Higher Ground

Yup I know a lot of yall' been wonderin'

Where is Paradise

Been thinkin' that too

But as the years pass by I started to realize

It's to be created

There's nobody else that could do it but you

Back when I was just a little kid

Tryna get a grip on this big world with my fingertips

I was ignorant to the viciousness of

A human being bein' dissonant

Momma always taught me kindness treat them

Just the way you wanna be

Kept my friends coverin' my back

Kept my enemies right in front of me

Kept an eye on the prize eye

To the line nope I don't wanna drown

Oh it's killin' me this negativity

And now it's tippin' me I'm goin' down

Somebody help me please help me

Got no money but I'm feelin' wealthy nope

No insurance but I'm feelin' healthy nope

I'm just tryna play the hand they dealt me c'mon

Few players at the table folded couple

Others went to do they own ****

I don't judge 'em really I still love 'em

I just hope they find a world that truly coax them

Cause this rock is beaten' up

And broken by the promises that we've been hopin'

Stay golden and unfrozen until

We finally get to find the quotient

You've got answers you've got answers

Well I've got questions well I've got questions

Is this banter is this banter

Or is it lessons I don't know

A lot of evil cats runnin' round

Without a bit tact or discretion

I'm tryna' climb a little higher up to get the blessin's

Everytime I come down I'm tryna find some high ground

Higher ground

Higher ground

Everytime you're around you make me

Feel like I'm bound for higher ground

Higher ground higher

With their views obstructed

Seen 'em smilin' but I never trusted

What a way for human beings

To function what **** ****

To be stuck wit' a bunch of people

That we ain't grew up with

Tryin to pretend that we'll be friends

But they actually speak a different gumption

You've got a phone dontcha know the code bro

So if you could just reach out once in a while

To get the tone no this ain't a drone

Blowin' a bunch of smoke

Out on the river nile

Man with friends like these

I'm glad to have a woman

Like I do to hold me down

It's her and I against the tribe

But don't nobody never needed to fit in the crowd

So get comin' out into the vibrant miles of sky

We like to call the higher sound

And find a person you can fly with

And keep an eye out for those who circlin' round

And just breathe

Sometimes I bite my lip until it bleeds

See this is just a message

For my inner messes buried underneath the pounds

Seein' all these people know me

I'm still lonely homey

I'm just here and wonderin' how

And when I'm happy evil thoughts get at me

Still they pull me out into the deeper shroud

I wanna leave it all behind so when you look

You'll find me up on the higher ground

Higher ground

Everytime I come down

I'm tryna find some high ground

Higher ground

Higher ground

Everytime you're around you make me

Feel like I'm bound for higher ground

Higher ground higher higher