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Tres Will Survive

by Tres Carter

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1.
Tres Carter – “Dance Like Carlton” Yo, we in here boy, hahahaha, let’s go You can either go and do your dance like Carlton Or bob to this cat like I'm live in Charlotte
 Revival, San Diego Chargin' Superman came but they only saw Clark Kent Life throws spears, I feel like a prime target Shield of faith up, while I duck, no Darkwing 
On these beats I go deep, Steve Largent Catch me if you can, Frank Abagnale's carbon Team full of iron, keeping me sharpened Eye on the foe wearing the same garment
 Please don’t feed me Christ-like jargon DJ Unk faith, out you should walk it Reap what you sow, bka karma Tryna have clean fruit come from my garden 
Produce gems but him no garnet Mind still blown from when Chris Gray charted A family guy, no Seth MacFarlene My home's not here, to the world I'm a Martian
Fresh hair cut under that Polo boggin Rap in a bow tie, present to the market My goal ain’t to be Hip Hop's top artist I just grab a canvas and commit arson
 Glory to God, who paid for my pardons Gave me killer skill, leave a CD carcass A Christian who raps or whatever you call it Without mainstream I'll be doing this regardless 
Judge my fruit not what's in my wallet No amount of dollars raise men out of coffins Every other minute more soul's getting auctioned Price Christ paid way more than a bargain
 “Streetz the Beast” missin’ check the milk carton Went down in that water came up free willy dolphin Not enough grinding and too much talking Now Christians getting walked over like carpet
 Not no more, got word from the Sergeant Calling all soldiers, time to go to war it’s Going down daily, like I’m tryna save Carson Hear me clear freedom has margins
 Heart's not flawless, please be cautious Christ runs this and all you do is go joggin’ In worship, you be too cool like fall is Ima give Him glory even if I have to crawl in 
Awh man, love deep fo' me I dun falled in Love my saints I ain’t talking New Orleans His return's what we waiting forrrr, golfing Room for you to make it be the reason He stallin’
 City full of harlots, clothed in scarlet All need sexual healing, no Marvin Glory of God, I'll remind you that all men Coming up short like 40 inch tall men There is none on top of Him like bald men Died to save all men, now rules all men Jesus what they call him, 2 options not at all or all in
 Bound us, what the law did Found us, I do my dance like Carlton I do my dance like Carlton Bob to this cat like I’m rappin in charlotte
2.
I'm Drunk 04:30
Tres Carter – “I’m Drunk” (intro) Yeah, looking at the microphone, jet black like my homie, hahahaha (verse 1) They be like, “Tres why praising so hard?” I be like “you serious? Take a look at my God!”
 On the air guitar, with a fiery heart, Captain America shield be blocking the darts Then I wake up hit my closet, real selective dresser; beater, briefs, check! 1MX pressed up
 Slim straight skinny double cuff will manifest the wool blend’s complimenting Bruno on my neck
 Go ‘head and choke me out, lay at rest on my chest Gotta be the best cause I’m bouta see the best 
Ima sweat it out, Ima sweat it all out Praise be so loud, don’t hear what chu talking bout (pre-hook) Jesus in the buildin (yeah), how could I be chillin (huh)
 Glory in the room and His love He's revealin (yeah) Jesus in the buildin (yeah), how could I be chillin (huh) 
 He has been faithful, hands to the ceiling (yeah) Jesus in the buildin (yeah), how could I be chillin (huh)  
Yeah I got fresh and I know I’m looking good but Ima sweat it out (yeah), I'm sweat it all out
 Got my cup, lifted up, Lord Jesus pour out (Hook) x2 I’m drunk, not as you suppose New wine from the living well it flows I don’t care ‘bout nobody, worship be my hobby Fire that’s inside me got me hotter than wasabi (verse 2) And this one’s for the record, goin’ on 4 years since I've had Svedka (yup)
 Ain’t no cliché, I let go and let God, feeling like David, dancing out my ephod Hold up let me take my blazer off its getting blazing hot God's been way too good to me to care ‘bout if they watch or not They say I'm unorthodox (so what) Their box I don't fit in (no)
I don't wanna hear it (no), I'm drunk in the Spirit (yeah) (pre-hook) Jesus in the buildin (yeah) how could I be chillin (huh)
 Use to be a bastard, He hit me with endearment (yeah) Jesus in the buildin (yeah), how could I be chillin (huh)
 Shoot, He is the building and me He chose to build in Jesus in the buildin (yeah), how could I be chillin (huh) Shoutout to them spectators, who all service they eye him 
 like, “sit on down, what is this all about?”
