It was all broken mirrors after the smoke cleared, it’s so clear
You’ve got to go near the end of the road to overthrow fear
So here’s to older years, much more to live for
Row the boat and steer persevering
No rush to hit shore
Show love and give more back
Use the oars or flip the raft
Did just that, hit some snags
Still living intact, and scribbling rap
Kick the gift of gab to spit the facts
Venomous sentences spilling these sentiments
With rhythms to match
Spin the wax and see it burning on both sides
Getting a full dose just staying afloat for the boat ride
Lords knows been close to losing control in the low tide
What don’t kill ya makes you grow
Till you can mold your own mind
Glow till the soul shines
Never gon’ stop it
Bout the walk not the talk
Not the prophet for profit
Staying modest but polished
Like rocks at the bottom of wells
Thinking deeper than the stream
Conscious not caught in a cell

So we gotta get right
Turn it up
Swimming in the rhythms that’ll get em unstuck
That’s nice
Turn it up
All we want around is the sound and the love
That’s life
Turn it up
Being with my people just feeling unplugged
That’s heaven
So turn it up to eleven
Bout to let it knock like the cops ain’t checking

I guess my father taught me well how to be honest and real
So I call it how I saw it till the flaw gets revealed
Break it down to make it better is the process to build
Making progress through the constant conflict hardens the will
Use the art just to deal
A mechanism to cope with
Corrected the reckless living to get the vision to open
Toast to the dope shit, sweat dripping and focused
Representing for the culture overdosing from the potency
See the potential
When you sow them seeds
Let it grow in full to spark the harvest
Re-up to grow your reach
No need to slow your roll
Quotes to flow, souls will feed off the starving artist
Start the car, it's on your mark, get set, gas it
Market set to crash, find a way for getting past it
Started down the path to right our way
Correct the tragic oppression never lacking
Can’t fly away like Lenny Kravitz

So we gotta get right
Turn it up
Swimming in the rhythms that’ll get em unstuck
That’s nice
Turn it up
All we want around is the sound and the love
That’s life
Turn it up
Being with my people just feeling unplugged
That’s heaven
So turn it up to eleven
Bout to let it knock like the cops ain’t checking

Let it knock, let it knock
Let it knock, let it knock
Let it knock, let it knock
Let it knock like the cop’s ain't checking

Turn it Up

We came to turn up y’all
Are you ready to get down
You ready to burn it up with us
Because it’s coming back around again