Raise It Up Chords by Jamia Simone Nash, Impact Repertory Theatre

[Gm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
No father [C] figure in the house, [Cm] and I'm wondering how I'm [Gm] gonna work it out.
Oh
My friends [G] keep on telling [Gm] me how I don't need that [C] man
[Gm] They don't really understand.
It's far too [G] many pressures in reality
Dealing [Gm] with the pain of stress and poverty and I gotta [G] be myself
Because there's nobody [Gm] else for me
_ _ _ [Cm] It's a different kind of love to [Gm] raise a child
_ _ _ [C] [Cm] Different kind of dreams [Gm] and make you smile
_ _ Sometimes we [Eb] need another [Cm] helping hand to [Gm] show the way _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] That's [Gm] why we _
Seems to [G] be
Nothing for [G] me.
Mama's [Gm] gone daddy didn't wanna be
[G] _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] [Gm] To _
_ _ [G] [C] my [Cm] soul
_ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] [Cm] Oh
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _