Get Back Up
by T.I.

Album: No Mercy (2010)
Charted: 70
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  • I'm only, I'm only human y'all

    Hello out there (I'm only human y'all)
    Can you hear me? (I'm only human y'all)
    It's an SOS to let me be me (I'm only human y'all)
    Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay (listen to me)

    And when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm only human y'all)
    And when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm just human y'all)

    Brush the dirt off your jersey then go for the cup
    Or the trophy or the ring, champion no matter what
    'Cause when you got the belt and the ring
    People with ya popping bottles, taking pictures look around
    As soon as you fall down all the haters passin' judgement (oh no no)
    Fly I'm is shawty, I'ma rise above this (oh no no no no no)

    Ay, what it is world? Yeah it's me again
    Back before you, at your mercy on bended knee again
    No running from the truth (nah) as much as we pretend
    That it ain't what it is, then it hits CNN
    Apologies to my fans and my closest friends (I'm sorry)
    For letting you down, I wont take you down this road again
    Most of you now saying whatever, here we go again (what?)
    Blogs, radio, and television all going in
    I laugh to keep from crying through all of the embarrassment (I gotta say)
    I gotta say you fucking haters is hilarious
    How dare you sit right there and act as if you holier than thou
    Point your finger now with me looking down
    Same clown that was twitpic'ing at my wedding
    On the same Twitter page disrespecting
    Wait a second (hold up)
    Never mind my imperfections this is fact, remember that
    No mistakes too great to recover and bounce back

    And when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm only human y'all)
    And when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm just human y'all)

    Brush the dirt off your jersey then go for the cup
    Or the trophy or the ring, champion no matter what (oh no no, oh no no no no no)
    'Cause when you got the belt and the ring
    People with ya popping bottles, taking pictures look around
    As soon as you fall down all the haters passin' judgement (oh no no)
    Fly I'm is shawty, I'ma rise above this (oh no no no no no)

    I admit, yeah, I done some dumb shit
    Disappointed everybody I know (damn)
    Try not to hold that against me though
    My road to redemption has no GPS
    So guess the time must be invested for this to be manifested
    Yes it's hard living life in the spotlight
    Trying to dodge the haters same time as the cop light
    The bible say, "Let he without sin cast the stone first" (stone first)
    The sinner or the one who judged him, who was wrong first?
    Yeah he go to work, never done no drugs up until the Fed
    He just drink his liquor, touch his kids, beat his wife instead
    Difference is, my shortcomings hit the media
    Thanks to TMZ, the AJC and Wikipedia
    See the stairway to Heaven while stepping down Jacob's ladder
    My good outweigh the bad, God, ain't that what really matters (nope)
    And matter of fact I'm wrong but after that
    The good I've done in your hood, should it overshadow that?
    Got the world laughing at me for the moment
    But it gonna be your turn 'fore it's over with even if you so legit
    That you get a house with a dog and a picket fence
    The people with you then but when they turn on you remember this

    Ay, when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm only human y'all)
    And when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm just human y'all)

    Brush the dirt off your jersey then go for the cup
    Or the trophy or the ring, champion no matter what
    'Cause when you got the belt and the ring
    People with ya popping bottles, taking pictures look around
    As soon as you fall down all the haters passin' judgement (oh no no)
    Fly I'm is shawty, I'ma rise above this (oh no no no no no)

    Hello out there (hello, out there, I'm only human y'all)
    Can you hear me? (I'm only human y'all)
    It's an SOS to let me be me (yeah, ay)

    Hello, out there (and you can love me, or you can leave me)
    Can you here me? (Before you judge me, just let me be me)
    Its' an SOS (and you can love me or either leave me)
    To let me be me (before you judge me, see life ain't easy)

    Hello out there (you gon' miss me when I'm gone)
    Can you hear me? (Promise when I'm gone, you gon' miss me when I'm gone)
    It's an SOS (you gon' miss me when I'm gone)
    To let me be me (promise when I'm gone, you gon' miss me when I'm gone)

    I accept full responsibility for the all the wrong I've done
    If y'all thought I were perfect
    I apologize for being human, man
    But never again partner, uou can put my life on that

    Ay, when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm only human y'all)
    And when they push you down
    You got to get back up (I'm just human y'all)

    Brush the dirt off your jersey then go for the cup
    Or the trophy or the ring, champion no matter what
    'Cause when you got the belt and the ring
    People with ya popping bottles, taking pictures look around
    As soon as you fall down all the haters passin' judgement (oh no no)
    Fly I'm is shawty, I'ma rise above this (oh no no no no no)

    Hello, out there (and you can love me, or you can leave me)
    Can you here me? (Before you judge me, just let me be me)
    Its' an SOS (and you can love me or either leave me)
    To let me be me (before you judge me, see life ain't easy) Writer/s: Christopher Maurice Brown, Clifford Joseph Jr. Harris, Pharrell L. Williams
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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