If I told you I was down, I was down would you help me Told you I was down, I was down would you lift me up I need your strength, I'll be up some day If I told you I was down, I was down would you lift me up I have this human love It shattered once or twice It pulls me up and down If it's filled with jagged ice Everyday I'm wanting something I ain't having I have this human heart My mother told me so She said this shit can go to pieces boy be careful But you and me and me and you got something magic So I say to you If I told you I was down, I was down would you help me Told you I was down, I was down would you lift me up I need your strength, I'll be up some day If I told you I was down, I was down would you lift me up If I told you I was broke, I was broke would you fix me Told you I was down to the line would you lift me up I need your strength, I'll be up some day If I told you I was down, I was down would you lift me up Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up I have this human love My mother told me so She said this world could bring you down so don't be swinging low 'Cause you and me and me and you got something magic So I say to you If I told you I was down, I was down would you help me Told you I was down, I was down would you lift me up I need your strength, I'll be up some day If I told you I was down, I was down would you lift me up Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up I got my problems but I don't need you to solve them and I don't care Like it in that all my shit is right there I wear my issues like tattoos across my chest And people notice I tell them you ain't seen nothing yet Brother lift me, brother lift me Lift me up and be my strength I'll be up someday If I told you I was down, I was down Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up I got my problems but I don't need you to solve them and I don't care Like it in that all my shit is right there I wear my issues like tattoos across my chest And people notice I tell them you ain't seen nothing yet Brother lift me