No father figure in the house
And I'm wondering how I'm gonna
work it out, oh
My friends keep on telling me
How I don't need that man
But they don't really understand
There's far too many pressures
in reality
Dealing with the pain,
the stress and poverty.
And I gotta be myself because
There's nobody else for me, no
(Hang in there with me)
Sometimes it takes a different kind
of love to raise a child
(So don't give up)
So don't give up
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it takes a different kind
of dream to make you smile
(So raise it up)
So raise
(Hang in there with me)
Sometimes we need another
helping hand to show the way
(So don't give up)
So don't give up
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it seems impossible and
that's why we pray
(So rise it up)
We pray
Seems to be
Nothing left for me
Mama's gone
daddy's didn't wanna be
And now I'm all by myself
wondering where is love
or should I just give up
You know
Life falls down on me
Cuts into my soul
But I know I got the strength to
make it throught it all
Cause I'm still standing tall
Breaking through these walls
I'm gonna give my all, hey hey
Feeling like a motherless child
paint cuts into my soul
It's bringing me down
Can't find my smile
On the face of a motherless child
Gonna break down these walls
Gonna give my all
You know yeah yeah
(Hang in there with me)
sometimes it takes a different kind
of love to raise a child
(So don't give up)
So don't give up
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it takes a different kind
of dream to make you smile
(So raise it up)
So raise
(Hang in there with me)
Sometimes we need another
helping hand to show the way
(So don't give up)
So don't give up
(When pressures come down)
Sometimes it seems impossible and
that's why we pray
SO RAISE IT UP!