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Yeah Said we was pressing through to shine, now we here And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose Yeah Said, we was pressing through to shine, now we here And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose, yeah Hold my nose, hold my breath Take it by step by step off the porch When predecessors pass the torch then y'all can rest Need my words to live forever, ain't no safety in the vest Prematurely winning over shit that safely, I confessed So lately, I been stressing all my brothers, we don't need to rest Control your fate, get erased, 'cause they tryna keep us in our place That dishonest take get you whacked in the face By grace, I'm alive, I be damned if I'm anything but great Be ducking the calm, I'm trucking 'bout mine And seeking whatever that mountain take Remove 'em 'cause they move at a fountain's pace To know time and place and to persevere is everything it could ever take Word to Earl, I could bend but could never break And you feel my shine, 'cause with my time ain't shit I could fake Treading out of this lake of hate and dismay Gotta keep pace we ain't saving the day And my saving grace in my DNA We Black That leave me with two choices, get left or I can adapt My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon hit that climb wit you My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon split that pie wit you My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon hit that climb wit you My nigga, my nigga, I'm gon split that pie wit you Yeah, said we was pressing through to shine, now we here And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose Yeah Said we was pressing through to shine, now we here And we ain't got the time, we can't revel in fear Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose Need to hold my nose, my nose, my nose, yeah