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This the life I was given
What a crazy ride
It all started with a tape cassette
Let me rewind
Now stop, eject
Sometime around '89 when it paid to rhyme
A crazy time when no Asians tried
But I paid no mind, see
I was that kid with rap
Plastered all over my bedroom wall
Black folk, none looked like me
Obviously wasn't the point at all
Something bigger that moved me
Sunken treasures of jewelry
Unearthing all of her beauty yo
Her beats and rhymes that pursued me
Tape cassette sat on my desk
Leaning like tower of Pisa
Cast shadows over school books
Explains why I wasn't much of a reader
Music was my two lips
I kissed her cheeks and we fell in love
And I swear my dad's heart skipped a beat
When he saw four feet peeking out my sheets, bruh
My grades slipped though
No one could stop the rhythm fo sho
She swept my feet so low I fell slow mo to the floor like whoa
No control of my soul in a trance, Paul Oakenfold
Small dreams to a stage in Tokyo
First time I saw fans get emotional like
In photos too, shaking under my arm bro
That's when it hit me like Arnold
Schwarzenegger, that's hard yo
Damn near left me black and blue
Like crack and brews
It can happen to you
We rising up
Do it for my city
I'ma do it 'cause they counting on us
I do it for the music
'Cause it's colorblind
I do it for the love
So we rising up, up
We rising up, up
For me it started with a verse
The very first one
One I had rehearsed
One took me and immersed
Done, it was like a burst
And injected a brand new life
Man this can do hype
Can get you every night
Pump blood, it can do right
Dumb love made me today with the heart of the pain
'Cause I fought for my name and I'm happy that we came up
They worked hard, yeah I worked a little harder
That's what it takes, yeah to make it as an artist
Make it in America, you can make it anywhere
Sure there's bright lights but life's bare, it isn't fair
That's the right way, at times I might fade
Hold that first time that I had pressed play
Go back to the day, remain but don't change
As a young man swinging to make his own way
Do it for my city
I'ma do it 'cause they counting on us
I do it for the music
'Cause it's colorblind
I do it for the love
So we rising up, up
We rising up, up
You feel it in your bones while you replace it
Or face fear or not, it's up to you to waste it
Now or never
Now, now or later down the path
The only way is up and we're never going back
Up to you right now, what would you write down
Whether it be something honest or a bit profound
Maybe nothing at all, perhaps your bluffing is all
Whatever it doesn't matter as long as you take it's all and explode
Intake that opening rift
It's a gift from God, only a few of us get
From intro to the bridge, with hands high, you will give
Every ounce of your soul, body, mind just to live
And hold on to this moment
You're in it, you own it
The zone that you're in, some kind of atonement
The song comes to an end and for a moment you pause
A thank you to the listener, it's for you I applaud
It's for you, we rising up
Do it for my city
I'ma do it 'cause they counting on us
I do it for the music
'Cause it's colorblind
I do it for the love
So we rising up, up
We rising up, up
Feel me
I want y'all to feel me on this
Tell me you love it
Anything is possible
I need someone to feel me
No matter your race, your color, your creed
Tell me you love it
Never give up
I need someone to feel me
We here as a community
We rise together, we stand together
I need someone to feel me
Rise up, stand up
Tell me you love it
Feel me, feel me
I need someone to feel me
Tell me you love it
The only way is up
Dan, Hiro, Paul Kemp
Up
Up
One way