[Verse 1]

Will this be the death of me?

I reach my worst when this world gets the best of me

Devil's screams start to sound like a melody

God's whispers weighing on my conscious heavily, can't live up to the legacy

Rid me of this monster I've become, oh Father

Identity blurs, I've noticed I've become my father

I'm literally cursed, I don't think I can run much longer

No remedy works, I'm alive but I don't feel stronger

I've been lying to myself like I ain't crying on the inside

Dying on the inside

Flirting with a thin line

Between the edge of my own life and death via suicide

Tried to distract this mind, but attention never divides

Hopeless and I'm bleedin' as my fear starts to deepen

But then I look up to the clouds and discover my meaning

When you're broken and defeated that is plenty of reason

To pick yourself up off the ground and stand for what you believe in

[Chorus]

Stand the fuck up

Raise your hands high

And realize that we got God on our side

And it is for that very reason I refuse to drown

You can take me to the water but can never keep me down

So man the fuck up

Let your eyes cry

It's only through your tears you could ever realize

That even though your enemies may knock you to the ground

They may try to take your place, but that can never take your crown

[Verse 2]

I feel a storm coming

Horns thunderin'

Skies crumblin'

Lights shutterin'

Calling my name

All in the same, I paint with different shades of gray

Until the brush portrays a portrait that displays my pain

Lost in the ways of the steps that my brother has paved

While trying to juggle the mess that all these women have made

If all of heaven rejoices when a sinner is saved

Then I pray Jehovah's happy with the man I became

And I say even though

I haven't had the heart to leave this girl alone

She's been on my mind, which gives me hope that I still have a soul

And I can be redeemed because I know the devil's got a hold

He better plan on letting go by the power of the Holy Ghost

Plenty scriptures in that book that honestly I do not know

More than most, I really just recite the words my mama told

Through the strength of Christ I know that all things are possible

So even when it hurts to keep on fighting for my life, I know

[Chorus]

Stand the fuck up

Raise your hands high

And realize that we got God on our side

And it is for that very reason I refuse to drown

You can take me to the water but can never keep me down

So man the fuck up

Let your eyes cry

It's only through your tears you could ever realize

That even though your enemies may knock you to the ground

They may try to take your place, but that can never take your crown

[x2]

[Verse 3]

Okay, now I've been down for too long. Way too long

Told depression, "Get a move on, I got my groove on"

There's no way that I can do wrong, I'm in my new form

I've been living like a newborn since the blue's gone

I've been living on my cloud 9

Never taking down time

Never taking days off

Grateful that I found my

Self before I lost this

Mind or even my eyes

Even though the pain's gone

It never left my eyes

And even still, I stand the fuck up

Raise my hands high

And realize that I got God up on my side

And I know he feels my pain and I know he sees me cry

But there's gotta be a reason why he's keeping me alive

I'm not thinking 'bout tomorrow when I'm lying up at night

Never planning my good mornings, only thinking of goodbyes

'Cause I'm not expecting anyone to remain in my life

People come in like the waves and their leaving with the tides

I've been lied to, cheated on, stabbed so many times

That I'm at the point where I don't mind handing you the knife

'Cause if it wasn't for the flames, I wouldn't be able to rise

From the ashes that she left me in, burning on the line