On Up

Aye, I wanna dedicate this one to my son, Noah Hasani

Daddy love you, boy, yeah

And everybody just workin' through what they workin' through, you know what I'm sayin'?

Everybody makin' the best of what they got

Aye, aye, look

I know some OGs always working but they never paid

Findin' they way, but shit, it gotta be a better way

The older that I get, I'm feelin' the resemblance

I look into my son's eyes and still see his innocence

I see my inner child in him and still the remnants

Will he lose it to the world, is it imminent?

Or is it something that me and his momma had instilled in him?

Any confidence you lose, you could build again

He only nine months, barely sittin' up

He almost fell over, I called him and told him (Gotta get on up)

I'm only makin' plays now to pass it on

One day my baby gon' have babies and I'm gon' be gone

The way time movin', it really won't be long

I pray I'm there for every memory you want me on

I gotta teach him that it's more than a rat race

More than a cash chase, and if you chase cash, that just means that it's runnin' away

Instead of turnin' what you love into a company and watch the money come to me

My, what has the world done to me?

Judgin' people off of how they look, not what they've done for me

Don't assume is number three of the four agreements

I gotta start applyin' everything that I've been readin'

It seem like the tragedy of losing kids will never calm

I think about Trayvon, Breon-, my neighbor Deshaun

Prayin' for protection for my family and that He keep His hands on me to fight through this insanity

I lay down, tryna figure out the rest

Close my eyes, picture Heaven, and it's where I'm at

Gotta get on up (Get up)

On up

You gotta get on up now

And you can't sit down, gotta get on up

You gotta get on up now

And you can't sit down, gotta get on up

You gotta get on up now

And you can't sit down, gotta get on up

And you can't sit down, gotta get on up now

And you can't sit down, gotta get on up now

You gotta get on up now

You gotta get on up