I still rise
Thought this was the end
But it feel like
Shit has just began
And I realized
People out for me
Can't enjoy where I be
Paranoid, I can't sleep
It don't feel right
Still on top like I told ya
Yea yea yea
Looking over my shoulder
Yea yea yea
I ain't choose to be the chosen
Some of ya'll just do the most
Drinks on me like a coaster
I would like to make a toast
Glass get a raise like promotion
Celebrate for the moment
Seen better days
But we hoping
For hella pay to get the folks rich
Moves I make like compulsion
I just gotta keep the motion
Squad deep like a low pitch
You alone in yo emotions
I'm goin in like its curfew
RIP to my opponents
So much drive in my circle
You gon think we doing donuts
Mass hysteria will hurt you
Another way they can control us
I remember there was bird flu
Now we dealin wit corona
Paranoid but I don't let it sink in
I stop caring bout
What other people thinking
It's entirely stupid
And trust all yo fear is anxiety rooted
But not to be ruthless
I try to be prudent and tie up the loose ends
To thrive in my future so I do not lose it
If somehow I do
Then as long as I'm living my truth
Shit
I still rise
Thought this was the end
But it feel like
Shit has just began
And I realized
People out for me
Can't enjoy where I be
Paranoid I can't sleep
It don't feel right
We need to try and stay closer
Yea yea yea
It ain't over till it's over
Yea yea yea
Don't ever let em think they own us
The US isn't even for us
Land of the free but it's stolen
And we built it on our own
Left so many of us broken
You expecting us to cope
So much shit that we know of
But so much shit that's unknown
Don't forget that they owe us
40 acres with my home
Propaganda they show us
Everything is for show
The television try and tell a vision
Push a message in hopes you won't pay attention
To systemic ways that they make us victims
Seen better days from the way we livin
No pig is peaceful
Fuck your intentions
The System will treat you
Like y'all pawns to a bigger evil
If we all fought
Then we could defeat you
I know these people
Paranoid that they get Relinquished
Start caring more when my people thinking
To start revolutions
Cuz now they have fear
That their powers uprooted
Ya'll gotta be ruthless
So ya'll can be prudent
To tie up the loose ends
And thrive in the future
So ya'll do not lose it if somehow ya'll do then
As long as ya'll living ya'll truth
Shit
I still rise
Thought this was the end
But it feel like
Shit has just began
And I realized
People out for me
Can't enjoy where I be
Paranoid I can't sleep
It don't feel right