THE LIGHT PT. II

The light

The light is worth the wait, I promise

Wait, why can't 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

I won't 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 seen't 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?

And a 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

They'll never meet if it wasn'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

And permanents turn permanent with a nine

That's life, that's life

The light is worth the wait, I promise

Wait, why can't 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