Violets

[Chorus: Bianca Rodriguez]

Something so wonderful and new

A million colors just for you

It shines in everything you do

Like violets

[Phonte]

Yo, blues and greens and violets; eyes get

Heavy with the weight of the world around the iris

It’s like something insane, it’s like a virus

It’s like a hybrid of all your joys and your pains

That you bring to the table, periodically

And memorize 'em like a scientist

For you to make it, dawg

Ya gonna need alliances

A blessing and a prayer from the whole Archdiocese

Tigga – let’s put it to rest

'Cause I’m so in need of one

I only hear about it and never really seen it done

Everybody asking when I’m coming out

So when I run a route, I take the scenic one

[Pre-Chorus: Phonte]

To get away from all that ails me

I return to the place that never fails me

The hues spread the news, giving color to your frailties

The blues and the greens and all that’s in between

And this is how I mean – one time, uh

[Chorus: Bianca Rodriguez]

Something so wonderful and new

A million colors just for you

It shines in everything you do

Like violets

[Verse 2: Phonte]

Yo, blues and greens and violets; eyes get

Heavy with the weight of the world around the iris

So much that I be appalled to see ‘em

Close your eyes, envision the cause for freedom

But when they open, it’s a struggle to carpe diem

'Cause the streets is littered with niggas for mausoleums

Giving up is the last option

So when I spit my last doctrine

I make the audience clap for my offensive lines, like they pass blocking

I really wanna chill, but I ain’t in that yet

Don't wanna live in excess

Think I need her tonight, like INXS

But my mind is talking to me like, “Nigga, don’t you send that text!”

(NO!) Take time to introspect

So you can keep going, to get those checks

And give praises, 'cause never before have you been so blessed

[Pre-Chorus: Phonte]

When the troubles of the world

Start to ail me

I return to the place that never fails me

The hues spread the news

Giving color to your frailties

The blues and the greens and all that’s in between

Like that... ride it out, hey!

The blues and the greens and all that’s in between

This is how I mean – one time

[Chorus: Bianca Rodriguez]

Something so wonderful and new

A million colors just for you

It shines in everything you do

Like violets