Rise (Brother Rapp Remix)

Lyrics:

Once upon a time on the block there was a little hope.
We got bored and traded that for a little dope.
Wanted more and sold a little crack,
but 20 years in prison is more than a little slap.
Got me singing where love is with black eyes.
4 out of 10 inmates is black guys.
Without a vision we lose heart, and axe grind.
Call it tin man.
How's a father let his daughters scrape they dinner outta tin cans? (Man)
I'm enduring.
For the man with more land in his name after life than during. (Yeah)
And every politician is married, just different sides of the aisle.
You walking by they drive beside and say they walked in ya mile.
Don't be locked in the house because of that though;
or play in a box with bubble wrap notes. On that note.
These lady killers contribute to baby killers,
I'm tryna give em life and the One who can maybe fill it.
Father give us our daily bread; in Asia provide rice.
Instead of these fleeting trends,
Pringles and Klondikes.
More to being a sinner than saying a bad word.
You can speak religious and still say a bad word.
15-16 of James 2,
conveys to me what i tryna convey to you.

Rise with the tide or go under?
Sing the song of the times or go Gungor?
We need a Julliard for who we are..
Decisions like - instrument or car?
Should I pay for music lessons,
or get my kids clothes to dress in, I'm stressing.
And they wanna fit in with they best friends.
Get attention and a little bit of sex then.
Or at least get respected.
They justify they wrongdoing and then call it a blessing. (What!?)
Bout' as mystical as Mystikal was;
you know mystical is what mystical does.
I was kissed by a dove,
that was kissed by a rose.
They never tasted His blood,
in they Dracula pose.
This is my life and times, issues of the heart.
This is my life in cries, tissues of the heart.
Where more is said than what's not.
And more is said in what's not.
Yeah I'm often read and what not,
So what? Lest what's in my head is unlocked.
Man it's feeling like the sign of the times.
Feeling like Thizz, I signed up to die.
But in Him, the God who supplies.
If I - If I die, then I'm gonna rise to life.

(Thanks to Derek Minor for the beat)