Higher

Soften up the mess
 Drop it in the water
 Let the daughter find her image with the rest
 She'll be learnin' how to breathe
 Spinnin' through identity
 Reveal another pretty little scheme
 Save her mind
 Hold her hand
 And don't believe a lie
 You understand me
 Walk her down the valley
 Pack a piece of heaven for the bottoms of her feet
 Teach her how to jump and how to stretch when she reach
 Like the angels do
 And you gon' make it through now
 Tell her 'bout the Healer
 Greater is the One within her
 Call Him as the leader
 Teach her how to hold her pretty hand up to the sky
 And have her wait upon the Giver
 He'll deliver like a dealer
 To take her higher
 Higher
 Fly out the valley and the fire
 Take her higher
 Higher
 Fly up out the valley and the fire
 Train her feet for runnin'
 Show her every door and how the windows let the sun in
 Copy out the key and tell her
 This is for becoming
 Even in the fever, baby
 Cry and get to runnin'
 And tell her that you better get your bootstraps up
 You're with the army
 Ready when the Truth act up
 Nothing can harm me
 Yellin' from the roof I touch
 Put up a guarding
 Count to ten
 Lion's den
 Speaking with a higher pen
 Can't be touched by fire then
 Fast forward to the grown things now
 I'm workin' on them soul things now
 Forgivin' all your old ways
 But it's harder on the cold days
 Cold days
 Never been a product of a flawless environment
 Never acted like I'm higher than you
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 And I still pray
 Dear God won't you send me a break
 Cause I, I need to get away, yeah
 Dear God won't you send me a break
 Cause I, I need to get away, yeah
 Cause I would rather be, rather be runnin' away
 I would rather be, rather be runnin'
 Dear God won't you send me a break cause I
 I need to get away, yeah
 I need to get away now
 I need to get away now