STILL I RISE Lyrics

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Yeah

God's-eye view clearer now, clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

DC (Yeah, yeah)

Icarus mindstate

Flying to a high place

I place my attention into the bright haze

Mind playing tricks I feel the mind games

And I see the mines in the sky

Tryna blow me out from high range

Time flies by, by now I thought I would be as high

As the International Space Station

Still I rise to new pinnacles and sensations

I arrive like astronauts in full flotation

Three steps ahead of the game like

Rubix cubes and premeditated rotations

Word to Dave I'm tryna see several locations

But I see mission impossibles and rouge nations

People who ain't playing and people on PlayStations

People tryna going pro and people on probation

There's only one in my audience

Keep your ovation

My flow iller than patients

I remain patient (Gotta remain patient)

In twenty nineteen

I turned twenty three like Michael J in his prime days

Like Michael J how I find ways

Dribbling my flow through the soundwaves

Giving it and go, round the globe

Paint a picture on the soundscape

Cinematic scenes are the similes on my brain

Barricade the beat until it get into my mindstate

Iridescent dreams, see in colour like a polaroid

To remember the memories

Born in the South East

Moved to the east side

These times I was tryna kick the ball and knee slide

Celebrate like Henry

Back when he had the knee high socks

Box to box

Mercurial feet glide

Born in the inner city grew up near the seaside

That's how I see sides

Got into the A team but started in the C side

We moved out the hood so didn't see much

Hood politics like the C side of To Pimp a Butterfly

Yet we fly

Me and little bro doing tryouts with the big guys

Not from up north

But we were tryna make our way to the top

Like when you're driving up to Teesside

It was church or Sunday kick off at teatime

But when the team signed new players

I wasn't picked, nah

I had to read signs

I had to read between the lines

And then I resigned

I hung up my boots

Threw up the peace sign

Believed it wasn't his plan

The one that hung up on the side of the T sign

Now we wear white socks

Oouu! With the clean slides!

Now we do mic drops

Oouu! Issa clean vibe!

What is success to you?

Be careful how it's defined

Didn't see it then but I see it now

Only saw the rain now I see the cloud

I see the bigger picture, I see it loud

And clear

God's-eye view clearer now (Clearer now)

Didn't see it then but I see it now (See it now)

Only saw the rain now I see the cloud (See the cloud)

I see the bigger picture, I see it loud (See it loud)

And clear

God's-eye view clearer now, clearer now

Yeah

God's-eye view clearer now, clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Yeah

God's-eye view clearer now, clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Clearer now

Yeah, yeah