[00:15.220]No father figure in the house
[00:16.870]and i'm wonderin' how i'm gonna work it out
[00:21.790]oh my friends keep on tellin' me
[00:24.520]how i don't need that man
[00:25.840]but they don't really understand
[00:28.130]there's far too many pressures in reality
[00:31.630]but dealing with the pain and stress and poverty
[00:35.240]and i gotta be myself because
[00:38.740]there's nobody else for me (nohhhh)
[00:42.460](heading there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child
[00:47.150](so don't give up)so don't give up
[00:49.010](when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you smile
[00:54.050](so raise it up)so raise
[00:56.120](hang in there with me)sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways
[01:00.820](so don't give up) so don't give up
[01:02.790](when pressures come down)sometimes it seems impossible and that's why we pray
[01:07.720](so raise it up) we raise
[01:09.790]it seems to be nothing left for me
[01:12.200]mom‘s gone daddy didn't wanna be
[01:15.810]and now I'm all by myself wondering where is love or
[01:20.510]should i just give up ya know
[01:23.030]life falls down on me, cuts into my soul
[01:26.740]but i know i got the strength to make it through it all
[01:30.140]cause I'm still standin tall breaking through these walls I'm gonna give my all
[01:37.210]feelin like a motherless child
[01:40.600]hankered into my soul
[01:43.330]its bringing me down cant find my smile
[01:46.730]on a face of a motherless child
[01:49.790]im gonna break down these walls gonna give it my all ya know
[01:53.720]yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh
[01:57.770](hang in there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child
[02:02.480](so don't give up)so don't give up
[02:04.450](when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make a smile
[02:09.370](so raise it up) so raise it up
[02:11.550](hang in there with me) raise it up
[02:17.790]sometimes it takes another helping hand to show you the way
[02:17.790](so dont give up, when pressures come down)
[02:17.790]sometimes it seems impossible thats why we pray
[02:17.790]SO RAISE IT UP