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RISE UP VIDEO – Andra Day (Video and Lyrics)

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[Verse 1]
You’re broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry-go-round
And you can’t find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
And move mountains
We gonna walk it out
And move mountains

[Chorus]
And I’ll rise up
I’ll rise like the day
I’ll rise up
I’ll rise unafraid
I’ll rise up
And I’ll do it a thousand times again
And I’ll rise up
High like the waves
I’ll rise up
In spite of the ache
I’ll rise up
And I’ll do it a thousand times again

[Post-Chorus]
For you
For you
For you
For you

[Verse 2]
When the silence isn’t quiet
And it feels like it’s getting hard to breathe
And I know you feel like dying
But I promise we’ll take the world to its feet
And move mountains
Bring it to its feet
And move mountains

[Chorus]
And I’ll rise up
I’ll rise like the day
I’ll rise up
I’ll rise unafraid
I’ll rise up
And I’ll do it a thousand times again

[Post-Chorus]
For you
For you
For you
For you

[Bridge]
All we need, all we need is hope
And for that we have each other
And for that we have each other
We will rise
We will rise
We’ll rise, ohh ohhh
We’ll rise

[Chorus]
I’ll rise up
Rise like the day
I’ll rise up
In spite of the ache
I will rise a thousands times again
And we’ll rise up
High like the waves
We’ll rise up
In spite of the ache
We’ll rise up
And we’ll do it a thousands times again

[Post-Chorus]
For you ohhhh ohhh ohh ohhh ohh
For you ohhhh ohhh ohh ohhh ohh
For you ohhhh ohhh ohh ohhh ohh

What Inspired Andra Day to write the Empowerment Anthem “Rise Up”

In an interview with Time magazine Andra said that she felt like her personal life and her music had stagnated. Then she got the new a friend had been diagnosed with cancer.

Andra Day said “Rise Up” started as a prayer about what she thought she personally needed to hear to get back on her feet. She says most of the song came streaming out of her in the first freestyle recording.

Honestly, most of the lines I would consider cliché, nothing unique. But most of the times the answers we are looking for are in the simple truths and wisdom that we all instinctively already know. Cliché is exactly what we need sometimes in moments of helplessness. “God works in mysterious ways” Simple ways, we need to learn to recognize. You can “Rise Up” he is with you!

Andra Day performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park Saturday October 1, 2016. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

 

 

 

Categories: Motivational Music