[Intro: Tijon]
There comes a time when the hope is lost
They need a man who could hold the torch
I'll be your strength in the hard times
When it gets dark, I'll be the sunshine

[Hook: Steve Van Tine & Tijon]
Tell me what to say when you know the world's coming down
When its crashin' down tell em who you'll call now
I'm looking to the heavens but there's only bullets flying down
Let em rain down on me
And I will walk in the sun when the rains coming down
Put my faith to the rising sun
And I will stand only strong when no one can carry on
I will.. I will..
I will rise

[Verse 1: Tijon]
I'll be the hope for the hopeless, I'll be a nightmare if harm ever
Approach us
Always stand for my city, Wife Lady Liberty
I'm the epitome of what these boys been tryna be
Real to the core, thorough I'm the apples seed
They neva talk just eye-chat, try to apple me
A wrong look misconstrued, could be a tragedy
I'm a forgiving soul, it's the ones in back of me
You see they kill for me, Cause I provide for them
With no deal I ain't even brought a dollar in
I guess real recognizes mirror image
Matter fact that real backwards, see we more the clearer image
Of a further destination, Move in silence like the masons
Hold a steady trigger, but our fingers ain't blessed with gift of patients
Please forgive us every virtue don't go hand in hand
Just like the fly talk ain't really bout a grain of sand

[Chorus]

[Verse 2: Tijon]
I guess that rose grew from concrete
Cause what they thought I couldn't do, is now upon me
It's beyond me, a label could baton me
Got em feelin' like the Blazers after Sam bombed, B
Please sit me down, tell me how this world spin around
When genocide fly, an ain't nobody do a thing about it
I see its getting crowded, but this a home to all
Yes I'm high, but could it be population control
Or could it be the air waves pal-oo-tin-in ya dome
Cause I see clowns runnin' round, on they way to the thrown
Never fear I'll cut they neck before they reach the kingdom
Drink the blood out my goblet, the taste is so revealing
See I like to watch the fear in they eye, as they die
Lay to rest, Let ya souls live high
Two deaths, one for the man you was known as
The other for the coward, hiding in ya grown ass

[Chorus]

[Outro: Tijon]
So when the time come that all hope lost
I got the flame I will hold your torch
Just put ya faith in me, and know
Know I'll give my all for y'all
To the end I need nothing
Nothing at all but y'all