Raise It Up

No father figure in the house
And I'm wondering how
I'm gonna work it out
My friends keep on telling me
How I don't need that man
But they don't really understand

There's far
Too many pressures in reality
With dealing with the pain
The stress and poverty
And I gotta be myself because
There's nobody else for me

(Noo)

(Hang in there with me)
Sometimes it takes
A different kind of love
To raise a child
(So don't give up)
So don't give up
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it takes
A different kind of dream
To make you smile
(So raise it up)
So raise
(Hang in there with me)
Sometimes we need
Another helping hand
To show the way
(So don't give up)
So don't give up
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it seems impossible

And that's why we pray

(So raise it up)
We pray
Seems to be
Nothing left for me
Momma's gone
Daddy didn't wanna be

And now I'm all by myself
Wondering where is love

Or should I just give up
(Ya kno)

Life falls down on me
Cuts into my soul
But I know I got the strength

To make it through it all

Cause I'm still standing tall
Breaking through these walls
I'm gonna give my all

Feeling like
A motherless child

Pain cuts into my soul
It's bringing me down
Can't find my smile
On the face

Of a motherless child
I'm gonna break

Down these walls
Gonna give my all
Ya know
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhhhh

(Hang in there with me)
Sometimes it takes
A different kind of love
To raise a child
(So don't give up)
So don't give up
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it takes
A different kind of dream
To make you smile
(So raise it up)
So raise it up
(Hang in there with me)
Sometimes we need
Another helping hand
To show you the way
(So don't give up)
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it seems impossible
That's why we pray
So raise it up