Raised to be Lowered chords by 
Saul Williams 
N/A
Key: C minor•
Intro 1
Ab
Verse 1
G
Ab
To manifest your dreams
before you manifest your fears
Bb
Cm
To navigate bey ond
the treachery of self- despair
G
Ab
To find the balance between all
you sense and all you see
Bb
Cm
To find the pa tience and
C5
the strength it takes to let it be
Verse 2
G
Ab
To stand amongst the crowd and have
the strength to hold your own
Bb
Cm
To throw away the pen and pad
Cdim
Cm
and simply be the poem
To rise above hatred to love through
seeming contradiction
To seldom take a side and learn
G
to compliment the fric tion
Cm
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,
G
fuck the words, just ride the beat"
Cm
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
Ab
To reimagine every obstacle
Cm
Ab
as just means
Cm
Of honing craft and learn to laugh
G
at failures funny dream
Verse 5
G
Ab
There has to be some other
Bb
Cm
way to stop the fight
G
I was raised to be lowered
Ab
Was I raised to be lowered?
Bb
I was raised to be lowered
Cm
G
Was I raised to be lowered?
Verse 6
Abdim
Ab
Each day we sing and pray for
Bb
Cm
guidance through the night
G
I was raised to be lowered
Ab
Was I raised to be lowered?
Bb
I was raised to be lowered
Cm
Was I raised to be lowered?
Verse 7
Cm
To 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
Cm
To walk the runway on the one day
when you've lost your stride
To show your face when you feel
Ab
more inclined to run and hide
Cm
Ab
To keep it gutter when you utter,
"No, it won't stop"
Cm
Until the ones that point
G
their guns at get got
Cm
You're
Verse 9
gonna get got,
let these niggas get got
Lying on the blacktop you're
Ab
lying on the have not
Cm
You're gonna get got,
Ab
get popped, get cocked
Cm
G
Cm
Let these niggas get got,
G
let these niggas get got
Verse 10
G
Ab
There has to be some other
Bb
Cm
way to stop the fight
G
I was raised to be lowered
Ab
Was I raised to be lowered?
Bb
I was raised to be lowered
Cm
G
Was I raised to be lowered?
Verse 11
Ab
Each day we sing and pray for
Bb
Cm
guidance through the night
G
I was raised to be lowered
Ab
Was I raised to be lowered?
Bb
I was raised to be lowered
Cm
Was I raised to be lowered?
G
Hallelujah, all
Verse 12
Ab
these other
suckas make me sick
Bb
Inshallah we've come this far,
Cm
the past can suck my dick
G
Ab
Blessed be the virgin especially
if she's nice and thick
Bb
Cm
May your first time be full of grace
respect and not a trick
G
First commu nion,
Verse 13
Ab
sacred as the day you were conceived
Bb
Cm
Born in sin? Nah, think again,
repent and disbelieve
G
Heaven is between your thighs
Ab
there lies the trick, deceived
Bb
Holy blood shed once a month
Cm
until you nurture seed
Interlude 1
Cm
Verse 14
Cm
F
Cm
Was I raised to be lower?
Ab
F
Cm
Was I raised to be lower?
F
Cm
Was I raised to be lower?
Verse 15
(Was I raised?)
Cm
Ab
Cm
Ab
Was I raised to be lower?
Bb
(Was I raised?)
Cm
Was I raised to be lower?
Bb
(Was I raised?)
Cm
Was I raised to be lower?
F
(Was I raised?)
Cm
F#dim
Cm
Was I raised
Ab
Cm
Ab
to be lower ?
Verse 16
Bb
(Was I raised?)
Cm
Cm
G
F
Was I raised to be
lower?
Cm
(Was I raised?)
Ab
Cm
Ab
Was I raised to be lower?
Bb
Cm
(Was I raised?)
Cm
F
Was I raised to be lower?
Ab
Bb
Ab
(Was I
Bb
Bb
raised?)
Was I raised to be lower?
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ChordsAb G Bb Cm C5...
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G
Bb
Cm
C5
Cdim
Abdim
F
F#dim
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