No father figure in the house

and i'm wonderin' how i'm gonna work it out

oh my friends keep on tellin' me

how i don't need that man

but they don't really understand

there's far too many pressures in reality

but dealing with the pain and stress and poverty

and i gotta be myself because

there's nobody else for me (nohhhh)

(heading there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child

(so don't give up)so don't give up

(when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you smile

(so raise it up)so raise

(hang in there with me)sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways

(so don't give up) so don't give up

(when pressures come down)sometimes it seems impossible and that's why we pray

(so raise it up) we raise

it seems to be nothing left for me

mom‘s gone daddy didn't wanna be

and now I'm all by myself wondering where is love or

should i just give up ya know

life falls down on me, cuts into my soul

but i know i got the strength to make it through it all

cause I'm still standin tall breaking through these walls I'm gonna give my all

feelin like a motherless child

hankered into my soul

its bringing me down cant find my smile

on a face of a motherless child

im gonna break down these walls gonna give it my all ya know

yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh

(hang in there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child

(so don't give up)so don't give up

(when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make a smile

(so raise it up) so raise it up

(hang in there with me) raise it up

sometimes it takes another helping hand to show you the way

(so dont give up, when pressures come down)

sometimes it seems impossible thats why we pray

SO RAISE IT UP