THE LIGHT PT. II

The light

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Why did you do it?

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Screaming, "Please don't do it"

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Why did you do it?

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Screaming, "Please don't do it"

Sick of these **** givin' me false info

Like I ain't grow up on MTV, Boondocks and the Chappelle Show

Bitch, I can handle the truth

That's how I entered the booth, look at all these bruises I got

It gave me so much confidence

Back when I was makin' songs at my Momma's crib

The candle's lit

The temperature rising, what type of man can find the right time to fly in?

Especially when my cousin dyin'

Should've never sold my soul, should've protected all my payers

To see the world move without you feel like a daydream

Kool-aid stands, bandaids wrapped around your beautiful hands

Protect me from the city, couldn't save me from the world

Back then, had Jeezy on repeat in your whip

No peace in my streets and these days, no license

Only take the Jeep if my boyfriend is drivin'

Plus he got the kind of skin that make the police like him

Ever since I was a kid, I always felt so frightened

My Momma from the ghetto

Her vote go to any **** that keep Jesus in the convo

Me and her just get on good terms

Thank God for them unexpected turns, breaks her heart

When she see my city burn

Thank God for teachin' me how to learn

To have empathy even when it burns

But I hate that you got me in this box expecting me to see the light

See the light, see the light

All my **** to the right, right, right

You see the light, light

And all my **** to the left, right, left, right, left, right

You see the light, light, light, light, light, light

When that hammer pulled back, did you think of me?

You were the one that taught me how to be

Look at me now, in all my glory

Overcame a lot, that's a different story

Abandoned by the life giver

Looking back at my life different

Deep cuts in the dusk of the final gas

Before your life flashed

What happens when you die? Does it fade black?

I sense you in my skin and the trucker cap

Miss it when we'd laugh, didn't trust my intuition when I saw the cracks

I'm sorry

All I ever want to do is make you proud, fleeting moments

Always found a way around the frown

Set aside the pain to celebrate the now

Couldn't kick me out the house, I was fucked up

Nothing to prove without doubt if I'm man enough

What's the use?

I could use you 'cause I'm scared as fuck

Tuck me in

Always young enough to feel loved

And share some

Are you looking down?

Inner child reaching out, brittle-boned, crying out

The past does not define you

The past does not define you

The burden was too much, couldn't save you from yourself when you'd self destruct

Couldn't save me from myself when I'd push my luck

To tell the truth, I am just like you, left it all in the pistol that you used

Always be your little man

Follow in your footsteps, even though I'm mad

Even though you're gone, you live on and the day I have kids I'll tell them 'bout grandpa

And how great he is

And the grandkids, grandkids you'll never meet

If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be

Neither would they, it's safe to say I'll find a way out the darkness

The way you left Ma hits me the hardest

What a shame, things change in the blink of an eye

Fade away, fast break to the depths in the sky

Impermanence turned permanent with a nine

That's life, that's life

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Why did you do it?

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Screaming, "Please don't do it"

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Why did you do it?

The light is worth the wait

I promise, wait

Screaming, "Please don't do it"