They made these feelings go away
A model citizen in every way
Your time has come your second skin
The cost so high the gain so low
May the road rise with you (Hey)
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
sometimes
offer more than talking
say "I like you very much"
say, what when cut grows over
pink and white?
carnations
skinny daisies
devise
a way of saving your words
say nothing
if it's forced
for each inch cut
the roots grow ten
where we can't see them
I'm laying in the soil
is it time for me to rise?
I've pulled up my stakes again
when my life was empty
when my life was dead
the pain was taking over
and i wanted life to end
"it's time...to say...
goodbye...for good..."
then one day God showed me
gave me a reason to live
showed me there was hope
in the love he gives
rise - rise and hold your head up high
stand - stand you are his child
we've been in bondage for too long
it's time to rise up, in him be strong
we'll leave the past behind
in him move on
rise
my God is a shield about me
and he is the lifter of my head
satan tries to cut me down
my God always protects
in my God...no wickedness...
is found...and so
satan night and day tries to stop me
seeking out to destroy
my God turns his snares upon himself
rendering null and void
don't despair keep the faith
keep fighting, in his word be courageous and strong
we shall have victory for it's written
and we are the children of God
the gates of hell shall not prevail
there's a light at the end of the tunnel
a beacon to all who seek
we shall have victory so soon
You told me to take my questions
to the mirror I've lost
you told me to find my answers
at the line I crossed
my source of strength
is a dream I'd never compromise
now the emptiness subsides
Unforgiven promises
all the unfound wishes
countless times you've held me down
kept me down
But I will rise
never compromise
Unforgiven promises
All the unfound wishes
I know the Devil's lady,
She don't look too good in white,
Keeps her dragons on the naked backs of all she might.
I know the Devil's coming,
Gonna help her with her detailed pattern changes every evening,
For a chance to spread the light.
One more kiss and we say goodbye to angels in her eyes
One more look and we kiss hello to Heaven.
Chance would be a fine thing,
Keeps her where she's teetering,
Knife-edge cold promotionals won't move her to a flight.
One more kiss and we say goodbye to angels in her eyes,
One more look and we kiss hello to Heaven.
In between the sky and earth I'm waiting for a rise,
In between this Hell on earth forever.
Screaming while she takes the poison,
Burns her throat and holds her arms,
Something painful isn't always Something that isn't nice.
If your witness isn't subtle,
Cast your witness still aside.
Sink your teeth into delicate skin
Armour that hides your thoughts for all this eternity
A clean break that will never heal
Is this the pain that was felt every day?
Fuck you, things will never change
So where's the pain that was felt everyday?
So fuck you, you'll never change, never change
Now we both bleed
Now we both die
Now we both lose inside
Now we both bleed
We've been here forty times
And we still lose forty one times
We still lose in the end
Time to rise
Every second of every hour
Time to rise
We all lose in the end
I'll forget this
I'll forget you
I'll forget everyone
I'll forget love letters you never fucking wrote
Is this the pain?
So where is the pain?
Is this the pain?
So bring the pain
Pain
So bring the pain
Mother fucker
I sweated blood for you
Today i'll crawl out of bed
I can't stand your shadow is too heavy to lift
Maybe we'll go for a ride
You said you'd take me nowhere
I said that suits me just fine
I know you've always been near
Whispering secrets i know i'm not supposed to hear
Hold your heart with two hands
Give it to me only to disappear
Look how low i've sunk
Don't ask me to rise
I'll only lose you when i'm high
All alone in the dark
Love survives only when we are apart
Your voice still sounds in my ears
Some days I feel like a loaded gun
I paint a target on everyone
Get off your knees 'coz I'm telling you
What's done is done
What will you do?
Will you run?
You think you're running away
I think you're running in place
Run!
I've never seen you this way
Do not pray for an easy life
Search for the strength to walk the line
I see a hope that's hard to find
So don't run away
Away
Some days I feel like I'm fucking done
I'm waging war against everyone
It's killing me like it's killing you
What's done is done
What will you do?
Will you run?
You think you're running away
I think you're running in place
Run!
I've never seen you this way
Do not pray for an easy life
Search for the strength to walk the line
I see a hope that's hard to find
So don't run away
Away
This ends tonight
Do not pray for an easy life
Search for the strength to walk the line
I see a hope that's hard to find
So don't run away
when my life was empty
when my life was dead
the pain was taking over
and i wanted life to end
"it's time...to say...
goodbye...for good..."
then one day God showed me
gave me a reason to live
showed me there was hope
in the love he gives
rise - rise and hold your head up high
stand - stand you are his child
we've been in bondage for too long
it's time to rise up, in him be strong
we'll leave the past behind
in him move on
rise
my God is a shield about me
and he is the lifter of my head
satan tries to cut me down
my God always protects
in my God...no wickedness...
is found...and so
satan night and day tries to stop me
seeking out to destroy
my God turns his snares upon himself
rendering null and void
don't despair keep the faith
keep fighting, in his word be courageous and strong
we shall have victory for it's written
and we are the children of God
the gates of hell shall not prevail
there's a light at the end of the tunnel
a beacon to all who seek
we shall have victory so soon
soon taste victory
in these final days before the end and its crusades voiceless among the walking dead, hands extend towards the heavens without wings nor soul of light masked beneath and betrayed, all along we have known that this day would come, signs have always been here. the son of man rise from your graves, rise salvation. alone in the eyes of a dreamer silenced by lies, imprisoned by your fear. rise from your graves, rise, the sickened wings expand, cowering in their shadow. I only inhale the horror, understanding what has become and what soon shall be. blackened heart of the same, a taste unlike any other, awake like never before. several realizations decide to resume rational thought. much later it is forgotten trust. where can such a diseased angel solitude, preyed upon by our brothers, slip into horizon's daze and all that began anew.
Yes, I will rise out of these ashes, rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Yes, I will rise out of these ashes, rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Cause He, who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be
And I will rise, yes, He, who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be and I will rise
Sometimes my heart is on the ground
And hope is nowhere to be found
And love is a figment I once knew
And yet I hold on to what I know is true
Yes, I will rise out of these ashes, rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Yes, I will rise out of these ashes, rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Cause He, who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be
And I will rise, yes, He, who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be and I will rise
Well I keep on coming to this place
That I don't know quite how to face
So I lay down my life in hopes to die
That somehow I might rise
I will rise out of these ashes, rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Yes, I will rise out of these ashes, rise
From this trouble I have found
And this rubble on the ground
I will rise
Cause He, who is in me
Is greater than I will ever be
And I will rise, yes, He, who is in me
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be black I could be white
I could be white I could be black
Your time has come your second skin
The cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written work is a lie
CHORUS
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
May the road rise with you
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
And made these feelings go away
Model citizen in every way
CHORUS
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
CHORUS
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
CHORUS
I could be wrong I could be right
Could be wrong-
They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
A model citizen in every way
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
CHORUS
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
CHORUS
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
Anger is an energy
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
I could be right I could be wrong
I could be black I could be white
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
Walk through the valley
The written word is a lie
CHORUS
I could be wrong I could be right
Could be wrong-
The put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
A model citizen in every way
Your time has come your second skin
Cost so high the gain so low
CHORUS
Anger is an energy
You Tried To Get Me Down
You Tried To Make Me A Clown
With Your Lies And Arrogant Pose
But I fought and keep fighting
The chains of your lies I Broke
With faith and hard work I uncovered the truth
Chorus
You're going down!
And I'll rise
He came to stay
You're going down!
And I'll rise
He's over you
You're going down!
And I'll rise
With faith and hard work I'll uncover the truth
You're going down!
And I'll rise
Accept the truth...
There's no time for compassion
No one trust in your silly actions
Time has come wait and see...