 And I be like, please know, before them words come out your mouth that, (Hook) x4 I’m drunk, not as you suppose New wine from the living well it flows I don’t care ‘bout nobody, worship be my hobby Fire that’s inside me got me hotter than wasabi – (end of last hook) I’m Drunk!
3.
Do It Again 03:58
Tres Carter – “Do It Again” (verse 1) My help is above and my wife she is down for me 
Everything straight, we watching the waves from Grand Coba balcony
Envy and jealously, oh what a tragedy, some got it out for me 
 I am not ignorant of the reality, most of ‘em dappin me That's how it goes, they smile at my shows, diss back at home 
Love ‘em the same, telling C. Gray, boy have I grown through this School of Roses
 Even through change, grinding the same, never lose focus 
Go through the rain, go through the pain and whatever opposes
  (pre-hook) 
I’m not afraid if that mountain come I know a Man who can make that mountain run I know He can cause I've seen Him do it I been here before but Lord brought me through it 
(hook) x8 
He did it before He can do it again (yeah) (verse 2) Back in my teens, promethazine, blowing that kush
 Now when the devil talk in my ear, tell him to shush (shhh) 
Faith built on a rock, given by God, power to stop 
That gives me hope, for all my homies out on the block Man, I lost a few brothers I never expected
 Back full of scars, though it was hard I never regret it I’m glad for it all, I walked away with a different perspective Be way more protective, way more selective, charm is deceptive Parting the sea so they can see only He's sovereign 
Wisdom is bountiful, no one as powerful, ain't no one stopping Him God is the same, He'll never change forever more 
We love and obey cause we've been saved and we are grateful, this ain't no chore Him we adore, if we got him we need nothing more 
We stand at the door, on one accord, beggin’ for more
 Sin we abhor, best that we can, open the Lid and let it pour
 Manifest power all in your name, Jesus the Lord, seen it before  
Hit like hammer doctor just told me momma got cancer
 Without a question, call on the Lord I know He will answer
 I laid down my care, picked up His peace, I will not be stressing 
Back in '97 you healed Treasy Baker from cervical cancer (hook) x8 He did it before He can do it again (yeah) (pre-hook) I’m not afraid if that mountain come I know a Man who can make that mountain run I know He can cause I've seen Him do it I been here before but Lord brought me through it (hook) x4 He did it before He can do it again (yeah)
4.
