James Simone - Raise It Up

No father figure in the house and I m wonderin' how I m gonna work it out oh, my friends keep on tellin' me how I don't need that man but they don't really understand there are far too many pressures in reality but dealing with the pain and stress and poverty and I gotta be myself because there's nobody else for me (Ohhh) (heading there with me) sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child (so don't give up) so don't give up (when pressures come down) sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you smile (so raise it up) so raise (hang in there with me) sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways (so don't give up) so don't give up (when pressures come down) sometimes it seems impossible and that's why we pray (so raise it up) we raise [HOPE] seems to be nothing left for me mommas gone daddy didn t wanna be and now im all by myself wonderin where is love or should I just give up life falls down on me, cuts into my soul but I know I got the strength to make it through it all cause I m still standin tall breaking through this wall im gonna give my all [HOPE] Feelin like a motherless child hate cuts into my soul its bringing me down can t find my smile on a face of a motherless child I'm gonna break down these walls gonna give it my all ya know yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhhh (hang in there with me) sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child (so don t give up) so don t give up (when pressures come down) sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make a smile (so raise it up) so raise it up (hang in there with me) raise it up sometimes it takes another helping hand to show you the way (so don t give up, when pressures come down) [HOPE] sometimes it seems impossible that s why we pray so raise it up