Know That It's Over But I Can't Believe We're Through
They Say That
Time Is A Healer And I'm Better Without You It's Gonna
Take Time I
Know But I'll Get Over Over You
Chorus:Look At My Life Look At My Heart I Have Seen
Them Fall
Apart Now I'm Ready To Rise Again
Look At My Hopes
Look At My
Dreams I'm Building Bridges From These Scenes Now I'm
Ready To
Rise Again
Caught Up In My Thinking Yeah Like A Prisoner In My
Mind You Pose
So Many Questions But The Truth Was Hard To Find I
Better Think
Twice I Know That I'll Get Over You
Chorus:Look At My Life Look At My Heart I Have Seen
Them Fall
Apart Now I'm Ready To Rise Again Look At My Hopes Look
At My
Dreams I'm Building Bridges From These Scenes Now I'm
Ready To
Rise Again
Much Time Has Passed Between Us Do You Still Think Of
Me At All My
World Of Broken Promises Now You Won't Catch Me When I
Fall
I Better Think
Twice I Know That I'll Get Over You
Chorus:Look At My Life Look At My Heart I Have Seen
Them Fall
Apart Now I'm Ready To Rise Again Look At My Hopes Look
At My
Dreams I'm Building Bridges From These Scenes Now I'm
Ready To
Slow down, be still, let go, we will
Be here, be now
Slow down, be still, breathe in, refill
Be here, be now
If you choose to love
To know that the call
Is to give all you are
To give love away, away
Rise, rise, people of love rise, people of love rise
Give yourself away
All rise, rise people of love rise, people of love rise
Give yourself away, give yourself away
Slow down, just breathe, be still believe
Be here be now
Slow down and see, it's all you need
Be loved and free
If you choose to love
To know that the call
Is to give all you are
To give love away, away
Rise, rise, people of love rise, people of love rise
Give yourself away
All rise, rise people of love rise, people of love rise
Give yourself away, give yourself away
And to hear the call is to give your love away
And to hear the call is to give your love away
And to hear the call is to give your life away
Is to give your life away
We're not safe and we're not safe
But we will rise, we will rise, give yourself away
All rise, rise people of love rise, people of love rise
You sit on the corner and you drink your beer
You say you're going to change the world, the
revolution's here
But the rich laugh at you while you think you're so smart
Because the whole world to you is Tompkins Square Park
No more, we rise, we fight, never give in
You say you're politically correct and you're so great
But morals alone won't bring down the state
It takes deeds not words to make the system fall
Keep believing we're not the same
You have not experienced the pain
To see you kiss some other lips
While I'm drifting under the fist
That life offers to the dreamers
Maybe I should be
I should be dancing dancing dancing
Until I fall between your lies
Dance and dancing dancing
And then I fall between your lies
You're just a ghost
In the future that we've lost
You're just a name
Tattooed on someone else's hand
I'm surely better on my own
Right in this shimmering hole
You're just a ghost and I am real
You're just a stone and I'm the wind
But it still burns, but it still kills
The future comes on sleeping pills
I should be dancing dancing dancing
Dance and fall between your lies
Dance and dancing dancing
Dance and fall between your lies
I should be dancing dancing dancing
Dance and fall between your lies
Dance and dancing dancing
Till I fall between your lies
Dirt's in my eye
But I won't cry
I've killed the pain
That lived inside
Please walk away my devil's dove
It's been a while
I need to love
It's not the day that falls,
New World Nightmare
This is not the dream that you had once believed.
They have forced their hand and taken everything.
For what is a dream, but a fictitious reality?
A global nightmare fraying at the seams.
We spend our lives living off the benefits of their crimes and lies.
Permanent sleep blinds our eyes, and leaves our people paralyzed.
Your eyes are open, but you’re not awake.
We lie unbroken in their wake.
We stand for truth, The American Dream.
They destroy truth, that’s The American Way.
We stand for everything that you want to believe.
Perpetual darkness and suffering you can’t conceive.
Sickened by the thought of reality, in this nightmare you’ll find your mortality.
We do not fear you, we are not afraid.
We’d rather die fighting you than living as your slave.
Rise!
We do not fear you, we are not afraid.
The future’s controlled by you, not lying in our grave.
Rise!
From this nightmare, we must awaken.
Take back our lives that they have taken.
Rise!
We must awaken.
Take back our lives that they have taken.
Rise!
We must awaken.
Take back our lives that they have taken.
Can you sleep at night?
Do you pray in fear by your bedside?
No longer will we crumble under your weight; it’s time to pay for your mistakes.
Can you sleep at night?
Do you pray in fear by your bedside?
No longer will we crumble under your weight; it’s time to pay for your mistakes.
We have set ourselves free.
We will create our own dream.
We have set ourselves free.
Touch my hand
Does it feel strange to you
Somehow I'd like to know
If you're my friend
Why'd you stay inside your shell
Take a look outside yourself
Just tell me what you see
Does it still look like me
Can't find a way to rise again
Find the shade
Flood it with your golden eyes
Before it turns you blind
Not too late
Try to make amends inside
Try to open up your mind
My body hits the dirt
Too late to find a cure
Can't find a way to rise again
Jesus help me
I'm falling, I'm falling down
Jesus help me
I'm falling, I'm falling down
My thoughts are scattered on the ground
My hope is nowhere to be found
I try to hide behind the sun
But where's the new horizon
My eyes are burning through my hand
I try so hard to understand
Why I was left behind
Jesus help me,
I'm falling, I'm falling down
Jesus help me,
I'm falling, I'm falling down
Don't be afraid my friend
I'll take you to the end
Jesus help me,
Verse 1:
Lead us to You
Show us Your mercy
Your majesty lifted up on high
It tells of Your goodness
Your name is true
Your name is holy
Your splendor is written in the skies
It tells of Your greatness
Chorus:
We will rise
To praise You
Offer our lives before You
Let every nation, All of creation
We will rise
You are worthy
Lift up our eyes to Your glory
Let every nation, All of creation
We will rise
Verse 3:
We stand in awe
You won the victory
Your enemies tremble at Your name
It speaks of Your triumph
You clothe the poor
You mend the broken
You heal our hearts
You take our shame
It speaks of Your kindness
Bridge:
We will cry out Your renown
You are the God who has saved us
We will rise to praise You
We lift a glorious sound
You are the one who redeemed us
Yeah, sometimes they come back
High pitched shrieks, my body lie dead in the streets
Yeahhh, my body lie dead in the streets
(repeat 4X)
The darkened clouds reflect my inner confusion
Frustrating feelings of dying too soon and I'm
sitting in plain view of Master and all of his glory
in purgatory, I'm not your everyday sinner
It's often viewed as stepping into a great light
with shadows of time, some people are forgotten in life
Move in past situations, stolen moments frozen proving
you ain't had a thing but evil in your human heart
It's startling, but I keep on following
The pain is mind-boggling, I hear angry souls hollering
High pitched shrieks, my body lie dead in the streets
Crackheads searching through my pockets too I see this all from side view
Now as I stand in the judgment of my forefathers
They agree I was murdered without my goal accomplished
Inside my heart is where the curse lay scared in the worst way
like a savior on the third day, I rise
Chorus:
"feel my aura, just around death's corner"
(Rise!) Rise!
(repeat 4X)
The actual transition between death and life
reveals darks passageways, painted like stained glass
Soaking wet from the rain and my brain tired
and I'm barefooted freezing cold as I walk through fires
A child born with no soul signifies my return
from pure thought to put my killer's ashes in a urn
Outside the realm of light, demons dance in preparation
Weightless, only to be seen during incantation
Feel my aura, just around death's corner
Hands of liquid candlelit by a mourner (water)
Surrounding me it startles me, cry to me
Visions pushing me towards revenge and anger nothing's stopping me
What about this Crow it follows wherever I go
From a rooftop I see one of my killers in the window
Tears dwell up in my eyes, turn to highs, blood's
raining from the skies, as one of my murderers dies... rise
Chorus:
"The flesh is weak..."
