[Intro: Marissa Jerome]They don't understand us, yeahWe don't look down, just up, yeahRise, we're fallin'You know the tension is growin'And everybody be hopin' that we just turn to ashesDon't think we got it, they countin' on us to drop itBut we burn bright cause we know itThey hopin' we turn back like[Hook: Marissa Jerome]We ain't like the world, we just livin' in the world likeJust let us do our thingKillin' darkness as we speak, soAh-oh-ah-oh, we light upAh-oh-ah-oh, and look upAh-oh-ah-oh, just love, love, likeI'ma rise up in the end, what's the point of fitting in?[Verse 1: Fern]Yeah, really started from the bottom, from the bottom (sure did)I told Rey and Marty that we got 'em, we got 'em, yeahHillaryJane over Hillary Rodham, Hillary Rodham, yeahThe new school is here to take over the building and rearrange itTo re-decorate itThey see us, they think that we made itBut we keep it humble, save time on a spaceshipUsed to flip rounds with myself, I was fadedFifteen minutes, I was very creativeI knew that one day I would make it, that I would make it!Cause I ain't tryna 35, broke and nakedSo this is that flow that be tellin' them rappers that started rapping yesterday that it's overMind you we're north in the month of OctoberAnd Jersey, they picked us up in a Range RoverReally started from the middle, it's crazyCause my flow since day one been amazingBut the favor of God is upon usThe only reason why we're killin' it, honest[Hook][Verse 2: Martymar]Been like this since I was just a kidAnd I was runnin' with friends I knew for yearsBy the nickname and not the governmentWe definin' what ugly is, cause I never was a fan of the publishin'All the magazines and the photoshopDefend my city like I'm RoboCopAnd hear the, bap-bap!And I call the copsAnd I just respond, I don't call the shotsI just follow God, I don't think too muchCause if I do, that I might think it's usAnd I'm all black in my fitted tuxNever been the type just to live it upI want my family straight and my mom goodAnd if we could beat the odds then you shouldI mean, I know what I'm doin', I know what I'm doin'I know what I needDoin' my thing, I'm doin' my thing for nobody to seeCause nobody cares, nobody cares until they believeJust follow your heart, follow your heart until you succeed[Outro: Marissa Jerome]We too busy shinin'Like a diamond we never crack under pressureRelease us to the sky with the light as our disguiseLike a thousand sky lanterns ignite the night like ah-oh-ah-ohLike ah-oh-ah-ohIgnite the night like ah-oh-ah-oh, like ah-oh-ah-ohIgnite the night like ah-oh-ah-oh, like ah-oh-ah-ohLike a thousand sky lanterns