Tres Carter – “Can’t Imagine Life” (From Tres’ mom’s perspective) Tres, let me talk to ‘em It’s a miracle he’s here. Let me take yall back, ‘89 was the year One already here another one on the way, had to be the most deflating news of my day One the biggest decisions of life, I gotta make, can I endure my mistake or will I erase? Can I live with regret? Cause based on stats that what I can expect So hold on, lemme hit my knees for a sec, honestly, no, I haven't lived my life the best But I know where to go if I ever need help so I'm looking unto You, ain't nobody else Then I heard God's voice and I can say today that I made the right choice 02-03-90, that’s a landmark Ima tell my grandkids bout so, Relationship rocky at first, real talk couldn’t tell was he a gift or a curse As time progressed things only got worse, only place he'll make it to by 25 is a hearse Then I heard that he started going to church, he went down in that water and not in the dirt Not only did God redeem my son but also the relationship between us, now I can’t imagine life, if I let his be taken With compassion, I understand, don’t be mistaken ladies Cause I was in the same boat, if baby comes aboard can I stay afloat? It's not easy, I make it known; to see woman not try makes my heart groan Cause really, does our right not to be pregnant trump the right of a child not to be killed? Moral standards have been neglected, our entire nation needs to be healed If you was woman enough to have your skirt up being grown Be woman enough to make sure baby has a home Even if it’s not your own, adoption is an option, pick up the phone 800-236-7846, that's American Adoption They can help with, any questions, baby placements What if Ann Dunham said, “I can’t” - would we ever have seen a black president? What if Alberta King didn't proceed, wouldn't be no ‘I have a Dream’ speech Really I can’t imagine life, if I let his be taken With compassion, I understand, don’t be mistaken ladies I was in the same boat if baby comes aboard can I stay afloat? It's not easy, I make it known; to see woman not try makes my heart groan. Tres you can come finish this… (from Tres’ perspective)  Tres here, I shouldn’t even be here More than a million abortions each year I'm grateful, still crying on the inside Cause millions can’t imagine life 3000 Americans died 9/11, somebody call 9-1-1 Cause more than 3000 babies are murdered before they exit daily Receptionist like, “Ok ummm...we handle emergencies?” I’m like, “How much more urgent do you need? I don’t care if it stimulates the economy, These are destinies killed in the name of greed!” She challenged me like, “What about rape or incest?” I’m like, “That reason is a minute percentage of all abortions, stats don’t lie, They expose how mankind is selfish!” Ask Frances McClurkin, if having Donnie was worth it Well within the rights of Louise Anderson to abort Ethel Waters before she ever sung And from the view of who was almost aborted, I realize every single life’s important To know God and have a chance to carry out, plans laid out before the world came about; Imagine.
5.
Bottoms Up 02:56
Tres Carter – “Bottoms Up” It’s so hard loving someone else when I barely even love myself, Bottoms Up (hook – sample from Christon Gray’s “After All”) Please I don’t mean no harm boy, I’m just dealing with a broken past And right now a pauper is a feasible offer, so I’ll have some of that open flask, oh oh oh oh ohhh (verse 1) Bottoms up the bar, double entendre, hurt despite the laughter
 Daddy broke my heart before any player could spike it after 
Scoring, touch down from touring
 Texted you adore me while another bed you're in Best friend Lauren told me beautiful is
 Being you to the fullest, help me to remove this Make up, caked up, hate the fact I need a man to validate me  
I’m tired of tolerating, inner beauty hibernating (tick tick tick tick) I been waiting, winter over, growing colder every day 
It’s crazy how you never showed up so I over compensated Hardly dating cause before I dated hard 
Left me Simba scarred, lie on king, moving on Went and got my MBA, UCLA, need a baller NBA 
Sorry Mr. Sterling, you ain’t in my league no more Porsche keys, Gucci frame, Red carpet, Vera Wang 
Get what you never obtain, go where you ain’t been before Let me know why I still fill empty like cabinets on 14 
 T-H dot E-S-cape, man I want to but I can’t Carrying a lot of weight, insecurity hard to shake 
I’m just pouring out my heart, pour me up another drink (hook) Please I don’t mean no harm boy, I’m just dealing with a broken past And right now a pauper is a feasible offer, so I’ll have some of that open flask, oh oh oh oh ohhh (In background during hook - “Come here shawty, Let me holla at chu! Girl you fine..)