(Rise!) Rise!
(repeat 4X)
I believe... I believe
Yeah...
Yeah, I inhale the cold mist feeling lost
Like I'm in a dark forest that's illuminated by my soul
Like a Phoenix from the Earth watch me take flight
The world's in color when I walk it's all in black and white
I try to scream but no sound escapes, migraines
I shapeshift, I exist, she doesn't remain
Her name's etched in the walls of my nightmares
And levitates and elevates like flights of stairs
Second thoughts about karma but I can't cease
Without revenge, I think I'll never rest in peace
Blemishing, shaken like I'm off of heroin
I'm burrowing deep to reverse death, remembering
Now I rise like a zombie from the dirt I kill again
Feeling no better than what I am here to avenge
As we stand face to face you see death in my eyes
I won't destroy another man, the flesh is weak... rise
Chorus: (variations)
Sometimes death ain't even strong enough to stop living spirit
With our mind we call life into existence
Worlds are thoughts that are burning in me
Sometimes we come back
Verse 1
Blaming the man,
blaming the gods
nobody understands, you blaming the stars
blaming yourself, hating yourself
record exec blaming the sales,
fat man blaming the scale are you aiming to bail,
or aiming to rise ?
waiting to crawl away from it all or aiming to fly?
wanna draw in sand, or paint in the sky? girl is your
ass a six and a half, eight or a nine? then say it's a
ten, then say it again I make music to feel free and
for paying the rent I was blaming the rules, blaming
the flu blaming my school then blaming the booze,
probably blaming you too now your neighbors are blaming
you for banging the beat I can't blame them really it's
invading the streets caught for bank robbery, blame the
damned lottery I take the blame for a lot of things but
not modesty
Chorus
I got to rise up,
I got to, you got to, we got to
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
Verse 2
"Man I'd have a lot of loot if they didn't download"
"and I need some auto-tune cus my record sound broke"
"got a lot of obsticles, hard to get around though..."
nothing is impossible, up for the next round so say it
if you hate it but save it if you brownose play it or
throw it away man but I'm proud though hate's a
powerful thing, it brings you down bro hard to get
ahead when moon-walking in sourdough I had it all well
planned was king of the hill but it all fail bad was
drinking my meals and missing a mil deal was tripping
on pills feel like smacking the mailman for bringing
the bills was blaming the rain and blaming the cold
blaming the snow, blaming the yay, and blaming the yo
it aint pretty but can't blame the city my eyes' on
tomorrow I'm trying to stay witty
Chorus
I got to rise up
I got to, you got to, we got to
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
Bridge
When it all seems impossible
let them know
what you gone do then rise or fall?
let them know
through the storm and the rain like aint a thing
let them know
against all odds I came to win, yeah, I came to win
Chorus
I got to rise up
I got to, you got to, we got to
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
So much pain
We don?t know how to be but angry
Feel infected like we?ve got gangrene
Please don?t let anybody try to change me
Me, just me, in the middle of a sea full of faces
Full of faces, some laugh, some salivate
What?s in your alleyway
Recycling bins or bullet cases?
It?s not equal, it?s not fair
We?re different people but we're not scared
We ain?t never scared to pave a new path
Make a new street, build a new bridge
Say, can you see by the dawns early light?
Free slaves running, songs words weren?t right
Now, a new days coming
The few stay stunning while the many are handsome
Your soul is alive but they want it for ransom
The bass drumming is the anthem
We step to the heartbeats
Of our granddaughters and grandsons
Rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Lost hope and found need
Grounded by our surroundings
Did the walls scream, universities
Or you and I verse the tees?
React, automatic and we burst when squeezed
And make 9-11 each emergency
Urgency, amber to red like the turning leaves
Oh please, let the hurting cease
Don?t let apathy police the populace
We will march across
Those stereotypes that were marked for us
The answer's obvious, we switch the consonants
And change the sword to words and lift continents
Rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
Together we rise, together we rise
If you believe in redemption
(Rise, rise)
I?m calling to you from another dimension
(Rise, rise)
If you believe in redemption
(Rise, rise)
I?m calling to you from another dimension
(Rise, rise)
If you believe in redemption
(Rise, rise)
I?m calling to you from another dimension
(Rise, rise)
If you believe in redemption
(Rise, rise)
I?m calling to you from another dimension
(Rise, rise)
featuring Fat Joe
I want the party jumping to my scene
I gotta make it move you
If you know what I mean
Let's get it started, gotta stack the cream
I'm making power moves
Trying to stay on the scene, but
It doesn't matter who you are
Everybody wants to be a star
Rise, Rise
So get ready cuz here I come
To represent where I'm from
Rise, Rise
(Listen to me, let me tell you)
I came to get the job done
Hold on tight cause here I come to
Rise, Rise
All ride with the top down
Straight hip-pop to underground we
Rise, Rise
And some might wonder
Of my capabilities
But they won't hold me back
Never throw me off track
Cuz you know it's like that
Make no mistake, won't hesitate
No, that's not my style
Keep on rising all the while
East to west and southern belt
Everybody like to party all night
Won't stop till we get it right
Rise, Rise
It's a showdown, can't slow down
The time is now for me to shine
Rise, Rise
I came to get the job done
Hold on tight cause here I come to
Rise, Rise
All ride with the top down
Straight hip-pop to underground we
Rise, Rise
(Fat Joe's rap)
Yeah, yo
You can't stop my shine
Don't matter what rocks your buying
I got the kind that blind
Even when it's dark cuz I park the ride
Spark lice with the fellas
Half are jealous, cuz of the cash in the ellis
Four-hundred, y'all want it but you can't get it
Betta forget it, and settle for a damn rent-it
Any women in their right mind, gonna like mine
He just rhyme, I got the pipeline
So, I like 'em read to the bone
Girl, I'll make you moan when your daddy getting home
Hit you in the zone, now who the king of the thrown
That be bringing their dog when you feenin' to bone
Honeys be singing my song, hummin' the ad lids
Some of the baddest mommies want me to run in their marriage
Joey crack is the true playa, the new mayor
Of rap, back with that ol' school flava, what?
What,what,what,what,uh,yeah
I gotta break it down one time
One time is here to blow your mind
C'mon and let me do my thing
Gone tear this party out the spring
I gotta break it down one time
One time is here to blow your mind
C'mon and let me do my thing
Surely it’s a waste of time
Now hold me highly I suppose it’s fine
I feel worthy cause I’ve gained your trust
I’ve done it for myself
I have beaten on a cold dead horse
I have wandered down a blind mans course
I have promised everything would be fine
I don’t say this to no one else
If I fail, if I rise, will you trail behind?
If I fail, if I rise, will you trail behind?
That would really make me smile
Where’s that scratch from, did you get it in a fight?
