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Mental health is a priroity issue at this time in history. When all that you’ve held on to seems to be falling down, sometimes the only thing you can do is look up.
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Written by Aaron McCain (ASCAP) , Connor Wheaton (ASCAP), Gerald Broome (ASCAP), Phillip Joubert (ASCAP), Vincent Charlow (BMI), Royce Lovett (BMI)
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HOOK (Sharon Irving, Vincent Charlow)
If I could look up
If I could look up
VERSE 1 (Seb Camry)
Gotta count my blessings
Same time, know I’m destined for more
Ain’t ever settle, my foot made of metal
I press on the pedal, go straight to the floor
Remember the days that I laid on the floor
I prayed to the Lord, my soul to keep
Now that I know that he got me, ain’t nothing can stop me
Except the one watching me in the mirror
I pray to God and I conquer the fears
That I had since a little kid
Moving forward, no reliving the years
I’m turning the tears into benefits
Life is better with a little s**t
When you turning the s**t into soil
He told whatever you dealing with
I’m making it better for ya
HOOK (Sharon Irving, Vincent Charlow)
If I could look up into the sky
If I could see passed the blinding lights
I wonder if I could find my way
I need one reason to help me stay
If I could look up
VERSE 2 (Phillip Joubert)
Sometimes my prayers sound like when you just throw stuff in your house and scream
Faded, frustrated, so jaded from failing people and things
It took me decades to learn something's bipolar inside my genes
And self-medicating was taking me backwards at every scheme
Weight of baggage, couldn't let it go, had me tweaking off an edible
Buckled down and gave the doc a call, had to learn to tell the devil "no"
Had to grieve, and had to give me permission
I got a savior, I got a prescription
Swinging these moods like a chandelier
Getting pretty clear to be healthy that I got put my needs first
Pray 'til I feel my knees hurt
How I look stressing myself to meet pressures they press on me
Man I if I die they ain't gonna do nothing but put my face on a t-shirt
I came off that leash, that's not worth my peace
Brand new life on lease, time to find out what my life could be, if
HOOK (Sharon Irving, Vincent Charlow)
If I could look up into the sky
If I could see passed the blinding lights
I wonder if I could find my way
I need one reason to help me stay
If I could look up
If I could look up
VERSE 3 (Canon)
I had to back away, the space for me was too tight to to breath
Tailored most of my songs for folks who wouldn’t give a damn about Rodney King
I made a choice to make it work but I ain’t understand I prolly had to give up some things
When the right to speak about black life
Make them think twice about how you’ll succeed
Censorship is just a filter
Cuz they do not want to deal with how we feeling
They so disconnected with how we living
But that ain’t new, that’s just an algorithm
It’s not my job to make Karen safe
She’ll call the cops out on all our children
Now police around to round up n***s
They’ll shoot us down and then clown our image
They’re bad news, but then good for ratings
I ain’t shuck and jiving for entertainment
We ain’t giving energy to no more racist
angered, entangled in conversations
They’re just basic
What was I thinking?
I done, gave you all I have
I’m moving forward, I’m getting back on my defense
Before I dive to the deep end, I’m leaving
HOOK
If I could look up into the sky
If I could see passed the blinding lights
I wonder if I could find my way
I need one reason to help me stay
If I could look up
If I could look up
If I could look up
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