Raised to be Lowered chords by Saul Williams
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Intro 1
(F major)
Verse 1
(E major) To manifest your dreams (F major)
before you manifest your fears
(G major) To navigate bey (A minor) ond
the treachery of self- despair
(E major) To find the balance (F major) between all
you sense and all you see
(G major) To find the pa (A minor) tience and
the strength it takes to let it (A5) be
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Verse 2
(E major) To stand amongst the (F major) crowd and have
the strength to hold your own
To throw (G major) away (A minor) the pen and pad
and (Adim) simply (A minor) be the poem
To rise above hatred to love through
seeming contradiction
To seldom take a side and learn
to compliment the fric (E major) tion
(A minor) To
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,
fuck the words, just ride the (E major) beat"
(A minor) To
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
To reimagine every (F major) obstacle
(A minor) as (F major) just means
(A minor) Of honing craft and learn to laugh
at failures funny dream (E major)
Verse 5
(E major) There has (F major) to be some other
(G major) way to stop (A minor) the fight
I was (E major) raised to be lowered
(F major) Was I raised to be lowered?
I was raised (G major) to be lowered
(A minor) Was I raised to be lowered? (E major)
Verse 6
Each day (Fdim) we sing and pray (F major) for
(G major) guidance through the (A minor) night
I was (E major) raised to be lowered
(F major) Was I raised to be lowered?
I was raised (G major) to be lowered
Was (A minor) I raised to be lowered?
Verse 7
To (A minor) not allow the worshipers
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
To (A minor) walk the runway on the one day
when you've lost your stride
To show your face when you feel
more inclined to run and (F major) hide
To (A minor) keep it gutter when you (F major) utter,
"No, it won't stop"
(A minor) Until the ones that point
their guns at get (E major) got
(A minor) You're
Verse 9
gonna get got,
let these niggas get got
Lying on the blacktop you're
lying on the (F major) have not
(A minor) You're gonna get got,
get (F major) popped, get cocked
(A minor) Let these (E major) niggas (A minor) get got,
let these niggas get (E major) got
Verse 10
(E major) There has (F major) to be some other
(G major) way to stop (A minor) the fight
I was (E major) raised to be lowered
(F major) Was I raised to be lowered?
I was raised (G major) to be lowered
Was (A minor) I raised to be lowered? (E major)
Verse 11
Each day (F major) we sing and pray for
(G major) guidance through (A minor) the night
I was (E major) raised to be lowered
(F major) Was I raised to be lowered?
I was raised (G major) to be lowered
Was (A minor) I raised to be lowered?
Hallelujah, all (E major)
Verse 12
these (F major) other
suckas make me sick
(G major) Inshallah we've come this far,
(A minor) the past can suck my dick
(E major) Blessed be (F major) the virgin especially
if she's nice and thick
May (G major) your first time be full of (A minor) grace
respect and not a trick
First commu (E major) nion,
Verse 13
sacred (F major) as the day you were conceived
Born (G major) in sin? Nah, think (A minor) again,
repent and disbelieve
Heaven (E major) is between your thighs
(F major) there lies the trick, deceived
Holy (G major) blood shed once a month
(A minor) until you nurture seed
Interlude 1
(A minor)
Verse 14
Was I raised (A minor) to be lower? (D major) (A minor)
Was I raised to be lower? (F major) (D major) (A minor)
Was I (D major) raised (A minor) to be lower?
Verse 15
(Was I raised?)
Was I (A minor) raised (F major) to (A minor) be (F major) lower?
(G major)
(Was I raised?)
Was I raised (A minor) to be lower?
(Was I (G major) raised?)
Was I (A minor) raised to be lower?
(Was I (D major) raised?)
Was I raised (A minor) (E flatdim) (A minor)
(F major) to be (A minor) (F major) lower?
Verse 16
(Was I (G major) raised?)
Was I (A minor) raised (A minor) to be (E major) (D major)
lower?
(Was I (A minor) raised?)
Was I (F major) raised (A minor) (F major) to be lower?
(Was I (G major) (A minor) raised?)
Was I raised (A minor) to be (D major) lower?
(Was I (F major) (G major) (F major)
(G major) (G major) raised?)
Was I raised to be lower?
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