Aloe Blacc - My Time To Rise lyrics

[Intro] Uh, it's my time to rise [Verse 1] Open the doors up y'all, I know black is incoming Ever since I caught the ball I been running Somehow the clouds spread and the Gods summon [?] With a scroll full of codes to live by I could live in a bowl full of [?] to give my People to feed 'em, just follow my lead and everything gon' be alright Don't be scared of the night I'll be the sun to shed the knowledge and light [Turntablism: DJ Rhettmatic] [Verse 2] My rise is all mine, I climbed and defeated The conquest when at best the rest of y'all cheated I brang it to the table then the [?] will just eat it On some realness, I ain't even being conceded Out the game me and Ex made history, read about it We had dreams, you got goals then homie be up out it Let a braud feel respected and such I'm in the streets with the people, I ain't out of your touch I'm in the same spot you be at, giving you [?] Feel good to know your old hood still got ya back When you out doing shows all across the map You got a place to call home where you could rest your hat And [?] so let the greenery stack And it ain't all about the cake, but I ain't hatin' on that Matter-of-fact when it get good enough for me to retire I'mma fatten up the pockets of the people who's tired Of the day-to-day hustle and grind that transpire Ultimately it's the strength of they mind that I admire And [?] gritting they teeth and the sweat on they brow And through it all they find a reason to smile, they still breathin' somehow So I believe in the child that got his own way of doin' When preparation meet opportunity he'd be a shoe in Like yours truely, ayo [?] black Whisper to a brother, give me some feedback Tell me what you wanna hear about and what you don't like But nope, you cannot use mine so get your own mic Let's have a healthy dialogue, discuss it a bit [?] be a lot of fast talkers man, hustlin' sh** Whatever, I can't concern myself too much with others They worth less, I'm a no stress type of brother No, guess [?] to describe the vibe I present, I'm the noteworthy current event Keep you spending dough like a Las Vegas vent Pumping out double-oxygen, where you at my friend? It's my time to rise [Turntablism: DJ Rhettmatic] [Verse 3] Man I ain't going nowhere, I'll be here till the sun don't shine Then I'mma be the sunshine, you're trying to cover up mine But I'm way too bright, might make y'all blind Time's up for ya son, can't press rewind You don't impress me, I'm the best ticket in the city Only a few chosen dudes I know could run with me [?] studio tactics, the staged theatrics The literary sk**s got 'em doing the backflips I ain't naming no names to protect the innocent The guility can s** these nuts like a dinner mint But you know who you is if I'm talking about you One love, I can't take over the world without 'cha Stay close, we gonna make 'em read us some books And have future poetry cla**es reciting our hooks Like do you know, [?] next to [?] Is [?] black, I'm the next to know So bring it on if you bringing it But recognise it's not wise because the fat lady gon' be singing it Like