I have told you over over again
You should stand up for yourself
Straight up wasn’t that your size
No don’t worry I can see in your eyes
Strengthend numbers as if …
Don’t say this to…
Pathways to the sun
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these hands we hold, to these hands we hold
Through colors of the minds
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these arms of mine, to these arms of mine
Don't don't don't hold back
Don't hold back, don't don't don't
Don't hold back, don't hold back
Pathways to the sun
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these hands we hold, to these hands we hold
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
Through colours of the minds
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these arms of mine, to these arms of mine
Don't don't don't hold back
Don't hold back, don't don't don't
Don't hold back, don't hold back don't
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these hands we hold
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these hands we hold
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these hands we hold
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
To these hands we hold
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
Rise like brothers, shine like sisters
Rise
Circle
Greet the Sun
Serpent coils unwind
Pressure blood from stone
Now do valleys open wide
Now like rust do we reach out
Now do clouds burst forth under weight
Rise
Rest your shield
Lay down you plow
Wake Inhale Listen Rise
Have you ever seen the scarlet day
Or felt the calloused hand of age
You till the ground and bring to home
Muscle flesh and blood to bone
Taste this oaken grain
We are Your light Lord,
we’re gonna shine God and be the answer to
The hurt and broken, this generation
we lead them all to You
Giving our lives
for what we know and believe in You
Now's the time
To show the world You’re the way and the truth
The declaration of Your salvation
Is life lived complete in You
No more a stranger, to God the answer
We give our all to You
Giving our lives
For what we know and believe in You
Now's the time
To show the world You’re the way, the truth
The church will rise to be
The hands to reach the lost and meet the unmet need
We will be Your revolution
We take a stand today
And put our hands to what we know oh God we pray
We will be Your revolution
The declaration of Your salvation
Is life lived complete in You
No more a stranger, to God the answer
We give our all to You
Giving our lives
For what we know and believe in You
Now's the time
to show the world You’re the way and the truth
The church will rise to be
The hands to reach the lost and meet the unmet need
We will be Your revolution
We take a stand today
And put our hand to what we know oh God we pray
We will be Your revolution
And Your love will remain for all the world
For Your grace never fails it’s undeserved
(music)
The church will rise to be
The hands to reach the lost and meet the unmet need
We will be Your revolution
We take a stand today
and put our hands to what we know oh God we pray
We will be Your revolution
And Your love will remain for all the world
For Your grace never fails it’s undeserved
And Your love will remain for all the world
You got to rise
don't just stand there
open your eyes
shame, shame, shame
on you
you got to try
don't just sit there
wasting time
shame, shame, shame
shame, shame, shame
on you
shame on you
you didn't get to the party
missed the start of the show
an emotional virgin
ten times in a row
its all just a wind up
but I'm starting to learn
that the sooner you sign up
the quicker the world turns
so take it from me
hold on
cos it gets
so much better
but you've gotta believe
so close
and theres more than one way
to heaven
you got to rise
don't just stand there
open your eyes
shame, shame, shame
on you
you got to try
don't you sit there
wasting time
shame, shame, shame
shame, shame, shame
on you
shame on you
sin, sin, sin
thats what they
spin, spin, spin
but if you don't rise up
now that you care
everyones out there
on our side
you got to rise
don't just stand there
open your eyes
shame, shame, shame
on you
you got to try
don't just sit there
wasting time
shame, shame, shame
shame, shame, shame
on you
shame on you
shame on you
you've got nothing
I'm defensive never questioned
I commit to no direction
I won't break down into weakness
If it feels good, it's a sickness
I won't give up until the blood soaks my fingers
I recognize that the difference is my spirit
Rise up in the fold -- I'm saved
The reflection in the mirror
Is the vision any clearer
Though it may seem that I'm angry
Your reaction is what makes me
I won't give up until the blood soaks my fingers
I recognize that the difference is my spirit
Rise, Rise, Destroy, The Lies
A walking zombie, impervious to the facts.
Content, intent on a lifeless existence.
When two plus two equals five,
Inculcated with outright lies
Escape, And Break, The Chains, Their Game
A sickened society, this nation slowly dies.
Withstand the pressure,
from the ashes we will Rise,
Rise, To Kill, Their Lies
The routine is taught, it´s bred, you´re fed,
Their lies, their way, full of hypocrisy.
Free will, Free thought, ideals sold and bought,
By the masses, the masters dictating and controlling.
Awake, Arse, Regain, Your Lives
Corrupt and evil,
this government must fall
Their own polices will bring and end to it all
An army of one,
Stick to my gun,
This nation dies,
A change, a change is gonna come
Those very words once left me numb
I'll weight myself when I get home
You can wrap your legs
Around these bones
Rise, rise ye broken children, rise
Have faith in the Great Beyond
That's what they say
But you're still gone
I told them I was innocent
You said tell the truth
That's what I did
Rise, rise ye broken children, rise
Rise, I said rise
Ye broken children, rise
The machine is gonna keep the beat
And the ground is gonna kiss my feet
In stolen shoes, I'm Texas bound
In the search of a man who can't be found
Rise, rise ye broken chilren, rise
Rise, I said rise
Guns in their hands and crucifixes on their chests
They watch your every fucking step
They see every move you make
Their eyes control your lives
In my army we dont need guns, bombs and rules
so soldiers: break the lines!
Who wants a revolution? Just follow me
This is the only war thatll set you free
Fight or your bleeding sores will never ever heal
Who wants a revolution? Youve just to follow me
My bullets are made of hate and screams
They kill in the name of God
But their uniforms are always clean
As parasites they live off your blood
Bloody hands like Ive never ever seen before
Policemen, priests and presidents: Attention!
Time is coming to break your fucking shells!
Who wants a revolution? Just follow me
This is the only war thatll set you free
Fight or your bleeding sores will never ever heal
Who wants a revolution? Youve just to follow me
There's a man and he's just standing
Still right where we left off
He's just holding what they told him
Time to pick it up, time's a cost
He's not alone he's not the only
One who's thinking there's something else
There's all these people, there's always people
And that's just what it takes to find more of ourselves
Chorus:
Standing still, standing still is slowly dying
Moving on, moving on is the point in time
Together, together we're gonna rise
We can't wait for what we came for
There's no place for us to hide
So take it easy or take it harder
But take it farther down the line
RISE
(Lyrics/Music-James Miller)
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I heard you the first time, cashed your two cents
Checked the directions and checked them again
Kicking and screaming, sick and I'm tired
of asking you nicely, you don't have to cry
Kiss me hello like you kissed me goodbye
Answer me quickly and try not to lie
Rise...
Throw me a signal, show me a sign
Send me a message I swear I'll reply
Don't ask me to verify your alibis,
question me too much or stare in my eyes
Lost my prescription I can't find my pills
Goin' so crazy I just can't sit still
Rise...up
Vodka martini's for lunch and dessert
Skip the dinner and movie, just go straight to work
on you charm and your wit, your looks and your lines
You made me an offer that I can't refuse
I'll bet you my shirt and my shoes if I lose
Double or nothing should be no surprise
Rise...up
Copyright © 2010 James Miller Band (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured
[Cyhi Da Prince:]
My Music Make The Crowd Move
I'm In The Car Rolling Cow Food
But I Still Keep A Strap With Me, I Ain't Never Been A Slipper That's A House Shoe
Got My Education Without School
Quiet As A Mouse Move
But I Keep A Loud Tool
Play Games You'll Be Shitting In A Pouch Fool
Got Stock Like DOW Do
New Hardtop
Off The Car Lot
Hit The Gas Tires Smoke Like Cigar Shops
Make Ya Jaw Drop
Bought It Off The Narc Cops
Tax On The Work We Got Them H&R; Blocks
Alumni Yeah I'm From The School Of Hard Knocks
Looking Out For The 12 Roger Staubach
No Cafe But We Had Them Hard Rocks
For The Bread They'll Throw You Off Of Dark Docks
So Before Ya Heart Stop
Or The Narcs Knock
I Gotta Give It To You Straight Like A Bar Shot
Cause The Streets Don't Play Fair
(Huh) Niggas Mad Cause You Got More Rides Than The State Fair
Terrified I Can't Lie Boy I Stay Scared
So I Keep A Lotta Toys Like A Day Care
Hold The Shotty Like A Bass Player
I Ain't A Killer I'm Just Trying To Stay Safe Player
[Hook: Curren$y]
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
[Pill:]
It's A Mystery Break Out Ya Magnifying Glasses
With Ya Hat And Fine Jackets
Macs & Iron Ratchets
Asinine Bastards Big As Packs Of Line Backers
Pussy Fat With Fine Asses In The Back With Lines Asking
Who Dat On That New Track With That Rap Reclined Backwards
I Knew That It Was You But Matta Fact Don't Mind Asking
Cooling On Em
Moving On Em
My Shooters On Em
Show This Flow Off Like A Trophy And A New Diploma
Graduation
Crackers Say That I Wasn't Gon Make It
Pack Of Paper
Pen And Pad And Now Calculate It
Malcom Made It
Cinematic And Black Related
Addicts And Crack And Bases
My Status Is Cracking Faces
Embarrassing Cracking Vases
At The Dinner Party
I Took No Slow Classes Baby But Yes I Been Retarded
You See My Folks Acting Crazy Like It's In Kindergarten
I'm Bringing Heat Like Old Ladies When They Is Menopausing
[Hook: Curren$y]
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
[Wale:]
Yeah
Been At The Lowest Of My Lows
That's Why I Get High Hoping No One Ever Know
To Open Up My Mind I Can Show You What I Wrote
Or Rather Show You How To Boat
And Hope That You Can Live Or Float
Independently Self Made
And Well Paid
Three Whips One Chain No Welt Pain
When You Treeing Over Niggas They Gon Yell Shade
They Outta Patience Where I Live Cause They Sell Weight
Avoided The Temptation Of Crack Slinging
But Lincoln Park Had It Looking Like Back In The 80s
Now Partners Getting Broads And The Hottest Whips
And I Was Sweating Hours Trying To Get The Illest Scholarship
Ain't Have A Pot To Piss
I Wasn't Born Rich
When I Be Writing I'm As Hungry As A Model Bitch
She Got The Fattest Ass They Got The Hottest Look
Leaving With 8 Bitches I Need Some Octopuss
See How Wale Go J4 CS
My Lake Shore Whore Never Be On The B.S.
