HIGH NOTE ft. Emanuel Xavier Lyrics

I'm trying to live on a high note

Gotta see beyond all the grime

All the hate and the crime

Trying to paint me some rainbows

Gotta see the light in the dark

Evolution is an art

Gotta live on a high note

Please

Gum bumping just don't phase me

Trying to rise not lay low

There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos

Yeah little brother from the projects

Mama raised eight on state checks

From the Boogie Down to the Upper West

Young poet just trying to get his feet wet

Living a world that be hated

We're never jaded

So underrated

And butterflies still bloom

In the same place where the cannons boom

I'm from where the souls run free

Like this was one thing you can't take from me

Dodging bullets black widows and killer cops

China white speedball and stovetop

And still hope shines in our eyes

Like Maya Angelou still I rise

Here we conjure magic and elementals

There are gods in these ghettos

I'm trying to live on a high note

Gotta see beyond all the grime

All the hate and the crime

Trying to paint me some rainbows

Gotta see the light in the dark

Evolution is an art

Gotta live on a high note

Please

Gum bumping just don't phase me

Trying to rise not lay low

There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos

We make something out of nothing

Inhale heaven when we puffing

Culture so beautiful ain't it

Now the whole first world wanna claim it

We birth rhythm and soul

Violate and we throw them bows

The glamorous on concrete runways

Urban art on the wall and the subways

B-boys spinning on cardboard

Now got their faces on billboards

White collar blue collar pink collar gigs

Weed spots mom and pops and executives

Sen One got his burners up in galleries

Emanuel Xavier is legendary

Rock Steady Zulu let's go

There are gods in these ghettos

I'm trying to live on a high note

Gotta see beyond all the grime

All the hate and the crime

Trying to paint me some rainbows

Gotta see the light in the dark

Evolution is an art

Gotta live on a high note

Please

Gum bumping just don't phase me

Trying to rise not lay low

There are Gods among us in these ghettos

There are Gods

There are there are

There are Gods

There are

There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos

Ain't a ghost but the whip ain't a hooptie

Got a hustle that pays the utilities

My Queen's beautiful

Heaven sent

Intelligent warrior independent

Got a dope crib two blessed kids

A rainbow and a sun that stays lit

I got a tight knit community

We on the rise there's power in unity

We don't wait for opportunities

We create them screw corporate lunacy

Unsung heroes but we ought to

Share their stories make them immortal

There's stars on the planet earth

And they shine like the universe

Yeah

Trying to rise not lay low

There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos

I'm trying to live on a high note

Gotta see beyond all the grime

All the hate and the crime

Trying to paint me some rainbows

Gotta see the light in the dark

Evolution is an art

Gotta live on a high note

Please

Gum bumping just don't phase me

Trying to rise not lay low

There are Gods among us in these ghettos

There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos

There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos

There are Gods

There are - There are

There are Gods

There are Gods amongst us in these ghettos