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 Never compromise You just wait for it You just wait on it You just work hard Wake up When they sleep on you You just wait for it You just work hard, and you just wait on it Wait for it, wait for it Wait on it You just wait on it Just wait for it They might sleep on you (wake up) You just work hard and Wait for it Wait for it Stay up Stay up Stay up Stay up Stay up You just wait on it Wait for it Wait You just wait, wait Work harder Work harder Work harder You just wait for it (There's more to me, than meets the eye) (There's more to me, under-estimate me if you want) (But there's more to me) (There's more to me)