Bullshit Chi Town
Riding Around
Top Down
Hanging With The Squares Will Be The Reason Niggas Not Around
What It Do
Penny Phones All Blue
Or You Could Prolly Use A Nigga Drive Welcome To My Car Pool
Yellow Lam G Shit
She Double O-D Shit
Five Time Foul Niggas Need To Stop Reaching
[Hook: Curren$y]
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
[Curren$y:]
High As Fuck With My Down Ass
Bitch Roll To The Porsche From The Bus Pass
But Got Lost When Me And The Cash Crossed Paths
Indo Smoke Out My Nose No Mustache
Bitches I Want But That Money Is A Must Have
Fuck Is You Drunk?
Pay That Up Front
Like The Ferrari Trunk
Be Careful You Won't
Have To Be Sorry Hon
Stay Close To The G's And You Might Learn Sum'n
Might Earn Sum'n
Chop It Up Like Mobsters On The Rooftop Let You Burn Sum'n
Stop Talking So Much
Soak It Up Next Time You Have Sum'n To Say
Boss The Fuck Up
Butcher Knives Done Died Trying To Be As Sharp As Us
Talking Bout You On Yo Way
See Them Niggas Downstairs 'Fore You Talk To Us
By Appointments No Walk Ups
[Hook: Curren$y]
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Our hearts are as cold as steel
We fell off glory
No longer will we live in fear
Our hatred is deep as a sea
We will change this story
We will not be living under thee
We will win the future fights
We will resurrect our rights
We shall fight until the end
We will break you to your knees
You will do what we please
You shall pay for what you did
We will go to every door
And wake up all the souls
Spirits of people beaten down
We will go to every door
And wake up all the souls
Spirits of people beaten down
GO TO HELL
We have never known our fiend so well
GO TO HELL
We have never really raged so bad
GO TO HELL
We truly want to wage this war
GO TO HELL
You should bet we shall carry on
I wish you never came
Your armies never stepped this way
... not this way
I wish you never came
Your armies never stepped this way
... not this way
We will go to every door
And wake up all the souls
Spirits of people beaten down
We will go to every door
And wake up all the souls
Spirits of people beaten down
GO TO HELL
We have never known our fiend so well
GO TO HELL
We have never really raged so bad
GO TO HELL
We truly want to wage this war
GO TO HELL
You should bet we shall carry on
GO TO HELL
We have never known our fiend so well
GO TO HELL
We have never really raged so bad
GO TO HELL
We truly want to wage this war
GO TO HELL
I've been reachin' for the stars
I've been stretchin' out so far
Am I getting any closer
Then I've ever been before
I was lying in the gutter
I was crawling in the street
Now the servants are all sitting
In the most distinguished seats
So rise, rise like a star you'll rise
I rebuildin' this house
That was taken by the waves
Oh, this time I'll make a mansion
Oh, this time I'm not afraid
I was lying in the gutter
And I was crawling in the streets
I was lookin' for an answer
Well, the answer it found me
So rise, rise like a star you'll rise
Rise, rise like a star you'll rise
With strength in my ankles
It's time to walk
Rise up, rise up my hearts on top
I've been hidin' for much too long, it's time
Rise, rise like a star you'll rise
We'll rise, rise like a star you'll rise
Rise, rise like a star you'll rise
Rise, rise like a star you'll rise
Rise, rise like a star you'll rise
We must organize
come together
fortified
shore to shore
and rise
the things that we have seen
may be sore to the eyes
planes tore through the skies
Our way of life on hold
we never fold
we rise
poor innocent lives
friends, husbands, and wives
what do we say to our children
when we look into their eyes
One moment in time
forever embedded in our minds
through heartache and pain
we will find
an unrelenting pride
that we will not go down without a fight
Our way of life on hold
we never fold
we rise
poor innocent lives
friends, husbands, and wives
And I will rise
With the GOD of love
And you will shine
In the spirit I cried
Once twined to this world
That I don't deny he shall
Rise, rise,rise
Break the bones
Rise,rise,rise
Break the bones and you shine
Check one, two listen up
What I inhale and what I breath [x3]
Is the spirit of life that lives in me
What I inhale and what I breath [x3]
And the Son of love shall
Rise, rise,rise
Break the bones
Rise,rise,rise
Break the bones and you shine
But one day the Son of love shall rise
But when will you rise up
I see CHRIST
But when will you rise
Rise,rise,rise
Break the bones
Shine
You should believe me
And everything I choose to do
You should believe that I’ll
Always come back to you
Life is discovering
The love that we create
Life is a mystery
We need to embrace
In every way
You need to let go
You’ll see all your dreams will follow
In every way
You need to let go
(Chorus)
People rise together
When they believe in tomorrow
Change the day to forever
This life keeps movin’
(Repeat 2x)
Open your mind and see
We have everything we need
Dream or reality
Fulfill its destiny
In every way
You need to let go
You’ll see all your dreams will follow
In every way
You need to let go
(Chorus)
People rise together
When they believe in tomorrow
Change the day to forever
This life keeps movin’
(Repeat 2x)
You need to let go…
You need to let go…
(With instrumentals)
People rise
When they believe
Change the day
This life keeps movin’
(Chorus)
People rise together
When they believe in tomorrow
Change the day to forever
This life keeps movin’
Yeah, yeah
Featuring: Curren$y, Cyhi Da Prince
Cyhi Da Prince:
My Music Make The Crowd Move
I'm In The Car Rolling Cow Food
But I Still Keep A Strap Wit Me, I Ain't Never Been A Slipper That's A House Shoe
Got My Education Without School
Quiet As A Mouse Move
But I Keep A Loud Tool
Play Games You'll Be Shitting In A Pouch Fool
Got Stock Like DOW Do
New Hardtop
Off The Car Lot
Hit The Gas Tires Smoke Like Cigar Shops
Make Ya Jaw Drop
Bought It Off The Narc Cops
Tax On The Work We Got Them H&R; Blocks
Alumni Yeah I'm From The School Of Hard Knocks
Looking Out For The 12 Roger Staubach
No Cafe But We Had Them Hard Rocks
For The Bread They'll Throw You Off Of Dark Docks
So Before Ya Heart Stop
Or The Narcs Knock
I Gotta Give It To You Straight Like A Bar Shot
Cuz The Streets Don't Play Fair
(Huh) Niggas Mad Cuz You Got More Rides Than The State Fair
Terrified I Can't Lie Boy I Stay Scared
So I Keep A Lotta Toys Like A Day Care
Hold The Shotty Like A Bass Player
I Ain't A Killer I'm Just Trying To Stay Safe Player
Curren$y (Hook):
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
Pill:
It's A Mystery Break Out Ya Magnifying Glasses
Wit Ya Hat And Fine Jackets
