Key: C minor
Intro 1
F
Verse 1
E
F
To manifest your dreams
before you manifest your fears
G
Am
To navigate beyond
the treachery of self- despair
E
F
To find the balance between all
you sense and all you see
G
Am
To find the patience and
Verse 2
E
F
To stand amongst the crowd and have
the strength to hold your own
G
Am
To throw away the pen and pad
Adim
Am
and simply be the poem
To rise above hatred to love through
seeming contradiction
To seldom take a side and learn
Verse 3
bring about the change within
that we can't live without
To shift and rearrange ideals and
learn to deal with doubt
To voice the victory and unlearn
ways of self- defeat
To learn the value of, "Yo,
Verse 4
leave the comfort zones of all
you know to all you feel
To step beyond the void and
realize the unknown is real
Am
F
as just means
Verse 5
E
F
There has to be some other
G
Am
way to stop the fight
Am
E
Was I raised to be lowered?
Verse 6
Fdim
F
Each day we sing and pray for
G
Am
guidance through the night
Verse 7
to take up all the space
To dance at funerals and grieve
when true love shows it's face
To meditate upon the lesser
things like hair and nails
To find new meaning in your
freedom when your freedom kills
Verse 8
when you've lost your stride
To show your face when you feel
Am
F
To keep it gutter when you utter,
"No, it won't stop"
Verse 9
gonna get got,
let these niggas get got
Lying on the blacktop you're
Am
E
Am
Let these niggas get got,
Verse 10
E
F
There has to be some other
G
Am
way to stop the fight
Am
E
Was I raised to be lowered?
Verse 11
G
Am
guidance through the night
Verse 12
suckas make me sick
E
F
Blessed be the virgin especially
if she's nice and thick
G
Am
May your first time be full of grace
respect and not a trick
Verse 13
G
Am
Born in sin? Nah, think again,
repent and disbelieve
Interlude 1
Am
Verse 14
Am
D
Am
Was I raised to be lower?
F
D
Am
Was I raised to be lower?
D
Am
Was I raised to be lower?
Verse 15
(Was I raised?)
Am
F
Am
F
Was I raised to be lower?
G
(Was I raised?)
Am
Ebdim
Am
Was I raised
F
Am
F
to be lower?
Verse 16
Am
Am
E
D
Was I raised to be
lower?
F
Am
F
Was I raised to be lower?
G
Am
(Was I raised?)
Am
D
Was I raised to be lower?
F
G
F
(Was I
G
G
raised?)
Was I raised to be lower?
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