 (verse 2)
 But how do I define myself
I just need time to find myself
 Gotta raise 3 kids by myself It’s divine, I ain’t like the hand I was dealt So I would rather shuffle then commit to play it
 Love comes after poker, bluffs, they got me jaded
 Dealing with it’s tough, these puffs, they got me faded 
If Ima be alone at least I know I made it Till one day out in Vegas, one man was courageous 
Very advantageous, we studied the same major
 Met for minor conversation, same night we had relation
 While he's married to Stacey, love is overrated, man Went outside of God's will to get him, since I got him Gotta stay outside of God's will to keep him, that’s a problem 
Cause my momma always told me don’t go and repeat the cycle
 Hands all over body, mind far from the Bible OMG this moment, such a School of Roses 
I love me, I love me not, all my pedals frozen
 This is the life I’ve chosen so pour me up some Goose 
I’m taking it out on you cause I don’t know what to do, man (hook) Please I don’t mean no harm boy, I’m just dealing with a broken past And right now a pauper is a feasible offer (Bottoms Up), so I’ll have some of that open flask, oh oh oh oh ohhh
6.
Tres Carter featuring Taelor Gray & Christon Gray – “Return of the Gentleman” (intro) *clears throat* Ladies & gentlemen, we are not starting anything, we bringing it back. Let’s go! (hook) x2
Chivalry ain’t dead nah, don’t believe the lie
It's the return of the gentleman, treatin’ women like the queens they are (verse 1 – Tres Carter) We open up doors round here
 Help take off her Dior round here, hang it up
 Then we pullin’ out chairs round here 
Ladies don't settle for less, make ya man step it up 
If he can’t download that you should upgrade 
You don’t need a mac that can only play games 
Little boys cuffin’ many toys to the bed frame 
but a real man please one woman for decades 
Type of man you aint seen in a while
 No traffic on the extra mile
 So we take that, show appreciation
 Not waiting for special occasions (hook) x2 (verse 2 – Taelor Gray) This a crash course, your own cram session 
Grown man lesson, 'for you ask
' For you pass gotta see her as she is
 Then embellish opportunity don’t leave her how she is 
I stay away from clichés; get her off that stripper pole 
808's and freeze frames, look at what that picture holds
 These daughters of the King man, she ain’t just a screen saver
 Voluntary servitude, you treat her like your dream lady 
I’m shaking hands with your pops, this your momma, how you doing?
Nah, I ain’t tryna hide, Ima show you how I do it
 Then I take you out to dinner and I'm paying for the table
 Then I’m giving you the chance just to study my behavior, yup (hook) x2 (verse 3 – Christon Gray) Mrs. Amazing, if this was meant to be, then it is and we don't know it yet 
So I'll be slow step striding lookin’ fly in my soldier vest
 You been waitin’ in line in the coldest dress But I ain't here to take you nowhere you don't wanna go gir
I I ain't tryna getchu in the bed and make ya toes curl
 Keep ya clothes on, love waits, never hurry, set a date Never worry, won't be late, if I said 8 it's 7:30, uh Darling, after all the dining and listening and gazing, the time must come When I see the I misses misbehaving, but I won't run 
Cause this where I belong and the long run
, It's meant for pacing, Mrs. Amazing, meant to be (Tres Carter) Mr. Gentleman, stand up If you with me put your hands up Mr. Gentleman, stand up Ladies, if you with me put your hands up (repeat)
7.
