Still I rise
Despite the grim perspective they threw towards this side, quitting is Ill-advised
Being black is half of the battle, they tell us fight but then the winner dies
Guess swallowing defeat is served with pride
I stand tall like trying to edge a inch
I busted down doors then put wedges in
Blood being thick is usually relative
I know my niggas proud, I know my uncle's prouder
I swear the day he died the voice inside me just got way more evident
Think it's gonna be the best day of my life but I (Can't call it, I can't call it)
Think it's gonna be the best day of my life but I (Can't call it, I can't call it)
Think it's gonna be the best day of my life but I (Can't call it, I can't call it)
Think it's gonna be the best day of my life but I (Can't call it)
Niggas tell me what I'm incapable of, I laugh and do it twice in order
Once for my pride and once for the sake of me blowing they ass up out the water
My cohorts and myself, we have this tradition where we list out the impossible
Days past and the list is finished
Up when the sun rise, my days consist of yoga and meditation at lunch time
Multi-million punchlines
The greatest gift is knowing why you was put on this earth and I'm well versed
So I get through that school of thought like alumni
They tell me take the good with the bad and to be prepared for the worst to come
But my head been on perfect since mommy birthed him
Like I been sharing jewels since verse 1, was the first of them
Immerse into my shit and the AIDS cure might emerge
Swear every day could be the best one, if you stopped allowing people
With ill-intent to have such an effect and such an impression
And you knew that when you worry you leave it to chance and chances get just as slim as your blessings