Shining

[Intro: Statik Selektah, Termanology, Reks & Sheila B]

(Cuz when the sun shines) (Then the world ends)

(Ain't no pit stops) (No more girlfriends)

(Who the fuck was you?) (Where your story end?)

(And your life start?) (I guess it all depends)

[Hook]

And we wilin'

Standing on the corner of the block and we grindin'

Jumping off the edge of the roof and we flyin'

Until the world catches up and we shinin'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining'

[Verse 1: Termanology]

I'm a bad mutha, they could never do what I do

Homie I flow original, put the pencil to miracles

Since I left the umbilical I've been put on a pedestal

If they ever do come for you, just kill them or they're killing you

Eye for an eye, bloody box cutter

Hit your top gunner, put that on my pop's mother

I'm the rolling rock, rolling with them rock runners

Chop butter up and stay stunting on you cocksuckers

Me and Stat like Scott and Mike, got the chip, got the piff

And it's gonna get me where them rockets is

I love wearing the crown, love tearing it down

The sun shining that appear in the clouds

Is me. The gamma ray shining, man that ain't diamonds

That's a rapper with a Uzi in the jacket lining

Man I'm Illmatic, nah, this Dah Shinin

My Smith and Wesson and my Big L speaking Ebonics

[Hook]

And we wilin'

Standing on the corner of the block and we grindin'

Jumping off the edge of the roof and we flyin'

Until the world catches up and we shinin'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining

[Verse 2: Termanology]

I'm on the block where my little homies grind

They say they hope a cat like me come through when they rhyme

I could be Fat Joe if they Pun in they prime

Cuz I know Statik, he on the radio all the time

But I be on my grind, no sleep playa

No major labels backing me, just feeding me paper

Just me on my own, just me in my zone

Watching my clones get dough off what they really stole

I think of these labels and think of what they really owe

It's probably billions, could give me and my children homes

Made of gold, Medusa, you finna turn to stone

I'm a cold cat who won't let them diss the code

I be shining, peep how I glow

Night light, flashlight pointed by the po'

If I make it high in the game and blow

I'm gonna stay high, and keep it on the low

Let's go...

[Hook]

And we wilin'

Standing on the corner of the block and we grindin'

Jumping off the edge of the roof and we flyin'

Until the world catches up and we shinin'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining

[Verse 3: Termanology]

I'm shining like blue and reds on a cop car

I keep it underground, fuck being a pop star

Cuz when you get on they steal your shit anyway

And make way for the next star to take your place

It's all fake, handshakes and funny smiles

Funny style shit just to see the money pile

And they on the prowl, wolves in their sheep clothes

Saliva dripping from their fangs where their teeth show

Shit is deep, yo, highway robbery

Still I do the best to shine through whatever blocking me

My philosophy is keep it sweet and always honest, be

Unaffected, I'm an ill rapper named Termanology

Lemme slow it down, cuz I be losing y'all

I'm here to put the nooses on these fake superstars

I go super hard, not to be confused with y'all

And even if we never blow, my crew still the bomb

So, uh...

[Hook]

And we wilin'

Standing on the corner of the block and we grindin'

Jumping off the edge of the roof and we flyin'

Until the world catches up and we shinin'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining'

And we shinin', shinin'

Until the world catches up and we shining

[Outro: Sheila B]

We are flying, we're flying

Jumping off the roof and we are flying

Shine so bright, shine so bright, your whole night

Shine me, shine me, grab a flashlight and shine me

Shine me, shine me, 8 double-A batteries

We're shining