[verse 1]
Drums knock steady, heartbeat of the block,
Every rhyme I drop cut sharper than a clock.
Life movin’ fast but the struggle don’t fade,
Still we rise from the dirt where the systems laid.
(Yeah… rise up, rise up…)

[verse 2]
Stories in the pavement, echoes in the train,
Tryna find light through the thunder and rain.
From the corner to the stage, let the truth unfold,
Every verse is a gem, every line pure gold.
(Uh… yeah, listen close now.)

[chorus – R&B sung]
Ooooh, rise up, let your spirit be free,
(Let it fly, let it fly…)
Ooooh, rise up, put your faith in the beat.
(Don’t stop, don’t stop…)
We gon’ shine through the struggle, find our destiny,
Ooooh, rise up, come and rise with me.
(Rise with me, rise with me, yeahhh…)
Ooooh, rise up, let your spirit be free,
(Let it fly, let it fly…)
Ooooh, rise up, put your faith in the beat.
(Don’t stop, don’t stop…)
We gon’ shine through the struggle, find our destiny,
Ooooh, rise up, come and rise with me.
(Rise with me, rise with me, yeahhh…)

[verse 3]
I seen chains on the mind break slow with a song,
Seen the people hold on though the nights felt long.
Every hand in the sky is a prayer for change,
Gotta write our own story, rearrange the page.
(Rewrite the page… uh-huh.)

[verse 4]
This is soul mixed with rhythm, knowledge with the flow,
Plantin’ seeds in the youth, let the next gen grow.
It’s the roots in the earth, it’s the fire in the pen,
It’s the sound of the people comin’ back again.
(Come back again, come back again…)

[chorus – R&B sung]
Ooooh, rise up, let your spirit be free,
(Let it fly, let it fly…)
Ooooh, rise up, put your faith in the beat.
(Don’t stop, don’t stop…)
We gon’ shine through the struggle, find our destiny,
Ooooh, rise up, come and rise with me.
(Rise with me, rise with me, yeahhh…)
Ooooh, rise up, let your spirit be free,
(Let it fly, let it fly…)
Ooooh, rise up, put your faith in the beat.
(Don’t stop, don’t stop…)
We gon’ shine through the struggle, find our destiny,
Ooooh, rise up, come and rise with me.
(Rise with me, rise with me, yeahhh…)

[verse 5]
From the back of the bus to the front of the line,
Every scar that we bear turn to power in time.
Ain’t no silence too strong, ain’t no voice too weak,
We the sound of tomorrow when the people speak.
(People speak, speak on it!)

[verse 6]
So when the bassline hit, let the truth ignite,
Every soul in the crowd got a flame tonight.
We been fightin’ too long just to fade away,
Let the music be the reason that we rise and stay.
(Stay strong, stay strong, uh!)

[chorus – R&B sung – extended]
Ooooh, rise up, let your spirit be free,
(Let it fly, let it fly…)
Ooooh, rise up, put your faith in the beat.
(Don’t stop, don’t stop…)
We gon’ shine through the struggle, find our destiny,
Ooooh, rise up, come and rise with me.
(Rise with me, rise with me, yeahhh…)
Ooooh, rise up, let your spirit be free,
(Let it fly, let it fly…)
Ooooh, rise up, put your faith in the beat.
(Don’t stop, don’t stop…)
We gon’ shine through the struggle, find our destiny,
Ooooh, rise up, come and rise with me.
(Rise with me, rise with me, yeahhh…)

[outro – rap + ad-libs]
Yeah… the roots run deep, can’t tear us apart,
Funk, soul, rhythm, revolution in the heart.
Rise up… rise up…
(Sing it loud, sing it proud… yeahhh…)