Wake Up (feat. Sa-Roc)

There is so much we complain about

Today, tomorrow, it's not promised

We should be grateful

It's time to wake up

So much you wanna get done, uh, oh

Here comes another setback, oh

One thing after another, oh

Then you're getting in your own way, oh

Crying, complaining won't make it better

You just got to get out your head

You gotta get up and don't look back

It's time to wake up

Stand up, wear your crown (Stay up)

Whatever goes can't come back around (Yeah, wake up)

Look up, don't look down (Mmm, stay up)

Stay up high, they gotta see you now (Mmm)

Wake up

Why you standing 'round? Whatcha waiting for?

You're the key

You choose to do it your way, making your own fate

Oh, and don't you blame the world, oh no

Mmm, and if you never give it a go, I know 'cause

That person used to be me

Until I finally opened my eyes

It's time to wake up

Stand up, wear your crown (Wear your crown, stay up)

Whatever goes can't come back around (Can't come around here no more, wake up)

Look up, don't look down (Oh yeah, stay up)

Stay up high, they gotta see you now

Wake up

They say the head wearing the crown is the heaviest yet

But I ain't never had fine metals or a bezeled baguette

I was the last born scion to an empire of regret

Came with an armored plate of steel and tears outlined on the crest

Grew up in a place with dope boys and Tolstoy intersect

With war and peace fighting for primetime control of the set

See, innocence was a luxury only the luckiest get

And the odds were never in our favor, so we was stuck with the debt

But I fought to come a long way from dark days and lost hope

They told me all it takes is one lil' spark and we all toke

So I stay looking for the light, keep them watts on a hundo

'Til my ambition catch a fire like a Wailer and Bob quote

And I know every win come with a lil' skin in the game

My scar tissue a roadmap through the harsh terrain

Might've never got the lesson if the testing me caused refrain

Made the old me no match for the warrior that I became, Roc

Stand up, wear your crown (You got to stand up, yeah)

Whatever goes can't come back around (Can't come back here no more)

Look up, don't look down (Don't you look down, no, stay up)

Stay up high, they gotta see you now (Stay up)

Wake up (Yeah)

(Remember who you are) Wake up, up, up

Wake up, y'all, yeah

(You're a king) Wake up now, come on, uh

(You're a queen) Wake up, up, up

Ah-ba-da-ba (Da-da-da-da), ah-ba-boo-da-boo

(Never compromise) Wait on it, you just wait for it (Wait for it)

You just wait on it, you just work harder

(Wake up) They might sleep on you, wait for it

You just work hard and (Work hard), you just wait on it

Wait for it (Wait for it), wait for it

Wait on it (It's gonna come, it's gonna come, y'all), you just wait on it

Wait for it (Hold on), they might sleep on you

(Wake up) You just work hard and (Work hard now, work hard, work hard)

Wait for it, wait for it (Wait for it)

Stay up, up, up

Stay up, up, up, up (Stay, stay)

Stay up, up, up, up

Stay up, stay up (Stay up)

You just wait on it, wait for it

Wait on it, you just wait, wait

Work harder, work harder

W-w-work harder, you just wait for it (Underestimate me if you want to, but)

(There's more to me than meets the eye)

(There's more to me, underestimate me if you want to)

(But there's more to me, yeah, more to me)

(You know, then you'll see, baby)