Shine On

[Intro: Des Monroe]

[Verse 1: Dee-1]

April 10th I wrote this rhyme down, that's my birthday

Crying on the interstate while I'm driving to the A

DMX just died and, man, it got me feeling low

People think I'm all good but they don't even really know

Tryna call my girl up, well actually that's my ex

She won't' answer my calls or reply to none of my texts

I just bought us a house thinking she gon' be my wife

Then we had to part ways, things wasn't working right

I been sleeping three hours a night, I can't even rest

Tupac and Nipsey Hussle spirit inside of my chest

It's a couple secrets I need the strength to confess

If I speak about 'еm, wonder will people think of mе less

When God is for you no one can stop you, my life is proof

Even when I feel unworthy He throwing me alley-oops

I'm hurting but I'm working, it's difficult to explain

A spirit full of joy mixed with a heart full of pain

[Chorus: Des Monroe]

Keep going

Time never stops, it keeps going

Life won't stop unfolding

You can cry while you run, just keep growing

And don't stay where you are

You've come too far

You're a star, so shine on

[Verse 2: The Game]

I lost my brother when I was thirteen years old, man

It hurt me to my soul, man

He can't even grow old, he got shot

I was standing next to him, we was on the block

He was seventeen and now alive is what he not

So I'm living for him

You see the stars [?]

Align the stars in the sky so I can see my brother face, I miss him

I miss my granny too, I miss my father

I would cry but why even bother when life is like this?

I ain't even write this

All it take is a fifth of Hennessey and a blunt for me to recite this

We all die, nobody coming back

So I'ma live it like I live it 'til my line go flat, yeah

[Chorus: Des Monroe]

Keep going

Time never stops, it keeps going

Life won't stop unfolding

You can cry while you run, just keep growing

And don't stay where you are

You've come too far

You're a star, so shine on

[Verse 3: Dee-1]

I'm on a song with the Game, this is more than music

I take a second to appreciate what God is doing

I interned for him in college but we never met

I dreamed about this moment, this a day I won't forget

The next night it's like my heart broke

My nephew got shot sitting on his momma's porch

The devil busy 365

No vacation for Satan, we praying he survive

I wonder how Harriet Tubman stayed focused

How Martin Luther King never gave up, I need to know this

I ain't got the answers but I got a calling

I still wear my crown, even with my tears falling

[Chorus: Des Monroe]

Keep going

Time never stops, it keeps going

Life won't stop unfolding

You can cry while you run, just keep growing

And don't stay where you are

You've come too far

You're a star, so shine on

[Outro: Des Monroe]

Shine on

Shine on

Shine on