Yesterday when we were getting high You were invited, you would've liked it Uh-uh I know you all too well I said that we could kiss the past goodbye But you weren't excited, there's no way to fight it You could stay, but shawty here I go Uh, should I spend the weekend in Vegas? I'm living inside the moment, not taking pictures to save it I mean, how could I forget? My memory's never faded I can't relate to these haters, my enemies never made it I am, still here with who I started with The game needed life, I put my heart in it I blew myself up, I'm on some martyr shit Carry the weight for my city, like a cargo ship Uh, I'm 23 with a money tree Growing more too, I just planted a hunna seeds It's ironic 'cause my mother was a florist And that's how she met my pops And now my garden is enormous It's happenin' Penny Lane, just like you said I avoided the Coke game and went with Sprite instead Uh-uh, that's word to the millions that they puttin' up I'm tryna do better than good enough What am I afraid of? This is supposed to be what dreams are made of But people I don't have the time to hang with Always look at me and say the same shit They say, "You promised me you would never change" You promised me you would never change Am I wrong for making light of my situation? Clap on, before they got some shit for me to snap on Now that I'm on, I don't really wanna worry 'bout gettin' back on I'm just tryna stay on, get my fucking buffet on I heard they just moved my grandmother to a nursing home And I be actin' like I don't know how to work a phone But hit re-dial, you'll see that I just called Some chick I met at the mall, that I barely know at all And, plus this woman that I messed with unprotected Texted saying she wished she would have kept it The one that I'm layin' next to just looked over and read it Man, I couldn't tell you where the fuck my head is I'm holding on by a thread It's like I'm high right now, the guy right now And you can tell by looking in my eyes right now That nothing really comes as a surprise right now 'Cause we just having the time of our lives right now What am I afraid of? This is supposed to be what dreams are made of But people I don't have the time to hang with Always look at me and say the same shit They say, "You promised me you would never change" You promised me you would never change Uh, I live by some advice this girl Alyssa told me The other day Alyssa told me that she missed the old me Which made me question when I went missing And when I start treating my friends different Maybe it was the fast-paced switch up Put up two guns in my face during the stick up Maybe 'cause the girl I thought trusted Was who set the whole shit up But in fact I haven't seen 'em, since they locked Big Rich up I know, the same time I'm quick to forget I'm 'bout to roll me up a blunt with my list of regrets Burn it all, burn it all, I'm startin' it fresh 'Cause half the time I got it right, I probably guessed Did I just trade free time for camera time? Will I blow all of this money baby, Hammer Time? Yeah, I just need some closure Ain't no turning back for me, I'm in it 'til it's over

I am a nation, I am a million faces Formed together, made for elevation I am a soldier, I won't surrender Faith is like a fire that never burns to embers (Who's gonna stand up, who's gonna fight?) The voice of the unheard (Who's gonna break these chains and lies?) Love is the answer I gotta speak it, believe it, that's how I feel inside I, I, can't, can't sit here quiet You can take my heart, you can take my breath When you pry it from my cold, dead chest This is how we rise up Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train This is how we rise up Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder Magic, static, call me a fanatic It's our world, they can never have it This is how we rise up It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us Hey can you hear me? Hey, are you listening? Sleeping in the shadows, could be making history Walk through the fire, walk on the water Used to be a slave, but now you are a conqueror They can take my heart, they can take my breath When they pry it from my cold, dead chest This is how we rise up Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train This is how we rise up Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder Magic, static, call me a fanatic It's our world, they can never have it This is how we rise up It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us Rising up, up, up, up, up We're rising up, up, up, up, up The voice of the unheard Rising up, up, up, up, up We're rising up, up, up, up, up Love is the answer Rising up, up, up, up, up We're rising up, up, up, up, up Love is the answer This is how we rise up It's our resistance, you can't resist us This is how we rise up Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train This is how we rise up Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder Magic, static, call me a fanatic It's our world, they can never have it This is how we rise up It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us It's our resistance, you can't resist us

