Raise Em Up

Lyrics

[Intro: Joelistics] Listen up [Verse 1: Joelistics] I remember driving in my car up the east coast Drinking roadhouse coffee, smokin' up cheap smokes Jottin' down notes, while the traffic came close The trucks looked like whales and the whales looked like big boats I drove through small country towns around One week up north 'til I come back down Me and my dog travellin' this wide brown With Dylan in the car, scared we oathed the sound Well, come what may, no matter what may come I'ma do what I can to get some things done I ain't tryna climb a ladder to get to top rung I'll stand in thе rain and I'll run in the sun One day, I'll have a family and build a housе Way up north, or maybe back down south And I'll have a garden to grow for food in my mouth The more I grow up, the more I outgrow doubt But for now, well, I'm happy, smile stretching my cheeks Dreams? I've got plenty, man, I've got heaps A measure of a man is how well he sleeps And how well he can stand on his own two feet [Chorus: Seed MC] Yeah, raise 'em up, then put 'em down All my life I've been movin' 'round Yeah, blaze it up, then burn it down Two steps forward, then you sit down [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2: Seed MC] Hey baby, come on and let's head north-west Let the routine tick in the bay heat chest And run away from the work of day Chase the old sun back to bed 'til late There's no replay, 'cause it ain't a race And day-to-day stress is somethin' that I've got to debase I'll look around the house for my old casette tapes We'll jump in the car, now it's time to escape Now I'm headed to a place that's far from the beach To the dry riverbed in the mountain crease I think about the city and the nouns of seas There ain't no adjective, now, for me to speak It occurs to me, that time is a thief Money is a pusher, work is a beast The best I can do is drive away for a week And return with a grin and a sigh of relief [Chorus: Seed MC] Yeah, raise 'em up, then put 'em down All my life I've been movin' 'round Yeah, blaze it up, then burn it down Two steps forward, then you sit down