(Chorus) Rise above, rise You got to Rise above, above
(Verse) She had her little daughter er, it was cold out She said aight I this motherfucker then she rode out He aint answering his phone, she what the fuck? Then told her daughter buckle up, yea for safety See she been stressin lately cuz this nigga she done been with for the 2 years Is now the current for her last few tears She text, he dont back When she see him she be tryina sex, he sex back Its to be on jet black She call, he dont back All he say is fall Nigga just need his space, so she headed to his Cuz she just got a call from her home girl Who say he be creepin, he fuckin with Yolanda Yolanda? Yea girl, Told you he aint shit but you aint listen, I was (click) Hmm, hung up that phone and hop right up in that Headed to his crib, she said she fed up with shit Thought this time was the one I got better at this shit Picking out Mr. Right, sticking out the fights And long for what? This niggas is all a lie She gon set it off, her daughter gon it all tonight, damn
(Chorus) Rise above, rise You got to Rise above, rise
(Verse) She said she just school, could barely pay tuition Now she teachin 7 grade, tryna a difference Aye but the kids frustrated, said if they dont A ass like that, how the fuck they to pay attention? Im fuckin wit you but for real she said they hopeless, a full of jokesters Creatin all the obstacles, impossible to Little niggas barely read, tryna give em they need And they dont even try, one boy, he caught her eye Cuz he looked just her brother, she be havin to call his mother But she act she dont care, Where father? He here Now she frustrated, thinkin that she made the mistake of her life Underpaid, be havin to waitress at Six years of down the drain Drinking, tryna the pain Party with her girls, feelin sorry for the Cuz no hope for the youth Well, aint the truth? When all your role models rappin or they hoop, damn
(Chorus) above, rise above You got to Rise above, rise
(Outro) We got to