Chapter I - Step Up - Maurice Hawes: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Chapter I - Step Up

Hip-Hop/Rap

Chapter I - Step Up was released on July 17, 2023 by Maurice Movement Records as a part of the album Kingdom Come

Song Details

AlbumKingdom Come

Release DateJuly 17, 2023

LabelMaurice Movement Records

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM94

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Maurice Hawes

Lyrics

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mixla

Producer

Lyrics

Intro

Yo

Takin’ y’all back to the 90s on this one

Yea

Verse 1

Step up to the plate, so we can do something different

Writing rhymes with some meaning

Dope style, send a message

It’s a Jedi Mind Trick, we are Violent by Design

He’s a liar and theif, Diabolic type of mind

don’t need your accolades, don’t need your respect

I just wanna touch your heart and I’m wishing you the best

So....

Hook 1

Step up to the plate, so I can show you how to rock this

Step up in the cage, I’ll show you how to box, kid

Verse 2

You gotta get ya mind right, it’s all one in the same

You gotta, getcha, getcha, getcha, head in the game

Planted firm like the roots, EP, I attack

Planted firm like the roots, EP, I attack

I’m the type to fight back, even when I’m on the ground

Bullet holes, stab wounds, almost dead, bleeding out

Hook 2

Step up to the plate, if you reaping Heavens Warrior

Step up to the plate, if you reaping Heavens Warrior

Verse 3

Emerged from the ashes

Back to life

Coming from the underground, resurrection of Christ

Attached to the Honey Badger

Flashlight for the night

Big homie on my left

Little bro on the right

Weapons tight

Stack up

Rally round on me

One shot, one kill

You sweep and we’ll clean

Word...

Hook 3

Solid plan but, they don’t really give a damn

Warpaint, camouflage and the Blood of the Lamb

Verse 4

cuz he’s the King

It’s never been as obvious as now

Got you screaming, like a heathen

O Brother, Where Art Thou

Right now, is the time, to redeem

Who you are

it’s the time, to envision, your redemption, through your art

I may not hit the charts

but I’m living in my calling

and that’s worth more, than all that comes above it

Hook 4

Step up to the plate if you wanna love God

Step up to the plate if you DON’T, love God

Verse 5

Let me address, the elephant, in the room

bunch a demons walking round, like ya boi was playing DOOM

they don’t like me cuz I’m black

it’s because, I’m a woman

don’t you know, what it’s like

Mexicans and the Asians

There is one, sole difference, from a victor and a victim

the first talks shit, while the other makes a difference

Truth

Hook 5

Step up to the plate and don’t act, like a victim

Step up to the plate and don’t act, like a victim

Verse 6

I’m a sniper

Sitting up, in the watch tower

Shooting lava out the chamber

like a dragon, with siliva

I don’t fit in with blacks

I don’t fit in with the whites

Hate political agendas

and, sports ain’t my vibe

Remember that

Cuz I will not, remind you again

My enemy’s, enemy, was his cousin and my friend

Hook 6

Step up to the plate if you tired of the “N” word

Acknowledge it or not, it’ll only make the problem worse

Verse 7

To the ladies

what’s up with all the bodies on the gram

thirsty men like your pictures and they only want the sex

you can do what you want, but you shouldn’t be surprised

Get the wrong attention, from the wrong type of guys

So how can you say

You got, respect, for yourself

When it’s wet ass pussy every time you ring the bell, like....

Hook 7

Step up to the plate if you tired of misogyny

Unoriginality

Superficiality

Verse 8

Unleashing hells fury in the jungle, like the Predator

thats what a chump get, when they preying on a predator

don’t care how tough you are

how much street creed you got

It’s the dark side of life, while you rising to the top

Step, Up

with a Tech N9ne and a German Ruger

cuz my medulla oblongata, got a cocked bazooka

Hook 8

Step up to the mic, if you wanna rap battle

Underground throw down, like the end of 8 mile

Verse 9

Step up to the plate, if you want a better future

You gotta believe, that can start a revolution

A healing of the heart

Clarity, of the mind

A soul washed clean, in the Jordan, come to life

Gotta do, what we gotta do, no matter what the cost

Gotta stand up together, in the faith, of the cross

Hook 9

Step up to the plate, so you can leave behind a legacy

Step up to the plate, so you can leave behind a legacy

Outro Hook

Step up to the plate if you love everybody

Agree or disagree, gotta hear me out, homie

Step up to the plate, so we can celebrate sobriety

Freedom is a miracle, deserves notoriety

Step up to the plate if you enjoyed this song

Help me keep the lights on, go support, my Patreon

Help me!

Written by: Maurice Hawes

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