THE LIGHT (Original)

[Part 1: FRAGMENTS] [Intro: bearface] Ooh, ahh Oh no, no, no Nothing will matter Nothing will matter [Verse 1: Dom McLennon] I watched a lot of niggas lie like it's the truth I've been staying down to Earth, digging deeper by the roots Have my conscious and my confidence, they down to make a truce When they stop aiming at each other, that's the strongest I'ma shoot, look I'm from the trenches, but I never get salutes All these fragments of myself make up the human y'all dispute Turned the memories to melodies, my life was like a loop When you ballin' for a reason you see more than just the hoop, nigga I'm out for dead presidents for every dead homie They throwin' anchors on my boat but that shit can't hold me Dedicate this shit to anyone who think they know me Living off of how it sounds but never listened closely Before you tell me who I am, you gon' have to show me I went back to where I came from, I know where I'm going [Verse 2: Matt Champion, Kevin Abstract & Both] We grew apart but that's life, right? (Life) Pick up my phone everyday but don't call, that's life, right? (Life) You a fraud, I bet you can't even face me Realest thing I ever did was stop being complacent Time after time, I let 'em walk on me So I walk on water, let they eyes deceive I'm ashamed of the man in the mirror, can't see The same thing everybody around me see There's beauty in it baby, there's beauty in the failure Beauty in Rock Bottom and way up to the hills there I should have been dead for some of the doses I was takin' Wakin' up, shakin', my mom hold me, she was patient My flight plan went from straight down to space station I can't take the pressure when the walls start to cave in I need ya', I need ya' more than ever baby, right now So, when I'm fallin', all I do is reach for the sky now [Chorus: Jabari Manwa] Feels good 'cause them boys back again Bust it down, then we split the dividends Me and my niggas make commisions over here Came from rags to riches so it's back to business Feels good 'cause we boys up in the air, yeah Bust it down, then we split the dividends Me and my niggas back for real, shit , this ain't fair Came from rags to riches so it's back to business [Verse 3: Merlyn Wood] You want passion? You want my head man? I don't know which one It's like a white death, no vision I'm like a pilgrim, y'all told me kill some See full brother, okay, capicola I'm from the forest, I'm still running brotha' Die lit, die in the function With the mic hot, still recordin' Walk in my footsteps, walk on shattered glass 20 in, 2020's, we a tantrum Before the virus, these rappers wear masks Willy Willy said "I'm really real", we'll pass Move the marina, internet, and the landline BROCKHAMPTON my family and my band You will never gonna get this hot, ever again Put this cop, all they teach us, a gray house for weeks Motherfuck the opps 'cause they'll never win On the dead homies and the opps, goddamn Either that or got crushed by they own reflection Move to the hills, still livin' in depression That's a false plan, I ain't never seen some friends, uh Killin' black boys, still the same agenda [Chorus: Jabari Manwa] Feels good 'cause we boys up in the air, yeah Bust it down, then we split the dividends Me and my niggas back for real, shit, this ain't fair Came from rags to riches so it's back to business [Part 2: THE LIGHT] [Intro: Ashlan Grey] And no matter what, I'ma be here, standing on my two feet! And if they wanna label me a tragedy, then god damnit, I'ma be the most beautiful tragedy that they've ever fuckin' seen! [Verse: Joba] When I look at myself, I see a broken man Remnants of my pops, put the Glock to his head Nothing ever go as planned, couldn't make amends Forcibly pretend I don't give a damn At a loss, aimless, six feet deep Suffocatin', can't face it Can't change it, ain't make it Master plans by the Maker, I see no savior Morbid reflection and stainless steel, alcohol and pills Deadly combinations left with nothin' else to feel A floral haven, hope it was painless, I see you in the faces Places and my making, reflections off a broken mirror Fragments of my fear glarin' back like, "Who's there?" I can't stand myself, beside myself, I see you there I know you cared Felt numb since September when I heard the news What I'd do to speak one last time Think I always will be haunted by the image of a bloody backdrop Skull fragments in the ceilin', felt your presence in the room Heard my mother squealin' Master of disguises, ash to ash, dust to dust Voids behind my eyelids, blacking out, bleeding out Silence louder than a twisted tongue lying As sick as our secrets Shadow people and needles fading through a peephole Bedtime stories from purgatory, I miss you [Part 3: THE LIGHT PT. II] [Intro: Joba] The light The light [Chorus: Joba] 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 [Verse: Kevin Abstract] Sick of these niggas 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 opinions To see the world move without you feel like a daydream Kool-aid stands, band-aids 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 kinda 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 nigga 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 niggas to the right, right, right [Outro: Kevin Abstract] You see the light, light, light, light And all my niggas to the left, right Left, right, left, right You see the light, light, light, light, light, light