I was born into a system constructed for failure It's a sinking ship being manned by drunken sailors An escape artist behind the bars of a jailer An asthmatic attack and they withhold the inhaler If the shoe doesn't fit what good is a tailor? In the midst of this crisis please cancel the gala Without a symphony there's no need for a prelude To foreshadow what's to come. See the secret committees commence with their meetings To make red tape in response to simple questions Questions threaten the perception of a beneficial system, A pyramid scheme, with its cogs and its pistons Mechanization of man, making more and more Live in a miserable existence How can so few claim so many victims? And this begs the question My rest is a weapon against the oppression Of man's obsession to control things Look at the long line of make believe kings And the lord of the flies wants you to kiss his ring Follow new rules with invisible strings And become a puppet in a diabolical scheme How do good men become a part of the regime? They don't believe in resistance. Hold fast like an anchor in the storm We will not be moved Lesson number one, Overcome every fear of regret and confusion It's all an illusion, delusion Sent to disconnect the holy fusion Of the spirit and the flesh Every mortal breath's meant to bring forth fire But only when the fear of death gets consumed on the funeral pyre So let the flames rise higher And let every man be considered a liar If he doubts the goodness and faithfulness of God Itching ears will compulsively nod in approval When unbelief is taught in all our temples and schools But God can restrain the madness of a fool He can bring His truth through the mouth of a mule And you can move a mountain without any tools It just takes the faith of a little seed To make a way through what might seem to be impossibility, And the ability will match the occasion The outcome will defy explanation The liberation will not be televised When it arrives like lightning in the skies Hold fast like an anchor in the storm For your love, we will rise and overcome Through the fire Hold fast my people and sing Through peace and through suffering All for the joy that it brings, to be free It's gonna cost us everything To follow one Lord and King True love endures everything To be free Hold fast, like an anchor in the storm We will not be moved

I will make sure that you see my face in the crowd Locking in on my stare that will cut through your wretched ways You will never take us alive Scum of the earth will rise to the top and give us all "facts" That are manufactured And without pursuing knowledge on their own We embrace the plans of the dead (You all need to wake up) Every word you say Is wasted on every breath you take So forgive me I'm not a part of you You've taken everything I won't be the one that stands in the darkness Every word you say Is wasted on every breath you take So forgive me I'm not a part of you You've taken everything I won't be the one that stands in the darkness We will be a generation that makes a stand Against the ones who call themselves kings They will take away everything Before we have a chance to speak We all need to wake up They lead us in Like sheep to the slaughter We all need to wake up We all need to wake up Every word you say Is wasted on every breath you take So forgive me I'm not a part of you You've taken everything I won't be the one that stands in the darkness These words go out to those Who sit on their throne of lies May they not be taken lightly Your existence disgusts me! We will be the resistance Every word you say Is wasted on every breath you take So forgive me I'm not a part of you You've taken everything I won't be the one that stands in the darkness Every word you say Is wasted on every breath you take So forgive me I'm not a part of you You've taken everything I won't be the one that stands in the darkness

From the pain that gives you What you should not be taking You fail the outreach A lonely mind subdued The pressure brought upon us Surmounts the suburban ideal Defences broken down What can we do? Where do we go from here on out When will the outside match what's burning inside We're forced to be, to not be seen We're forced to be the players in someone else's game Don't let what the other's say Lead you from what no one can Be the path and do not fail Don't bend to what anyone says Or take away from what you are Be the path, be the path of fierce resistance Drawn to the underground Far from the expected norm Scorned, lost and indecisive What can we do? Where do we go from here on out We're stuck in someone else's game Don't let what the other's say Lead you from what no one can Be the path and do not fail Don't bend to what anyone says Or take away from what you are Be the path, be the path of fierce resistance We are merely players Performers and portrayers We're forced to be, to not be seen We're forced to be the players in someone else's game Don't let what the other's say Lead you from what no one can Be the path and do not fail Don't bend to what anyone says Or take away from what you are Be the path, be the path of fierce resistance