But still I rise yeah Cool down the rod Cast all my cares to a side Won't waste time Won't waste time Make a world hard Some are war side It's a war call for the Future of the calm Now bring it back like Oooh, oooh This young David at war I'm ready to soar and heavy I forced every opponent To change course And I'm more steady Pour every ounce Of my spirit in it I sense I feel it I kill't it I'm in it Like i'm off a 6-pack a Liquid courage I know that you're caught scary I been in the crunch time Explored every option Implored every resource Adopted a doctrine That's true to my conquest God must have known The platform that I've gone with Garnished my words like A farm of manure And it's crops for the harvest Might yield us the talking You sow, you reap The more you keep The less you gain Before I meet the reaper I pray the words I speak Become covered in And is a covenant For change, sort of like MLK Wanted, don't waste the case I make her pay homage She leaves before me But still I rise yeah Cool down the rod Cast all my cares to a side Won't waste time Won't waste time Make a world hard Some are war side It's a war call for the Future of the calm Now bring it back like Oooh, oooh Let's get it started for The dearly departed No art, before niggas is making Money out of the oven 'Cause in they lovin' They be like the President in the face But on law that based And then he beat the case Ain't no love for the rats With their ace with the base My joker's a wild card If we beat the A's Everyone picks it when They parlay Creole In other words I was Raised with that creole In New Orleans voodoo Suga this is creole Let me see your palm nigga 'Cause I can read 'em They ate off in this hand And he's going for kill I'm protected by what I can't see but can feel And I'm holding my breath Underwater like Seal did We come from the fields Oh bad bunny I'm conscious This is what happened when We set off the rocket launchers When Melly Mel was saying Chaka Khan let me rock this I was in the projects Doing the gymnastics On the pissy mattress Yeah the big red man Eddie Cain with 5 heartbeats And a range, hashtag this I wish that Cousin never got caught with A brick yeah Hit 'em with the law part But they missed yeah Y'all but they looking like this But ya'll got you looking like Godzilla feet, check the feature Son of a preacher Last supper boy I be sitting With Peter Mary Magdalena told me There's an informer You will see the sign When he kissed by Judah What was gonna pull up With the horse and shooters Peter gonna pull it so they Cut the soldier But still I rise yeah Cool down the rod Cast all my cares to a side Won't waste time Won't waste time Make a world hard Some are war side It's a war call for the Future of the calm Now bring it back like Oooh, oooh