Tres Carter – “Tres Will Survive” (verse 1) You appreciate it more when you’ve waited your turn; nothing handed out, what you got you earned They say “he’s so young, he’s so unlearned”; this a good time to address the concern People that I meet now, can’t believe how little me is endowed with vision of who is risen Like I been here for a while, hit ‘em with a smile; let me break it down, down, break it down For the exterior examiners; on paper all they see is an amateur They don’t see behind the scenes off camera; running through the script building up stamina, uh 2010’s winter was the coldest ever, me and ex in a blink no longer together But whatever, I discovered, what we did under cover hindered my hover Kush and lean couldn’t help me float higher, sayonara to both, I no longer desire Triple X caught up in her web, spider; give up the internet, bet, no perspire Life is hard on the way to Zion, getting tossed around in the heat like clothes drying On an island you’re forced to apply it, that is where I am, Tres will survive it Texted all my side-chicks like what we’re doing is over, a new way of living I’m pursuing 24 hours a day, gotta be a better steward; time just slipping away, watch covered in lubri- Can’t act like I don’t want that back, everything’s 20/20 whenever you look back, yeah (hook) Please let me get that back, everything’s 20/20 when you look back Oh, how things would be different if I could go back; since we can’t go back, I’m here surviving Bring it on, real gold don’t fear fire, I’m coming out alive, Tres will survive Whoever said I wouldn’t make it out is a liar, look ‘em in they eyes, Tres will survive (verse 2) Songs I’m on found in obituaries; killer lyrics the kid is a walking cemetery 16 ya dig, leave a verse buried; live from a casket, every bar like my last, keep a hearse ready Play my new cut, no machete; dude in the bowtie killing’, Steve Urkel, Freddy Krueger, keep a ruger at the roof of his m-o-u-th, open up booyah, shots go through ya Mula, ain’t the motive if you didn’t know it; rap was all I had while alone, I feel like I owe it Raised on Langston, that explains inner poet; ain’t no gangsta but relate to how they’re molded Didn’t know my dad till about 20, right to be mad all them years ignored me Could’ve asked “why were you never there for me?” – But instead showed God’s love for God’s glory Broken foundation God’s restoring; since been building story on top of story Not too long ago pops told me that he loved me, yall have no idea what that did for me It’s something bout that phrase so reassuring, like sun beams in the morning Soil’s warming, seeds planted way back start maturing, real love is enduring Different story if I back up, young rapper, very dapper, everybody dap up Bring laughter, heart capture, school her, if there was a re-test I’d be the appli- Can’t act like I don’t want that back, everything’s 20/20 whenever you look back, yeah (hook) Please let me get that back, everything’s 20/20 when you look back Oh, how things would be different if I could go back; since we can’t go back, I’m here surviving Bring it on, real gold don’t fear fire, I’m coming out alive, Tres will survive Whoever said I wouldn’t make it out is a liar, look ‘em in they eyes, Tres will survive Real gold don’t fear fire, I’m coming out alive, Tres will survive Whoever said I wouldn’t make it out is a liar, look ‘em in they eyes, Tres will survive I’m coming out alive, Tres will survive look ‘em in they eyes, Tres will survive Let it run Even through trials my life is perfectly orchestrated; grateful young Tina ain’t abort the baby Since a rascal, throwing jabs, drums aching; even classics, straight jack it, the flow crazy Going in on Dilla’s song is wrong ain’t it? Going strong, this outro is kinda long ain’t it? Oftentimes people’s opinion is overstated; being moved by how they rate you is overrated Some stuck in they ways, 2 feet under pavement; so when you bring change know they gon’ hate it I’m Tres, 1 of 1, please don’t trace me, 1, cause you will never be able to duplicate me And 2, the slot meant for you will be left vacant; don’t get caught up on my last statement And miss the fact that your own lane is wide open for the taking; fast break lay up thinking, bout me Like I’m somebody famous, I’m not even tryna be the greatest I just love composing symphonies, instruments be the English language Frame and hang what I say like Picasso paintings But I am not Picasso Baby, but I am the Third Carter Heads gon’ think I’m crazy, just tryna make the cut like a good barber Doing me and I’m great at it; get in the game a wreak havoc Ima set trends, Ima break patterns; on the fashion end, mix patterns Stripes and polka, pop-color, popcorn re-up, watch me change pop culture, uh Whatever way that God leads me; only thing I’m sure of is He does not need me So I’ll be decreasing, you’ll see me Living like I already died, heart to the sky, Tres will survive Living like I already died, heart to the sky, Tres will survive Living like I already died, heart to the sky, Tres will survive

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Tres Carter Columbus, Ohio

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

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