Special Effects

[Verse 1: Brother Ali]

I don't want to see you in a screen

I want to feel you in the flesh and on the scene

I love all the words and what it mean

But it's so much to say in the spaces in between

I don't want to watch dots disappear

Listen here, first reaction is crystal clear

I want the uncut sentiment

Before you had a chance to second guess and edit it

I love you for the first draft you

All the technology on Earth can't improve

No special effects and no Santa Claus

Uncut, acoustic, and analog

A lifetime measured in breaths

The face is a mirror that the heart reflects

And when the eyes meet, they directly connect

And that's what you call true special effects

[Chorus: deM atlaS]

Staring at your picture hanging nicely on the wall

Longing to be near you because life is way too short

I traveled through the night 'til morning light broke through the storm

Just to see your face again, just to see your face

Staring at your picture hanging nicely on the wall

Longing to be near you because life is way too short

I traveled through the night 'til morning light broke through the storm

Just to see your face again

[Verse 2: Brother Ali]

I don't want to watch your life in pictures

I'm trying to be right there with ya

We'll be so rich at the end of all of this

We can scroll through memories without any filter

I'm trying to share life as it comes

No timeline from the night to the sun

Crème de la crème and the crust and the crumbs

Type of love you can't type with your thumbs

Let me not hear your voice in a speaker

I'm tryna feel your breath when it leaves ya

Message received, you best to believe

Your real life friend is requesting to see you

I'm here to watch your story unfold

I don't really want to only be told

Everything I hold is pressed to my chest

That's what you call special effects (yes!)

[Chorus: deM atlaS]

Staring at your picture hanging nicely on the wall

Longing to be near you because life is way too short

I traveled through the night 'til morning light broke through the storm

Just to see your face again, just to see your face

Staring at your picture hanging nicely on the wall

Longing to be near you because life is way too short

I traveled through the night 'til morning light broke through the storm

Just to see your face again, just to see your face again

[Bridge: Brother Ali & (deM atlaS)]

Into me you see, I see

Inherent in here, I hear

I give fidelity free

See my peers appear, my dear

Into me you see, I see

Inherent in here, I hear, my dear

(Just to see your face again, just to see your face)

[Outro: Brother Ali]

Groove to the beat that free your mind state

Put your heartbeat on vibrate

In other words, what?

In other words, huh?

Move to the beat that free your mind state

Put your heartbeat on vibrate

In other words, what?

In other words, huh?