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's 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 (nohhhh) (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 it seems to be nothing left for me mom‘s gone daddy didn't wanna be and now I'm all by myself wondering where is love or should i just give up ya know 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 these walls I'm gonna give my all feelin like a motherless child hankered into my soul its bringing me down cant find my smile on a face of a motherless child im 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 dont give up, when pressures come down) sometimes it seems impossible thats why we pray SO RAISE IT UP
[00:15.220]No father figure in the house [00:16.870]and i'm wonderin' how i'm gonna work it out [00:21.790]oh my friends keep on tellin' me [00:24.520]how i don't need that man [00:25.840]but they don't really understand [00:28.130]there's far too many pressures in reality [00:31.630]but dealing with the pain and stress and poverty [00:35.240]and i gotta be myself because [00:38.740]there's nobody else for me (nohhhh) [00:42.460](heading there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child [00:47.150](so don't give up)so don't give up [00:49.010](when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you smile [00:54.050](so raise it up)so raise [00:56.120](hang in there with me)sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways [01:00.820](so don't give up) so don't give up [01:02.790](when pressures come down)sometimes it seems impossible and that's why we pray [01:07.720](so raise it up) we raise [01:09.790]it seems to be nothing left for me [01:12.200]mom‘s gone daddy didn't wanna be [01:15.810]and now I'm all by myself wondering where is love or [01:20.510]should i just give up ya know [01:23.030]life falls down on me, cuts into my soul [01:26.740]but i know i got the strength to make it through it all [01:30.140]cause I'm still standin tall breaking through these walls I'm gonna give my all [01:37.210]feelin like a motherless child [01:40.600]hankered into my soul [01:43.330]its bringing me down cant find my smile [01:46.730]on a face of a motherless child [01:49.790]im gonna break down these walls gonna give it my all ya know [01:53.720]yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh [01:57.770](hang in there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child [02:02.480](so don't give up)so don't give up [02:04.450](when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make a smile [02:09.370](so raise it up) so raise it up [02:11.550](hang in there with me) raise it up [02:17.790]sometimes it takes another helping hand to show you the way [02:17.790](so dont give up, when pressures come down) [02:17.790]sometimes it seems impossible thats why we pray [02:17.790]SO RAISE IT UP
