Raise it up

Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theater

No father figure in the 1__________________

and I’m wonderin' how I’m gonna 2__________________oh
my friends keep on tellin' me how I don't need that man
but they don't really 3__________________
there's far too many pressures in reality but
4
____________ with the pain and stress and
5
_____________
and I gotta be myself because there's nobody else for me
(ohhhh)
(heading there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to
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__________________a child
(so don't give up)so don't give up
(when pressures come down)
sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you
7
__________________
(so raise it up)so raise
(hang in there with me)sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways
(so don't give up) so don't 8__________________
(when pressures come down)
sometimes it seems impossible and that's why we 9________
(so raise it up) we raise
[HOPE] seems to be nothing left for me
mommas gone daddies didn’t wanna be
and now I’m all by myself wonderin where is love or
should I just give up
life falls down on me, cuts into my 10__________________
but I know I got the strength to make it through it all
cause I’m still standin tall
breaking through this wall I’m gonna give my all
[HOPE] feelin like a motherless child
hankered into my 11__________________
its bringing me down can’t find my 12_________________
on a face of a motherless child
I’m gonna break down these 13________________ gonna give it my all ya know
yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh
(hang in there with me)
sometimes it takes a different kind of love to 14__________________ a child
(so don’t give up)so don’t 15__________________
(when pressures come down)
sometimes it takes a different kind of 16__________________ to make a smile
(so raise it up) so raise it up
(hang in there with me) raise it up
sometimes it takes another 17__________________ hand to
show you the way
(so don’t give up, when pressures come down)
[HOPE] sometimes it seems impossible that’s why we pray
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Raise it up
Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theater

No father figure in the 1house

and I’m wonderin' how I’m gonna 2work it out oh
my friends keep on tellin' me how I don't need that man
but they don't really 3understand
there's far too many pressures in reality but
4
dealing with the pain and stress and 5poverty
and I gotta be myself because there's nobody else for me (ohhhh)
(heading there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to 6raise a child
(so don't give up)so don't give up
(when pressures come down)
sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you 7smile
(so raise it up)so raise
(hang in there with me)sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways
(so don't give up) so don't 8give up
(when pressures come down)
sometimes it seems impossible and that's why we 9pray
(so raise it up) we raise
[HOPE] seems to be nothing left for me
mommas gone daddies didn’t wanna be
and now I’m all by myself wonderin where is love or
should I just give up
life falls down on me, cuts into my 10soul
but I know I got the strength to make it through it all
cause I’m still standin tall
breaking through this wall I’m gonna give my all
[HOPE] feelin like a motherless child
hankered into my 11soul
its bringing me down can’t find my 12smile
on a face of a motherless child
I’m gonna break down these 13walls gonna give it my all ya know
yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh
(hang in there with me)
sometimes it takes a different kind of love to 14raise a child
(so don’t give up)so don’t 15give up
(when pressures come down)
sometimes it takes a different kind of 16dream to make a smile
(so raise it up) so raise it up
(hang in there with me) raise it up
sometimes it takes another 17helping hand to show you the way
(so don’t give up, when pressures come down)
[HOPE] sometimes it seems impossible that’s why we pray
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SO RAISE IT UP