No father figure in the house
And I'm wondering how I'm gonna work it out,
Oh, my friends keep on telling me
How I don't need that man,
But they don't really understand
There's far too many pressures in reality
With dealing with the pain and stress and poverty,
And I gotta be myself because,
There's nobody else for me, no!
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 you smile,
So raise it up, so raise!
Hang in there with me, sometimes we need another helping hand to show the way,
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 pray.
Seems to be nothing left for me,
Momma'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 standing tall,
Breaking through these walls,
I'm gonna give my all.
Feeling like a motherless child,
Pain cuts into my soul,
It's beating me down,
Can't find my smile
On the face of a motherless child,
Gonna break down these walls,
Gonna give my all, ya know?
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 you smile,
So raise it up, so raise it up!
Hang in there with me, sometimes we need another helping hand to show the way,
So don't give up, oh yeah!
When pressures come down, sometimes it seems impossible,
That's why we pray, so raise it up!