The Raptivist - Up Right Lyrics

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(Look)
Silk tie and a blazer
Peace to all my brothers
As-Salaam-Alaikum
Trump is president so now I watch a lot of faking
All the white supremacists is getting hostile with their hatred
Uh, Now I'm riding round to C-Span
Keep my third eye open cause everything I see spans
Beyond the surface, right wing politics
Left wing politics, Neitheer I don't follow it
But I acknowledge it, never went to colleges
Like Betsy DeVos, but I carry the cross
I used to hustle tree, but I wasn't a boss
Now I own my own corporation, it's time to build a nation
I'm on my Nat Turner, Nate Parker, hate harder
I'm from the hood where there's mothers, but there ain't fathers
Tell me who else could raise them up but Father God
I bear witness homie, we got it hard
Going through the tribulations and the trials
Me versus the state, they had to take me to the trial
When they found me guilty, they was hating, they was foul
Until I expunged my record, they had to respect it
I was young and I was reckless and I wasn't connected
Till I heard the word of God and I started reflecting
Look, I just needed direction
Practice makes permanent, no such thing as perfection
Uh,
I'm just striving to be upright
Every day's a uphill battle but I'm not uptight
Nah, I'm just doing my best
I pray the Lord gives me peace before I'm laying in rest
Let's go, uh, I'm just striving to be upright
Every day's a brand new battle but I'm still alright
Look, I'm just doing my best
I pray the Lord gives me peace
I ain't got time to rest
But through the stress, I keep putting in work
Till the day they put me in a hearse to take me to the dirt
I got kids, when I look in their eyes
I'm just thankful I'm alive
What a pleasant surprise
Too many days could've met my demise
Hanging out with the wrong type of guys
Or the wrong type of girls
Trying to figure who to keep in my world
Sometimes it could be hard to decide
Getting older and wise
Going through the tribulations and the trials
Learning how to be patient when I was down
Aggressive with the hustle, ain't waiting, let's get it now
Even white folks respect him because of his efforts
And I don't even need the respect, it's the fact that I get it
From the way that I be handling business
Only God is my witness
Everywhere I go there's beautiful women
But I'm married and I made that commitment
At times it's hard to resist
I'm just striving to be upright
Every day's an uphill battle but I'm not uptight
Nah, I'm just doing my best
I pray the Lord gives me peace before I'm laying in rest
Let's go
I'm just striving to be upright
Every day's a brand new battle but I'm still alright
I'm just doing my best
I pray the Lord gives me peace
I ain't got time to rest
Nah, I ain't got time to rest
Nah, I ain't got time to rest
Nope, I ain't got time to rest
Nah, I ain't got time to rest
Word, The Raptivist
Yeah
Uh, uh, Lets go