Persevere

## Song by Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco and Luke James

"**Persevere**" is a song by the Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, and Luke James. It was released as the 10th track from the former's sophomore studio album, *Black Radio 2* (2013).

## Personnel

* Robert Glasper – main artist, writer, producer, piano, synthesizer
* Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr. – featured artist, writer
* Luke James Boyd – featured artist, writer
* Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – featured artist, writer
* Anu Sun – vocals, writer
* Casey Benjamin – main artist, sound effects, saxophone, synthesizer
* Chris Athens – mastering
* Derrick Hodge – main artist, bass vocals
* Greg "G-Ball" Magers – vocals
* Keith "Qmillion" Lewis – recording engineer, mixing engineer
* Marcus Johnson – assistant recording engineer
* Mark Colenburg – drums, percussion
* Terrace Martin – main artist, vocals, producer
* Wayne Brady – vocals

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Chorus: Luke James]

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

[Verse 1: Snoop Dogg]

Past interference, perseverance

Now let me say this clearly 'cause I needs no clearance

Do you have insurance

For you and your children?

I say that I don't just to make an appearance

I'm standing tall, on the ball leanin' back

Black power, loc, I'm tryna bring the meaning back

Seems like a wish away

Chillin' like a villain on the corner

With a burner in the pickle plane

Freeze tag? Nah n\*\*\*a, ease back

Sackin' up the peeznack of the creeznack in the beezack

Or maybe it's the freezer

We gettin' money on the spot where we G's, huh?

And we never gon' slip up

Until we get the whole zipper, tipper, Crip or, die

Until the sun rise up to the stars

County jail bars, beats and breaks

And you know when the night fall...

[Chorus: Luke James]

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

Faith, uh

Violent shindig, bloody dance floor

Violet Prince wig, what he stand for?

Kimi Räikkönen's Lotus position sit with the quickness

Like a twisted double shore, Isthmus

What is Christmas in the Cathouse?

Copious Santa-hatted hoes blowin' they backs out

Fitting, meanwhile at the aftermath of the dance floor

Hitting, sitting like Kimi when he's pitting

With blood gently dripping, it's something from Rudyard Kipling

Or Trevanian, Blowanotherainian

Characteristics caricatured into a ridiculous

Or some mad fit imagining the status of the bones that his fist hit

He'll die a little later

Or maybe later more wearing something from Aitor Throup

N\*\*\*a rich and waiter poor

Firefighter igniting the paper wall inside of the Players Ball

And gone

[Chorus: Luke James]

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

The world is so insane

I gotta maintain

Nothing is easy here

Stand tall through the rain

My heart will never change

I gotta persevere

[Outro: Luke James]

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

I gotta persevere

## References

1. ↑ Lilah, Rose (October 25, 2013). "Persevere". *HotNewHipHop*.