Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Miles Davis
Performer
Robert Glasper
Performer
Phonte
Vocals
Burniss Travis
Bass
Bianca Rodriguez
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Miles Davis
Composer
Phonte
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Phonte
Recording Engineer
Bianca Rodriguez
Recording Engineer
9th Wonder
Producer
Anu Sun
Mixing Engineer
Vince Wilburn Jr.
Executive Producer
Erin Davis
Executive Producer
Adam Block
Executive Producer
Steven Berkowitz
Executive Producer
Nicole Hegeman
Executive Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Something so wonderful and new)
(A million colors just for you)
(It shines in everything you do)
(Like violets)
[Verse 2]
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 numerize them like a scientist (Let 'em know)
For you to make it dawg you going to 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, never really seen it done
Everybody asking when I'm coming out
So when I run a route I take the scenic one
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 this in between
And this is how I mean, one time
[Verse 3]
(Something so wonderful and new) Brand new, brand new
(A million colors just for you) Just for you, whoo
(It shines in everything you do) Let 'em know, one time now
(Like violets)
[Verse 4]
Yo, blues and greens and violets
Eyes get heavy with the weight of the world around the iris
So much that I be a pawn to see 'em
Close you eyes, envision the cause for freedom
But they open it's a struggle to carpe diem
'Cause the streets is littered with **** from 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 check
Don't wanna live in excess
Think I need her tonight like INXS
But my mind is talking to me like, "**** don't you send that text"
Take time to introspects
So you can keep going to get those checks and give praises
'Cause never before have you been so blessed
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 this in between
Like that, ride it out, hey
[Verse 5]
The blues and the greens and all this in between
This is how I mean, one time
Aye
[Verse 6]
(Something so wonderful and new) What you do? What you do, do? What you do?
(A million colors just for you)
(It shines in everything you do)
(Like violets)
(Like violets)
(Like violets)
(Like violets)
(Like violets)
(Like violets)
Written by: Miles Davis, Phonte