Rise Up - Diane Birch

Why not say it like it is, like you know you should

Before they break your little heart, oh break it good

The feelings all the way inside, they never let you down

So why not say it like it is even if it don’t make your mama proud

Why change your mind when you make it up?

Second chances don’t come easy, easy for some

Baby I don’t know the lock from the key

But I know one of them is you and the other one’s me

So if it’s happiness you want that’s what you’ll get

You gotta rise up little sister turn on the light

Wise up to the stories you’ve been told

'Cause love don’t come in black or white

Oh, no, no, no

My mama tells me I won’t get through the pearly gates

'Cause I ain’t sorry for my sins and all my mistakes

Well mama, I don’t know if I’m going up or down

But I know heaven’s gonna be a one lonely town

But if it’s happiness you want that’s what you’ll get

You gotta rise up little sister turn on the light

Wise up to the stories you’ve been told

'Cause love don’t come in black or white

Oh, no, no, no

Oh yeah, rise up little sister turn on the light

Wise up to the stories you’ve been told

Rise up little sister turn on the light

Wise up to the stories you’ve been told

'Cause love don’t come in black or white

Rise up little sister turn on the light

Wise up to the stories

Rise up open your eyes

Love it don’t come in black or white

Oh no, wise up to the stories you’ve been told

You know love it don’t come in black or white

Little sister you got to rise up