'Cause still I rise, ayy Cooldown the rod Cast all my cares to wayside Won't waste time Won't waste time Make a world hard, some are war side It's a war call for the future to come Now bring it back like Ooh, ooh This young David, I'm war ready, to soar heavy I forced every opponent to change course And I'm more steady, pour every ounce of my spirit in it I sense it, I feel it, I killed it like I'm off a six-pack a Liquid courage, I know that you're caught scary I been in the crunch time, explored every option Implored every resource, adopted a doctrine That's true to my conquest God must have known the platform that I've garned Garnished my words like a farm of manure And it's crops for the harvest, might yield us the target You sow, you reap The more you keep, the less you gain Before I meet the reaper Pray the words I speak become coveted It's a covenant for change Sort of like when MLK wanted to waste the case I make her pay homage, she leaves before me 'Cause still I rise, ayy Cooldown the rod Cast all my cares to wayside Won't waste time Won't waste time Make a world hard, some are war side It's a war call for the future to come Now bring it back like Ooh, ooh Let's get it started for the dearly departed No art for niggas just makin' money out of the oven 'Cause in they lovin', they be like the president on the face Put a lawyer on mace and then he beat the case Ain't no love for the rats with their ace with the base My joker's a wild card, if we beat the A's Everyone picks it when they parlay Creole In other words, I was raised with that creole Like New Orleans voodoo, Suga this is creole Let me see your palm, nigga, 'cause I can read 'em They ate off in this hand and he's going for kill I'm protected by what I can't see but can feel And I'm holdin' my breath underwater like Seal did We come from the fields Ooh, bad bunny, unconscious This is what happened when we set off the rocket launchers When Melly Mel was sayin', Chaka Khan let me rock this I was in the projects, doin' the gymnastics On the pissy mattress, yeah, the big red man Eddie Cain with five heartbeats and a range Hashtag this I wish that Cousin never got caught with a brick, yeah Hit 'em with the law part, but they missed, yeah Y'all but they lookin' like kids But y'all got you lookin' like Godzilla feet Check the feature, son of a preacher Last supper boy I be sittin' with Peter Mary Magdalena told me there's an informer You will see the sign when he kissed by Judah What was gonna pull up with the horse and shooters Peter gonna pull it so they cut the soldier 'Cause still I rise, ayy (I raise) Cooldown the rod Cast all my cares to wayside Won't waste time Won't waste time (Wate time) Make a world hard, some are war side It's a war call for the future to come Now bring it back like Ooh, ooh