Macs & Iron Ratchets
Asinine Bastards Big As Packs Of Line Backers
Pussy Fat Wit Fine Asses In The Back Wit Lines Asking
Who Dat On That New Track Wit That Rap Reclined Backwards
I Knew That It Was You But Matta Fact Don't Mind Asking
Cooling On Em
Moving On Em
My Shooters On Em
Show This Flow Off Like A Trophy And A New Diploma
Graduation
Crackers Say That I Wasn't Gon Make It
Pack Of Paper
Pen And Pad And Now Calculate It
Malcom Made It
Cinematic And Black Related
Addicts And Crack And Bases
My Status Is Cracking Faces
Embarrassing Cracking Vases
At The Dinner Party
I Took No Slow Classes Baby But Yes I Been Retarded
You See My Folks Acting Crazy Like It's In Kindergarten
I'm Bringing Heat Like Old Ladies When They Is Menopausing
Curren$y (Hook):
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
Wale:
Yeah
Been At The Lowest Of My Lows
That's Why I Get High Hoping No One Ever Know
To Open Up My Mind I Can Show You What I Wrote
Or Rather Show You How To Boat
And Hope That You Can Live Or Float
Independently Self Made
And Well Paid
Three Whips One Chain No Welt Pain
When You Treeing Over Niggas They Gon Yell Shade
They Outta Patience Where I Live Cuz They Sell Weight
Avoided The Temptation Of Crack Slinging
But Lincoln Park Had It Looking Like Back In The 80s
Now Partners Getting Broads And The Hottest Whips
And I Was Sweating Hours Trying To Get The Illest Scholarship
Ain't Have A Pot To Piss
I Wasn't Born Rich
When I Be Writing I'm As Hungry As A Model Bitch
She Got The Fattest Ass They Got The Hottest Look
Leaving Wit 8 Bitches I Need Some Octopuss
See How Wale Go J4 CS
My Lake Shore Whore Never Be On The B.S.
Bullshit Chi Town
Riding Around
Top Down
Hanging With The Squares Will Be The Reason Niggas Not Around
What It Do
Penny Phones All Blue
Or You Could Prolly Use A Nigga Drive Welcome To My Car Pool
Yellow Lam G Shit
She Double O-D Shit
Five Time Foul Niggas Need To Stop Reaching
Curren$y (Hook):
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
Curren$y:
High As Fuck With My Down Ass
Bitch Roll To The Porsche From The Bus Pass
But Got Lost When Me And The Cash Crossed Paths
Indo Smoke Out My Nose No Mustache
Bitches I Want But That Money Is A Must Have
Fuck Is You Drunk?
Pay That Up Front
Like The Ferrari Trunk
Be Careful You Won't
Have To Be Sorry Hon
Stay Close To The G's And You Might Learn Sum'n
Might Earn Sum'n
Chop It Up Like Mobsters On The Rooftop Let You Burn Sum'n
Stop Talking So Much
Soak It Up Next Time You Have Sum'n To Say
Boss The Fuck Up
Butcher Knives Done Died Trying To Be As Sharp As Us
Talking Bout You On Yo Way
See Them Niggas Downstairs 'Fore You Talk To Us
By Appointments No Walk Ups
Curren$y (Hook):
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Coming Down Clean Bumping Riding Dirty Getting High
It Was My Only Wish To Rise
On Them Jealous Mutha Fuckas I Despise
Rise now, awaken from your slumber
The spell that you?re under
Is melting away now
Sunset is breakin? through your window
And making a shadow
The ghost of a long day
Goes driftin? by
It?s so late and now it?s time to
Rise
You?re runnin? out of daylight
Stare into the sunlight
Stand and face the cold night
You can rise
And while the world is sleeping
The light is in your keeping
Open up your eyes
Rise
Nightmares have gone
And left you haunted
You got what you wanted
You wanted to breathe
But somehow you crumbled under pressure
The pain of your pleasures
Has taken you way down
But now it?s time to lay down
Your broken mind and
Rise
You?re runnin? out of daylight
Stare into the sunlight
Stand and face the cold night
You can rise
And while the world is sleeping
The light is in your keeping
Open up your eyes
Rise
The ghost of a long day
Has passed you by
It?s so late and now it?s time to
Rise
You?re runnin? out of daylight
Stare into the sunlight
Open up your eyes
Rise
Open up your eyes, yeah
[Incomprehensible]
Alone, with you
Keep finding something new
I felt the weight of this world for so long
And I keep falling on my face
Thought I was so strong, what a big mistake
Obligations and frustrations, look at that
They're getting in my way
They're pressing on me all of the time
I hate them cause they blow my mind
Now lift me up
I'm gonna rise above
And take it to the skies above
With you I can fly above
Everything that doesn't matter
Gonna Rise above
Cause my treasure lies above Yeah
Hit me with your best shot
Cause you know we're gonna so far
Taking every step of the way
To search for truth everyday
But still we will be pressed and molded toward perfection
All the way messed with stuff and misdirection
They're pressing on my all of the time
I'll hate cause they blow my mind
Now lift me up
Seems like time teaches nothing at all
Another shot fired, another kid falls
Looking out of place is a dangerous thing
Pay for independence with the pain it brings
[Chorus]
THEY WON'T STOP
WALKING ALL OVER YOU
RISE UP
RISE
Something ain't working, something ain't right
They treat you like shit and can't say why
School, work, the streets, the bus
Rise up!
We are surrounded
Got our backs against the wall
This ground was hallowed
Now it's just cushion for the fall
Rise up like a Phoenix from the ashes
We need to rise up like a Phoenix from the ashes
Stand up and fight with me tonight
Can't do this on my own [x2]
I'll be your beacon
Drug out in the streets and left to burn
Let's not be shy now
Go give 'em just what they deserve!
Rise up like a Phoenix from the ashes
We need to rise up like a Phoenix from the ashes
Stand up and fight with me tonight
Can't do this on my own [x2]
On my own...
I'm not scared to die, but I can't do this on my own
Spare us your excuses, Show us no mercy [x2]
No mercy...
Stand up and fight with me tonight
Out of the silent sea,
Came the holy men of war
Killers in the name of god, with bible,
Cross and book of law
Welcome to the land of ice,
Welcome to the land of snow.
Come in and meet our gods.
This is not your day.
[Chorus:]
Nouskaa maasta maitten henget,
Nouskaa maasta maitten henget,
Tulten henget, soan henget,
Tulten henget, soan henget,
Veden virrat, ilman pauhut,
Veden virrat, ilman pauhut,
Päälle vainomiesten päitten,
Päälle vainomiesten päitten.
[Chorus in English:]
Rise from the ground, spirts of the earth,
Spirits of fire, spirits of war,
Flow of waters, rumble of thunder,
Above the heads of our enemies.
Rise now from the ground
Mighty spirits of the earth
Come down god of the wind
Mighty spirit of the air
Rise now the water of the seas
Drown all our enemies
Rise now the god of the fire
Did you hear me when I called?
