The last year and a half now    walked out on familiar faces    had to cut some loses    learn to never be complacent    I searched for some answers    but the bottle coulnd't show them    which took me to some places    I never should have been    I found that true friends may be    the ones you rarely hear from    cuz many said theyd be here    but know they cant be found    learning sometimes being sould searching    there are no words to combat that kind of hurting       I never consider myself fortunate    battling the circumstance    searching where from place to place    selling myself short    looked right in the mirror    faced down all my fears    I WILL RISE ABOVE       the endless thouhts have fed thy    sleepless night repeated    almost made me give up    the only hope i ever had    trusting to swiftly    can end up being costly    cuz many people fool me    maybe I just wanted to believe    learning sometimes being soul seacrhing    there are no words to combat that kind of hurting       I never consider myself fortunate    battling the circumstance    searching where from place to place    selling myself short    looked right in the mirror    faced down all my fears    I WILL RISE ABOVE       the world can be so cold    when you step into the unknown    the streets all look familiar    which multiplies the danger    cuz nothing is for certain    when there no one you can count one    the changing curse inside you    gotta make youre own way       I survived    faced down all my fears    I WILL RISE ABOVE       battling the circumstance    searching where to place the blame    selling myself short    looked right in the mirror    faced down all my fears    I WILL RISE ABOVE       battling the cirmustance (I never consider)    seacrhing where to place the blame (myself fortunate)    selling my self short (I will rise above)    I looked rigth in the mirror (I never consider)    faced down all my fears (myself fortunate)    I WILL RISE ABOVE