Higher Ground

Yup I know a lot of yall' been wonderin'
Where is Paradise
Been thinkin' that too
But as the years pass by I started to realize
It's to be created
There's nobody else that could do it but you
Back when I was just a little kid
Tryna get a grip on this big world with my fingertips
I was ignorant to the viciousness of
A human being bein' dissonant
Momma always taught me kindness treat them
Just the way you wanna be
Kept my friends coverin' my back
Kept my enemies right in front of me
Kept an eye on the prize eye
To the line nope I don't wanna drown
Oh it's killin' me this negativity
And now it's tippin' me I'm goin' down
Somebody help me please help me
Got no money but I'm feelin' wealthy nope
No insurance but I'm feelin' healthy nope
I'm just tryna play the hand they dealt me c'mon
Few players at the table folded couple
Others went to do they own ****
I don't judge 'em really I still love 'em
I just hope they find a world that truly coax them
Cause this rock is beaten' up
And broken by the promises that we've been hopin'
Stay golden and unfrozen until
We finally get to find the quotient
You've got answers you've got answers
Well I've got questions well I've got questions
Is this banter is this banter
Or is it lessons I don't know
A lot of evil cats runnin' round
Without a bit tact or discretion
I'm tryna' climb a little higher up to get the blessin's
Everytime I come down I'm tryna find some high ground
Higher ground
Higher ground
Everytime you're around youmake me
Feel like I'm bound for higher ground
Higher ground higher
With their views obstructed
Seen 'em smilin' but I never trusted
What a way for human beings
To function what **** ****
To be stuck wit' a bunch of people
That we ain't grew up with
Tryin to pretend that we'll be friends
But they actually speak a different gumption
You've got a phone dontcha know the code bro
So if you could just reach out once in a while
To get the tone no this ain't a drone
Blowin' a bunch of smoke
Out on the river nile
Man with friends like these
I'm glad to have a woman
Like I do to hold me down
It's her and I against the tribe
But don't nobody never needed to fit in the crowd
So get comin' out into the vibrant miles of sky
We like to call the higher sound
And find a person you can fly with
And keep an eye out for those who circlin' round
And just breathe
Sometimes I bite my lip until it bleeds
See this is just a message
For my inner messes buried underneath the pounds
Seein' all these people know me
I'm still lonely homey
I'm just here and wonderin' how
And when I'm happy evil thoughts get at me
Still they pull me out into the deeper shroud
I wanna leave it all behind so when you look
You'll find me up on the higher ground
Higher ground
Everytime I come down
I'm tryna find some high ground
Higher ground
Higher ground
Everytime you're around you make me
Feel like I'm bound for higher ground
Higher ground higher higher