Rise
Lecrae

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
So you rise


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Lyrics by Lecrae

  Non-Fiction   40 Deep   After The Music Stops   Aliens   All I Need Is You   Anger Management   Anomaly   APB   Background   Battle Song   Beautiful Feet   Believe   Black Rose   Blow Your High   Blow Your Hitch   Boasting   Breathin To Death   Breathin' To Death   Broken   Bun B Speaks   Buttons   Can't Do You   Can't Stop Me Now (Destination)   Change   Chase That   Check In   Children of the Light   Church Clothes   Co Sign   Co-Sign   Co-Sign Part 2   Co-sign Pt. 2   Cold World   Confe$$ions   Crossover   Cruising   Darkest Hour   Death Story   Deja Vu   Desperate   Devil In Disguise   Dirty Water   Divine Intervention   Don't Waste Your Life   Don't Waste Your Life   Dream   El Shaddai   Fakin   Fakin\'   Fakin’   Fallin Down   Fallin’ Down   Fanatic   Fear   Finer Things   Forever   Free From It All   Freedom   Fuego   Gangland   Get Low   Gimme A Second   Give In   Go Hard   God Is Enough   Going In   Good, Bad, Ugly   Got Paper   Gotta Know   Gravity   Hands Up   Hang On   Heaven Or Hell   High   Higher   I Did It For You   I Know   I Love You   I Wouldn't Know   I'm A Saint   I'm Turnt   I'm Turnt   Identity   If I Die Tonight   In Ya Hood   Inspiration   Invisible   It Is What It Is   It's Your World   Jesus Muzik   Jump *   Just Like You   Killa   King   Let It Whip   Like That   Live Free   Long Time Coming   Lord Have Mercy   Lost My Way   Lucky Ones   Mayday   Messengers   Misconception   Misconception Part 2   Misconception Pt 2   Misconceptions 3   Misconceptions Pt. 2   More   My Whole Life Changed   New Reality   New Shalom   No Regrets   Nobody   Nuthin   Outsiders   Overdose   Power Trip   Prayin For You   Prayin' For You   Prayin\' For You   Rebel   Rejects   Release Date   Represent   Round Of Applause   Run   Runners   Sacrifice   Say I Won't   Say I Won\u2019t   Sell Out   Send Me   Sidelines   Souled Out   Spazz   Special   Strung Out   Take Me As I Am   Tell The World   The Bride   The Drop (Intro)   The Fever   The Good Life   The King   The King Intro   The Line   The Truth   Timepeice   Timepiece   Truth   Unashamed   Used To Do It Too   Violence   Wait   Walk With Me   Walking On Water   Was It Worth It   Welcome To America   Welcome to H-Town   Who U Wit   Who U Wit?   Wish   You\'re Faithful (to Me) *

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