El David, Emanuel Xavier - HIGH NOTE 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