THE LIGHT PT. II

The light The light is worth the wait, I promise Wait, why did you do it? The light is worth the wait, I promise Wait, screamin' "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, screamin' "Please don't do it" Sick of these niggas givin' me false info Like I ain't grow up on MTV, Boondocks and The Chapelle Show Bitch, I can handle the truth, that's how I enter the booth Look at these bruises I got, it gave me so much confidence Back when I was making songs at my momma's crib The candles lit, the temperature risin' What type of man can't find the right time to fly in? Especially when my cousin dyin' Should've never sold my soul, should've protected all my pay-ins To see the world move without you feel like a daydream Kool-Aid stains, 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 got on good terms Thank God for them unexpected turns Breaks her heart when she see my city burn Thank God for teaching me how to learn Have empathy, even when it burns But I hate that she got me in this box, expectin' me to see the light See the light, see the light All my niggas to the right, right, right You see the light, light, light, light All my niggas to the left-right, left-right, left-right You see the light, light, light, light When that hammer pulled back, did you think of me? You were the one that taught me how to be Look at me now in all my glory Overcame a lot, that's a different story Abandoned by the life-giver, lookin' back at my life different Deep cuts in the dusk of the final gasp, before your life flash What happens when you die? Does it fade black? I sense you in my skin and the trucker cap Missed you when we laughed Didn't trust my intuition when I saw the cracks I'm sorry, all I ever want to do is make you proud Fleetin' moments, always found a way around the frown Set aside the pain to celebrate the now Couldn't kick me out the house, I was fucked up Nothing to prove without doubt, if I'm man enough What's the use? I could use you, 'cause I'm scared as fuck Tuck me in, always young enough to feel loved And share some, are you lookin' down? Inner child reachin' out, brittle bone, crying now The past does not define you The past does not define you The burden was too much Couldn't save you from yourself when you self-destruct Couldn't save me from myself when I pushed my luck To tell the truth, I'm just like you Left it all in the pistol that you used Always be a little man, following your footsteps Even though I'm mad, even though you're gone You live on, and the day I have kids And tell 'em 'bout Grandpa and how great he is And the grandkids' grandkids You'll never meet if it weren't for you I wouldn't be, neither would they It's safe to say I find a way out the darkness The way you left ma' hits me the hardest What a shame things change in the blink of an eye Fade away, fast break to the depths in the sky Impermanence turned permanent with a nine That's life, that's life The light is worth the wait, I promise Wait, why did you do it? The light is worth the wait, I promise Wait, screamin' "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, screamin' "Please don't do it"