Down here on this dark road alone
When the moon is bright
But there?s no light to light my way
Looking down over the edge again
Well, I can see what I have done
And I?m guilty but I won?t be
Because of you, because of you, yeah
When I fall, you catch me
When I?m down, I reach for you
From the ashes, you save me
And I rise
Floating underneath your wings
I can see it all so clearly
But I have nothing
You give everything to me, to me
When I fall, you catch me
When I?m down, I reach for you
From the ashes, you save me
And I rise
Shine your light on me
Come and set me free
Take it all from me
So I can rise, yeah
When I fall, you catch me
And when I?m down, I reach for you
From the ashes, you save me
Kindling, all lit up, burning up, let's start a fire!
Throw in some more wooden corpses and let it burn higher!
We tell ourselves that it's not us it's their own demise
Death and despair measured in a world wide suicide
Heat! Rotting souls! Burning flesh! Red hot coals!
Playing with matches, we scream as the children are dying!
It's not our fault, didn't know, yet the mothers are crying!
Well, it's to late, start a new, as the evidence burns!
No, I do care, we all kill, lets all take turns!
Heat! Boiling! Blood stained hands! We descend!
Listen how the story goes, peoples' death, a noble cause
We all say we always care, for the world!
Holocaust in Africa, insufficient ethics, yea!
No one dares to lend a hand, no one cares!
You can try to tell me that you gave your share
You lying piece of shit!
World wide news shows the distress, you only ask for more!
Burning faces on TV, screaming children! Can you see?
Politicians on the news, say they care!
Ask for help that you won't give! You forget but don't forgive
Misconception of the world, burning hell!
You can try to tell me that you gave your share
You lying piece of shit!
World wide news shows the distress, you only ask for more!
Rise from the fire and see your mistake!
Rise! We can't hold back this anger.
We must invoke the rage, left inside.
Let anger fuel our hate, be the basis of all new days.
Change ideas and expectations, for the better.
with all the lies, greed, and mistrust.
Hating life until you turn to dust.
We cant just be another victim, any more.
I wont fall in line, and conform.
We need a change, in the way that we live our lives.
we need to change what we see fit.
For all the times we didn't stand by our beliefs,
lets show our message for the world to see.
I know that its words that change minds, and I hope that in time they'll
here mine.
I know i have, but i hope that we have had enough.
I can’t stand your face up in mine,
Always wanting to know things I do
It’s funny how things change
I redefine how much faith I have in you
You won’t get the best of me
You won’t take the best of me
You will watch it as it all falls down
Hey you
Stand the fuck up and rise
I’m not afraid
Hey you
Stand the fuck up and rise
I’m not afraid
I can’t fake the way I feel inside
Every one of those eyes judging me
It’s funny how things change
I redefine how fucked up this life can really be
You won’t get the best of me
You won’t take the best of me
You will watch it as it all falls down
Hey you
Stand the fuck up and rise
I’m not afraid
Hey you
Stand the fuck up and rise
I’m not afraid
You can’t get the best of me
You won’t get the best of me
You will watch it as it all falls down
You won’t get the best of me
You can’t get the best of me
You will watch this all fall
Hey you
Stand the fuck up and rise
I’m not afraid
Hey you
Stand the fuck up and rise
Rising…
Rising again, hundreds of years have passed
Rising, against the time
Against the future, against the past
Rising straight
We despise those who stand against
Rising…
Rising once more, forever we’ll rise, forever we shall last
Rising…
Rising once more, as the sun that rises again an’ again
Stronger than the most rigid desires
Stronger than death, enslaver of men
Ageless, mind with no time
Focused on the truth, ignoring all lines
Rising…
Rising once more, forever we’ll rise, forever we shall last
Still, still we rise
Like a serpent, ready to kill, we rise
Still, still we rise
Like a serpent, ready to kill, we shall arise
To get awake from this so deep sleep
To take a place on this war that we all fit
To rise against all those ones who make us be
Friends, foes and firewood are gathering in the
tenaments tonight
While the fast one amongst them brings home food for
those too slow
For too many years they have lived on these streets
And their freedom just a memory as the darkness repeats
But somehow everything is turning upside down
BRIDGE
And they've been sleeping in the subway
The only place they call their own
CHORUS
And eventually they rise, yes they rise
And they rise in their own way (Repeat)
Their daughter ran away today
Didn't have a lot to say
They wondered why
She comes in twice a week to wash her clothes and watch
her mother cry
There's too many eyes watching her fmaily home
Now the seeds of revolution inside her are sown
And somehow everything is turning upside down
BRIDGE, CHORUS
Her only daughter left her many years ago
And still she don't know why
She said "Don't you worry mother, you will never see me
cry"
Yes they rise in their own way(Repeat)
And they rise in their own way(Repeat)
Speak upon an issue strain your brain tissue
But you don't raise your voice 'cause you're afraid someone will diss
Words are needing saying so you'd better say them quick
'Cause second lady Tipper's gonna zip a fucking lip
And what are you going to do when Uncle Scam has got your tongue-tied
I don't waste a word 'cause I know well that more than one died
To get across the thought the point the words we take for granted
But you live in the U.S. Tianamen Square's another planet
Injustice anywhere threatens my security
'Cause I'm no shining example of a racial purity
Mr. David Duke is not a fluke or threat or promise
He's a mighty voting block to keep the real humans honest
You've got to get up stand up be conscious every day
Cast your vote in the ballots plus the dollars that you pay
If St. Ids's supplies the sorrow then it's time to get wise
Cast out the bottle open your eyes and rise
Rise
From the center of my being I'm seeing a growing movement
In my youth I was seeking truth where as now a social improvement
Generation X has got to flex on politicians
When they're on a power mission and money makes their decisions
Hypocrisy has got to be the root of this democracy
It'd mean a lot to me to see a Mabon lobotomy
All discrimination contradicts our father's nation
Give us your sick and tired and hungry unless they're sick and tired
and Haitian
Because we hate them foreigners and imports but then again
We never seemed too fond of our own Native Americans
Ethnic cleansing we say is something we're against
But it's called domestic policy on this side of the fence
We're willing to step in and get in and push Iraqis off of you
It's just too bad they've got no oil out in Bosnia
We're willing to make a move but it depends on who's attacking you
'Cause damn we still have a lot of money tied up in South Africa
I'd look in the paper but I can't see through all the smoke
Everyone's complaining but not registered to vote
It takes a lot of effort in the nineties to survive
Give it up for revolution if you can't compromise
Rise
Come down all youth when me say open your eyes
Lick a shot if you know you must rise
Come down all youth when me say open your eyes
Give it up for revolution if you can't compromise
Come down all youth when me say open your eyes
Lick a shot if you know you must rise
Eternal dark
Infinite tomb
Only stars instead of friends
We've got our magical gift and
Only stars instead of friends.
Our spacecraft will fathom deep space
Turning them into the guardians of our souls.
There's more harms to fight in the galaxy
That those tiny insects shining bright.
In this eternal dark, cold, and infinite tomb,
Making us like their light…immortals!
I'm tired of that endless race.
Of this nightmare, we were born and live as
Shadows…fugitives…rebels…damned…
This time you have had it criminals!
How fool you were to come here!
Let me introduce myself : I'm Maeror
A ghost sent to hunt you down.
Although you gave me hard time I…finally get you!
I feel a claw that wrings my heart,
As the soldiers raise up their weapons.
I feel a lump in my throat,
I can't believe it's the end!
But I see a flaw, in that circle,
Here! Just in front of me!
We've got a last chance so we must…Run!
We're alive my friends, but they just missed us
Thanks to our ship, now we're far from death.
I thought we could never leave this damn place,
But our tomb still stays empty.
True heroes can give their lives for peace,
All seemed easy when I was reading tales,
But when our time will begin to close at end,
Should we flow into the hell?
Hear…Feel…Touch my mind and see. Hear my call…
I open the only treasure we've saved.
Those symbols touching my mind, then, my ears.
I understand now, that our gift enable us to better convey
By touching someone's feelings. Now, I know, I know…
My friends it seems that our enemies fear our power
Relic of a lost art, tears from a sea of faith,
The power to build a new world!
