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Raised to be Lowered Lyrics
To manifest your dreams before you manifest your fears.
To navigate beyond the treachery of self despair.
To find the balance between all you sense and all you see.
To find the patience and the strength it takes to let it be.
To stand amongst the crowd and have the strength to hold your own.
To throw away the pen and pad and simply be the poem.
To rise above hatred to love through seeming contradiction.
To seldom take a side and learn to compliment the friction.
To bring about the change within that we can’t live without.
To shift and re-arrange ideals and learn to deal with doubt.
To voice the victory and unlearn ways of self-defeat.
To learn the value of, “yo, fuck the words just ride the beat”.
To leave the comfort zones of all you know to all you feel.
To step beyond the void and realize the unknown is real.
To re-imagine every obstacle as just a means of honing craft and learn to laugh at failures funny dream.
There has to be some other way to stop the fight.
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
Each day we sing and pray for guidance through the night.
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
To not allow the worshippers to take up all the space.
To dance at funerals and grieve when true love shows its face.
To meditate upon the lesser things like hair and nails.
To find new meaning in your freedom when your freedom kills.
To walk the runway on the one day when you’ve lost your stride.
To show your face when you feel more inclined to run and hide.
To keep it gutter when you utter. No, it won’t stop
Until the ones that point their guns at Niggas get got!
YOU’RE GONNA GET GOT!
You let them Niggas get got.
You’re gonna get got. Get popped. Get Cocked.
You let them Niggas get got. Let them Niggas get got!
There has to be some other way to stop the fight.
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
Each day we sing and pray for guidance through the night.
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
Hallelujah, all these other suckas make me sick.
Inshallah we’ve come this far. The past can suck my dick.
Blessed be the virgin, especially if she’s nice and thick.
May your first time be full of grace, respect, and not a trick.
First communion. Sacred as the day you were conceived.
Born in sin? Nah, think again. Repent and disbelieve.
Heaven is between your thighs. There lies the trick. Deceived.
Holy blood shed once a month until you nurture seed.
Was I raised to be lowered?
To navigate beyond the treachery of self despair.
To find the balance between all you sense and all you see.
To find the patience and the strength it takes to let it be.
To stand amongst the crowd and have the strength to hold your own.
To throw away the pen and pad and simply be the poem.
To rise above hatred to love through seeming contradiction.
To seldom take a side and learn to compliment the friction.
To bring about the change within that we can’t live without.
To shift and re-arrange ideals and learn to deal with doubt.
To voice the victory and unlearn ways of self-defeat.
To learn the value of, “yo, fuck the words just ride the beat”.
To leave the comfort zones of all you know to all you feel.
To step beyond the void and realize the unknown is real.
To re-imagine every obstacle as just a means of honing craft and learn to laugh at failures funny dream.
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
Each day we sing and pray for guidance through the night.
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
To dance at funerals and grieve when true love shows its face.
To meditate upon the lesser things like hair and nails.
To find new meaning in your freedom when your freedom kills.
To walk the runway on the one day when you’ve lost your stride.
To show your face when you feel more inclined to run and hide.
To keep it gutter when you utter. No, it won’t stop
Until the ones that point their guns at Niggas get got!
YOU’RE GONNA GET GOT!
You let them Niggas get got.
You’re gonna get got. Get popped. Get Cocked.
You let them Niggas get got. Let them Niggas get got!
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
Each day we sing and pray for guidance through the night.
I was raised to be lowered.
Was I raised to be lowered?
Inshallah we’ve come this far. The past can suck my dick.
Blessed be the virgin, especially if she’s nice and thick.
May your first time be full of grace, respect, and not a trick.
First communion. Sacred as the day you were conceived.
Born in sin? Nah, think again. Repent and disbelieve.
Heaven is between your thighs. There lies the trick. Deceived.
Holy blood shed once a month until you nurture seed.
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These are definitely words to live by.
Another one of the original 14 and it reeeeeaaaaalllly grew on me. I'm pretty sure this is another case where I took a part of another track and mixed it into this one (the break after the 2nd chorus). I asked CX to program some southern style drums under this section and then began writing. Lyrically, this may be the most focussed track on the album. Its a series of maxims that kinda make me feel like a motivational speaker. I orginally titled this song "Hallelujah" and imagined Mos Def singing the chorus which at the time was simply "Hallelujah". You can get the gist of my orginal idea in the break. "Blessed be the virgin, especially if she's nice and thick"..... I added the gun claps for the "get got" section. Don't remember how I came up with 'was I raised to be lowered', but I liked it as soon as I did. This and Skin of a Drum may be my two favorite choruses that I've written. This was a monumental track for me and was my favorite for a long time. The outro singing style was Trents idea. One of the few vocal choices that he suggested. I hated it at first but went along 'cause I had a sneaking suspition that it might grow on me. It did. -Saul Williams http://www.saulwilliams.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=002361
Very intense, makes you think. I guess it's even more meaningful if you see youself in some of these maxims or totally disagree with them!
To learn the value of, "Yo, fuck the words just ride the beat." To meditate upon the lesser things like hair and nails.
Que? I might be thinking about them in a different way, but I thought these two were big problems that society has. o.o' I get most everything else, but these trip me up.
[To keep it gutter when you utter. No, it won't stop Until the ones that point their guns at Niggas get got! YOU'RE GONNA GET GOT! You let them Niggas get got. You're gonna get got. Get popped. Get Cocked. You let them Niggas get got. Let them Niggas get got!]
This part confuses me, too. I don't mean to pick anything apart; I just want to understand what I'm listening to.
"To learn the value of, "Yo, fuck the words just ride the beat.""
"To learn the value of, "Yo, fuck the words just ride the beat.""
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"To meditate upon the lesser things like hair and nails."
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"To meditate upon the lesser things like hair and nails."
Meditating upon not necessarily means that someone is interested in those things. I always thought this line means you need to give yourself a reality check from time to time, to think about those small things you get caught up in and forget about the bigger picture and goals...
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The whole "get got" routine I interpret as a promise that anyone with agenda based on hatred towards a group of people puts himself in place where he becomes a part of a group targeted by other hatred-run mob. Although it may be seen as many other things.
My bad punctuation may be misleading. When I wrote:
My bad punctuation may be misleading. When I wrote:
"you need to give yourself a reality check from time to time, to think about those small things you get caught up in and forget about the bigger picture"
"you need to give yourself a reality check from time to time, to think about those small things you get caught up in and forget about the bigger picture"
I meant that you forget about the bigger picture in day to day life, not during the meditation, that is supposed to let you remember these goals and ideas.
I meant that you forget about the bigger picture in day to day life, not during the meditation, that is supposed to let you remember these goals and ideas.
This song makes me feel stronger as a person. I like how the album has an underlying thought about trusting yourself and falling into who you are, regardless of what the world might have to say about it. Overall I get really powerful positive vibes from the album...