Lyrics

VERSE 1:
Come step inside the mind of a man tryin' to make it
Got a million things running through his head/Gotta take it
In time, in stride, inside of the rhythm
Moving at the speed of such a life that can kill him
Got the bills to pay
Two mouths to feed
Low on money, no gas
And the dude's got needs
He's getting up early
Coming home late
Dealing with the BS and he's dealing with the hate
No support from anyone who's handling
Married to struggle, stress, and the rest of the family
This repetitive grind will push him til' he's dead
Sleep, work, eat, kids, then he go to bed
Pressure on the mind
Stuck like an old stain
All he's really trying to do is figure how to maintain
Tell me this dude don't know no struggle
Cats everyday life just remains a hustle

HOOK:
If you a man who survives another day
Sacrificing mothers who make ends meet anyway
Chasing paper stacks and the way to fly
All my people stand up it's our time to rise
So just rise
(rise, rise, rise, rise)
When they close your eyes
Just rise
(rise, rise, rise, rise)
When they feed you lies
Just rise
(rise, rise, rise, rise)
When you find the truth
All my people stand up cuz you're living proof

VERSE 2:
You see it lies in the eyes who try and keep strugglin'
Faces determined to keep hope live and bubblin'
Success more than arms length away
Always gotta keep it moving just so we can stay
Outta of the places that determined to keep us down
But it's more than physical things that keep us to the ground
Internal struggles never speak no words
Inner tiny voices louder than the shouts you heard
But it's our time to flip
Street lamps to spotlights
All wrongs into rights
These pens into mics
We do this all night
Can't stop our grind
Steady moving motivating masses through the mind
To all my folks
I know the world can't hold us back
Just learn to rise every time that you under attack
All my people
Know the world can't hold you back
Just rise, touch the sky
Never fall off track
Come on

HOOK

BRIDGE:
To all my people who be struggling
Keep on
To all my people going through it
Keep on
To all my people who be striving
Keep on
And if you almost there
Just keep, keep on
To all my people who be tryin'
Keep on
To all my people who be survivin'
Keep on
To all my people who be movin'
Keep on
And if you barely holding on
Just keep, keep on

And RISE.
You got to rise
All my people just - you got to rise
So keep your head on up
Look to the sky
It's your time to fly
Just rise
Hold your head up you gonna rise
All my people yo we gonna rise
All my people yo y'all gots to rise
Come on, come on
Just rise.