Rise Above Lyrics - Truly Yours - J. Cole

(Chorus) 

Rise above, rise above 

You got to 

Rise above, rise above 

(Verse) 

She had her little daughter with er, it was cold out 

She said "a'ight I hate this motherfucker then she rode out" 

He ain't answering his phone, she yells "what the fuck?" 

Then told her daughter "buckle up", yea that's for safety 

See she been stressin lately cuz this nigga she done been with for the past 2 years 

Is now the current reason for her last few tears 

She text, he don't text back 

When she see him she be tryina sex, he don't sex back 

It's hard to be on jet black 

She call, he don't call back 

All he say is fall back 

Nigga just need his space, so she headed to his place 

Cuz she just got a call from her home girl windin 

Who say he be creepin, he been fuckin with Yolanda 

Yolanda? Yea girl, Yolanda 

Told you he ain't shit but you ain't listen, I was tryna (click) 

Hmm, hung up that phone and hop right up in that Honda 

Headed to his crib, she said she fed up with this shit 

Thought this time this was the one 

Thought I got better at this shit 

Picking out Mr. Right, sticking out through the fights 

And long nights for what? This niggas is all a lie 

She gon set it off, her daughter gon witness it all tonight, damn 

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(Chorus) 

Rise above, rise above 

You got to 

Rise above, rise above 

(Verse) 

She said she just finish school, could barely pay tuition 

Now she teachin 7 grade, tryna make a difference 

Aye but the kids frustrated, said if they don't listen 

A ass like that, how the fuck they s'pposed to pay attention? 

I'm fuckin wit you but for real she said they hopeless, a class full of jokesters 

Creatin all the obstacles, impossible to focus 

Little niggas barely read, tryna give em what they need 

And they don't even try, one little boy, he caught her eye 

Cuz he looked just like her brother, she be havin to call his mother 

But she act like she don't care, 

Where father? He ain't here 

Now she frustrated, thinkin that she just made the mistake of her life 

Underpaid, be havin to waitress at night 

Six years of college down the drain 

Drinking, tryna drown the pain 

Party with her girls, feelin sorry for the world 

Cuz ain't no hope for the youth 

Well, ain't that the truth? 

When all your role models either rappin or they hoop, damn 

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(Chorus) 

Rise above, rise above 

You got to 

Rise above, rise above 

(Outro) 

We got to... 

Rise...