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