There is so much we complain about
Today, tomorrow, it′s not promised
We should be grateful
It's time to wake up

So much you wanna get done, uh, oh
Here comes another setback, oh
One thing after another, oh
Then you′re getting in your own way, oh
Crying, complaining won't make it better
You just got to get out your head
You gotta get up and don't look back
It′s time to wake up

Stand up, wear your crown (Stay up)
Whatever goes can′t come back around (Yeah, wake up)
Look up, don't look down (Mmm, stay up)
Stay up high, they gotta see you now (Mmm)
Wake up

Why you standing ′round? Whatcha waiting for?
You're the key
You choose to do it your way, making your own fate
Oh, and don′t you blame the world, oh no
Mmm, and if you never give it a go, I know 'cause
That person used to be me
Until I finally opened my eyes
It′s time to wake up

Stand up, wear your crown (Wear your crown, stay up)
Whatever goes can't come back around
(Can't come around here no more, wake up)
Look up, don′t look down (Oh yeah, stay up)
Stay up high, they gotta see you now
Wake up

They say the head wearing the crown is the heaviest yet
But I ain′t never had fine metals or a bezeled baguette
I was the last born scion to an empire of regret
Came with an armored plate of steel and tears outlined on the crest
Grew up in a place with dope boys and Tolstoy intersect
With war and peace fighting for primetime control of the set
See, innocence was a luxury only the luckiest get
And the odds were never in our favor, so we was stuck with the debt
But I fought to come a long way from dark days and lost hope
They told me all it takes is one lil' spark and we all toke
So I stay looking for the light, keep them watts on a hundo
′Til my ambition catch a fire like a Wailer and Bob quote
And I know every win come with a lil' skin in the game
My scar tissue a roadmap through the harsh terrain
Might′ve never got the lesson if the testing me caused refrain
Made the old me no match for the warrior that I became, Roc

Stand up, wear your crown (You got to stand up, yeah)
Whatever goes can't come back around (Can′t come back here no more)
Look up, don't look down (Don't you look down, no, stay up)
Stay up high, they gotta see you now (Stay up)
Wake up (Yeah)

Remember who you are, wake up, up, up
Wake up, y′all, yeah
You′re a king, wake up now, come on, uh
You're a Queen, wake up, up
Never compromise
You just wait for it
You just wait on it
You just work hard
Wake up
When they sleep on you
You just wait for it
You just work hard, and you just wait on it
Wait for it, wait for it
Wait on it
You just wait on it
Just wait for it
They might sleep on you (wake up)
You just work hard and
Wait for it
Wait for it
Stay up
Stay up
Stay up
Stay up
Stay up
You just wait on it
Wait for it
Wait
You just wait, wait
Work harder
Work harder
Work harder
You just wait for it
(There′s more to me, than meets the eye)
(There's more to me, under-estimate me if you want)
(But there′s more to me)
(There's more to me)

Writer(s): Assata Perkins, Robert Glasper, Ledisi Young, Sara Williams<br>Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com