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Rise Above
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J. Cole
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Chorus
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Rise above, Rise above, You got to
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Rise above, Rise above
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Verse 1
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She had a little daughter with her it was cold out,
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She said I hate this motherfucker then she rolled out,
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He aint answering his phone she as what the fuck,
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then told her daughter buckle up, ya that's for safety,
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She seem to be stressing lately, cause this nigga she done
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deal with for the past two years, was now the crying reason
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for her last few tears, she text he don't text back,
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when she see him she be trying sex he don't sex back,
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it's hard being on jet black, she call he don't call back,
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all he say is fall back, nigga just need a space, so she
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headed to his place, cause she just gotta call from her
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homegirl Randa, who say he be creeping he been fucking
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with Yolanda, Yolanda? Yeah girl Yolanda! Told you he aint
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shit but you aint listen I was tryna, Click hmm!
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Hang up the phone then ha! right up in the honda,
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headed to his crib she said she fed up with this shit,
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thought this time this was the one, thought I got better
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at this shit, pick it up mister write, stick it out through
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the fights, and long nights, for what these niggas is all alike,
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she gone set it off her daughter gone witness it all tonight, damn!
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Chorus
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Rise above, Rise above, You got to
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Rise above, Rise above
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Verse 2
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She say she just finished school could barely pay tuition,
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now she teaches second grade tryna make a difference,
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ey But the kids frustrate her say that they don't listen,
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a ass like that how the fuck they supposed to pay attention,
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I'm fucking with you but for real she say they hopeless,
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a class full of jokesters, creating all the obstacles,
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impossible to focus, little niggas barely read,
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tryna give'em what they need, and they don't even try,
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one little boy he caught her eye, caused he looked just like
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her brother, she'll be having to call his mother,
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but she act she don't care, where her father? he aint here,
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now she frustrated, thinking that she just made the mistake
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of her life, underpaid be having a waitress at night,
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six years in college damn a drain, drink it
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tryna drown the pain, party with her girls, feeling sorry
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for the world, cause aint no hope for the youth, well aint
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that the truth? When all your role models either rapping or they hoop! Damn!
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Chorus
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Rise above, Rise above, You got to
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Rise above, Rise above, We got to
Rise and Shine
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