Now we know our destiny,
We must spread our call for the life
For the mankind that damn us, we must fight, even die!
Now you know your destiny
You must transcend all that you see
I woke this morning
after dreaming of you, last night and
you got me burning baby
rapture shaking up inside me
I was your temptress
obtained in your kiss,
you were busy terrorizing
my body's every
wish I could fall back into
my sultry sleep, I
I want to here your heart beat right up
against me
I can not hide it
I can not fight it, no more
Ooo yeah, lets fly...
and rise like my fever
c'mon over because I'm in need of
the high that you give me
when I close my eyes and fantasize
you're here with me
I know it's crossed your mind from time to time
a strong desire since your eyes first met mine and
I was never so ready as I am right now
c'mon and take my hand let's cross the line
I'll show you how
I cant control it
I can not hold it no more
you are the only man
I, I want to adore and
I can not fight it
I can not hide it no more
I'm waiting for you now
lets fly.....
and rise like my fever
c'mon over because I'm in need of
the high that you give me
when I close my eyes and fantasize
you're here with me
I've been waiting for you
to make that move
but I cant wait anymore
come over here and kiss me
I want a taste of my dream
and rise like my fever
c'mon over because I'm in need of
the high that you give me
when I close my eyes and fantasize
[x2:]
They keep building, they keep building
They start fallin, we are gonna rise
As the world falls victim to the hands of man
Could it be we're damned or is it all part of a plan to make us understand?
Underneath the heavens we use weapons and aggression
I got caught up in the lessons to the point it's - wait what was the question?
They televise lies organize crime til we are all blind slowly dying just wanna get high
So how you get ahead when you're behind hopin that weather shine
We're in a rat race tryna better your time (I pace, stop tie my lace, dropped out of place)
When I saw all the bars on the open gate
When I looked at all the stars and I don't relate
Then I find it really hard runnin through the date
Been confused by the rules try to prove payin dues gonna win in the end now and then we lose
What's to lose if ya bruised black and blue?
It's ya move do whatcha have to do
[x2:]
And they keep building, they just keep building
When they start fallin, we are gonna rise
Yo what's the rain in the sun when there's wine in the shade
A common concept we've accepted over the previous decades
Paradise lost in exchange for time saved
Time is money yeah they cause the cost of livin escalate
And god is guessin after every discretion it's a game of charades
From the womb to the tomb they still got us enslaved
Workin the beat the hand of time but the clock is man made
Labor hard make a living still getting underpaid
And they spy on us through our clothes gates blinds and shades
Tapped phones laptops our privacy they invade
Pumpin propoganda the government wants you afraid
So they can control you through fear, that's how they make you behave
From the freezer out the box and to the microwave
Tv dinner food for thought that slop will rot your brain
Get ya hooked they overdose ya till ya crave the craze
Yeah it's deep but it all leads to a shallow grave
[x2:]
They keep building, they keep building
They start fallin, we are gonna rise
Huh... as the bricks and cement try to close us in
Put us in the pen where the pen is our only friend
Spent every cent on the rent pullin lint out the inseams dreams are the things that we need
I believe if we ever grieve will my daughter bury me
Finally we could be free self therapy
But we gotta strategize think carefully
One part of me is there with you,
Filling the emptiness,
Bringing the truth...
Cleansing the illness in your sight,
Bringing the light in your mind.
Don't stay petrified,
Look at him, he is by your side,
Don't pretend you're something he is not,
We're all the same so lets...
Rise... lets rise,
Be strong and determined,
And you can change something.
You are what your actions are,
It defines you from the feet to the eye,
You can crawl or you can fly,
Still in the same earth we will lay,
You can't run away,
No man can change his fate,
When you feel you're going down just spread your arms and lets...
Rise... lets rise,
Be strong and determined,
And you can change something.
These are hard times, these are cursed times,
Not a moment for prooving anything,
But give your best now,
Grab a chance somehow to make sure you can still do it.
I don't know a way but I'll think of something,
Sooner or later it will cross my mind,
But if we feel the same, if we think the same
Than why don't we just...
Rise... lets rise,
Be strong and determined,
Tijon Ft. Steve Van Tine - Rise
There comes a time when the hope is lost
They need a man who could hold the torch
Ill be your strength in the hard time
When it gets dark, ill be the sunshine
Chorus
Steve -- Tell me what to say when you know the world's coming down
Tijon - When its crashin down tell em who youll call now
S -- I'm looking to the heavens but theres only bullets flying down
T - Let them rain down on me
S -- And I will walk in the sun when the rains coming down
T - Put my faith to the rising sun
S -- And I will stand only strong when no one else can carry on
T - I will........ I will rise
Verse 1
Ill be the hope for the hopeless, Ill be a nightmare if harm ever
approach us
Always stand for my city, Wife lady liberty
I'm the epitome of what these boys been tryna be
Real to the core, thorough I'm the apples seed
They neva talk just, Eye chat, try to apple me
A wrong look misconstrued, a be a tragedy
Im a forgiving soul, it's the ones in back of me
You see they kill for me, Cuz I provide for them
With no deal I aint even brought a dollar in
I guess real recognize it's mirror image
Matter fact that real backwards, see we more the clearer image
Of a further destination, Move in silence like the masons
Hold a steady trigger, but our fingers aint blessed with gift of patients
Please forgive us every virtue don't go hand in hand
Just like the fly talk aint really bout a grain of sand
(Chorus)
Verse 2
I guess that rose grew from concrete
Cuz what they thought I couldn't do, is now upon me
It's beyond me, a label could baton me
Got em feelin like the Blazers after Sam bombed, B
Please sit me down, tell me how this world spin around
When genocide fly, an aint nobody do a thing about it
I see its getting crowded, but this a home to all
Yes I'm high, but could it be population control
Or could it be the air waves pal-oo-tin in ya dome
Cuz I see clowns runnin roun, on they way to the thrown
Never fear I'll cut they neck before they reach the kingdom
Drink the blood out my goblet, the taste is so revealing
See I like to watch the fear in they eye, as they die,
Lay to rest, Let ya souls them fly
Two deaths, one for the man you was known as
The other for the coward, hiding in ya grown ass
(Chorus)
Verse 3
So when the time come that all hope lost
I got the flame I will hold yall torch
Just put ya faith in me, and know I'll give my all for y'all
What happened to your life
It's more than makeup staining your eyes
You wanna be in a better place
Say you don't wanna live this way
All alone
When your heart is cold
And when you feel you're letting go
You can rise above the world below
Rise tonight, tonight
So hard to watch you bleed
Your fragile heart ripped at the seams
You gotta try to help me understand
But first you're gonna have to let me in
No, you're not alone
When your heart is cold
And when you feel you're letting go
You can rise above the world below
Rise tonight
You can rise tonight, yeah
There's a light, a hope in your eyes
Like a star burning in the sky
There's a fire you can't hide tonight, oh
There's a light, a hope in your eyes
Like a star burning in the sky
There's a fire you can't hide tonight, oh
When your heart is cold
And when you feel you're letting go
You can rise above the world below
You can rise above the world below
Rise tonight
Rise, it's more enough then
And let me entertain you
Blind, that's why you laugh at
You hate me more than ever
You are my mind offender
You are my agony
I like you more than ever
Please, please stay close to me
Refrain
I want you back, no matter what
She is? a fallen? from my eyes
I want you now, no matter how
Thought that we could leave in rise
You blow me away (x2)
You blow me away and I want you back today
Cry, it's more enough then
And let me bother you one more time
I know you're crying
I know you're complicated
You are my mind offender
You are my agony
I like you more than ever
Please, please stay close to me
Refrain
Today...
I want you back, I want you x2
I want you back! Meet you x2
I want you back, no matter what
I want you
I want you now, no matter how
I want you
Blow me away! Meet you x2
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