New Bracelets - Franky Perez

Rise up

Rise up

I gotta rise up from these streets

I’m gonna stand up

Stand up

Get back on my feet

Yeah

It was like any other morning

'Til the sun hit me between the eyes

And shone a light on my situation

I’d finally done it this time

I had a brand new pair of bracelets

And a number for a name

A little room that I could pace in

Twenty three if I was a day

I gotta rise up

Rise up

Rise up from these streets

I gotta stand up

I gotta walk tall

And get back on my feet

Yeah

Now I’m doing the county shuffle

Waiting in line for the stress box

I’m dialling up a prayer to get me out of trouble

But I doubt God takes collect calls

I gotta rise up

Rise up

Rise up from these streets

I gotta stand up

I gotta walk tall

And get back on my feet

Gotta promise me mamma

You gonna stop your crying

It’s gonna stick this time

She said «When you keep yours I’ll keep mine»

I know I got cracks in the foundation

And it’s gonna take a lot of sand to sand to seal

Yeah, I got some skeletons in the basement

It’s time I dig them up and heal 'em

Woah

I gotta rise up (I'm gonna rise up)

Rise up (I'm gonna rise up)

Rise up from these streets

I gotta stand up (I'm gonna stand up)

I gotta walk tall (I'm gonna walk tall)

And get back on my feet