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Elevate

From Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture)2018

Written by Cordae, Daniel Seeff

Lyrics

Elevate

[Intro: Trevor Rich]

Stepped out of my zone (My zone)

I had to get out all alone (Alone)

And figure it out on my own (My own)

And I know what I really want now

Can't stop me, can't break me (Can't break)

What don't kill me, gon' make me (Gon' make)

Shoot for the stars, no safety (No safety)

And now I see clear in HD

[Chorus: Trevor Rich]

Gotta go hard (Gotta go hard)

I ain't got time to waste (I ain't got time)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

They wanna fight (They wanna fight)

I'm just gon' let 'em hate (I'm just gon' let 'em hate)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

[Post-Chorus: Trevor Rich]

You better choose a side, you gotta choose a side

You gotta pick

You better do what's right or you gonna lose the fight

You gotta (Gotta go hard)

You better choose a side, you gotta choose a side (I'm just 'gon let 'em hate)

About this track

"Elevate" is a song by DJ Khalil from the album Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture), released in 2018. The song was written by Cordae, Daniel Seeff, Denzel Curry, DJ Khalil, Sam Barsh, SWAVAY, Trev Rich. It was produced by Didier Cohen, DJ Khalil.

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Produced by Didier Cohen, DJ Khalil

You gotta pick (Gotta go hard)

You better do what's right or you gonna lose the fight (I gotta elevate)

[Verse 1: Denzel Curry]

I'm a web-slinger to a gunslinger

No millimeter, this is my arena

I'm the black widow with a bad stinger

And I'll make you scream like a bad singer

I'm everything that you wanna be plus more

Since there's no heroes anymore

Jump out the window, then put the mask on

Who the bad man that a man gotta bash on?

Hope we'll never link up

Blink and you will see us

Thumbprints 'bout to ink up

See me in the NYC

You can never swing by me

Hope we'll never link up

Blink and you will see us

Thumbprints 'bout to ink up

See me in the NYC

Home of the B.I.G, look

They will slander me, I just plan to be

Somethin' powerful for my family

Try to balance life and my sanity

Show a different side of humanity

So amazin', keep appraisin'

Save you from a home invasion

Chasin' robbers from the bank

You facin' friendly neighborhood Spider-Man

[Chorus: Trevor Rich]

Gotta go hard (Gotta go hard)

I ain't got time to waste (I ain't got time)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

They wanna fight (They wanna fight)

I'm just gon' let 'em hate (I'm just gon' let 'em hate)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

[Verse 2: YBN Cordae]

Okay

I fight crime through the nighttime

When the light shine, I go python

I've fallen, on my last lifeline

There's no way in my right mind

My city up on my back tight

How can I possibly act right?

I'm Robin Hood, I'm the Black Knight

I know you heard 'bout my last fight

'Cause I win, over and over again

Battlin' evil, I'm hopin' to win

Fightin' my demons, I'm nice for a reason

Enticed with the bleedin', I'm showin' my sins

How can you expect me to stay sane? Protect me

My technique go X speed on high waves and jet skis

I jump off this building to save these civilians

My strength and my honor is trusted by children

I'm ready and willing to fight all these villains

No chaos or killings, my style is so brilliant

[Chorus: Trevor Rich]

Gotta go hard (Gotta go hard)

I ain't got time to waste (I ain't got time)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

They wanna fight (They wanna fight)

I'm just gon' let 'em hate (I'm just gon' let 'em hate)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

[Post-Chorus: Trevor Rich]

You gotta choose a side, you gotta choose a side

You gotta pick

You gotta do what's right or you gonna lose the fight

(I gotta elevate)

[Verse 3: SwaVay]

Look, I ain't got no time to be hangin' around

Nobody tryna figure out if they good or evil

I'm fightin' the crimes, savin' your lives

One at a time, I'm killin' the rhymes

I do it for the people

I'm Peter Parker running through the 6 with a bag full of tricks

My boy, you better choose a side

I may have lost the battle but I will not lose the war

I can promise you I will not lose this time

And I did it all independent, no really, all independent

Now we winnin', I got my homies cookin' up in the kitchen

Intuition, so we gon' have to win and come for some business

The world is mine and you gon' have to pay me attention

And I did everything that I did on my own

I'm a one-to-one for real, there can never be a clone

Better talk to me nice, better watch yo' tone

And I'm puttin' on for my home zone so I gotta go hard

[Chorus: Trevor Rich]

Gotta go hard (Gotta go hard)

I ain't got time to waste (I ain't got time)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

They wanna fight (They wanna fight)

I'm just gon' let 'em hate (I'm just gon' let 'em hate)

I gotta go high (Gotta go high)

I gotta elevate (I gotta elevate)

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