Drowning Tonight

We're not drowning tonight
Baby, in a distance, I can see a light (yeah)
I'll hold you closer 'til we're safe and dry
Boy, I promise you (yeah), we're not drowning tonight (it's like I'm drowning)

Ain't no bodies to be found and the sound of silence
Seem so loud but meanwhile, I keep walking this green mile
Hoping this nightmare will turn into a dream down
And deep down, I feel it coming down in my stomach
I can finally go from having nothing to having something
All the nights that I talked to God, and I was praying to him
And my family was starving, living off of rhyme and noodles

You don't understand, I know the way that it feels whenever pills
Come before paying the bills, sometimes pain's the only way I know I'm alive
And I just wish I could be happy for a moment in time
Then I hopped inside my whip and turned the radio on
Lo and behold, the DJ was playing this song
And for a moment, I ain't even going through it
Because it all disappears when I turn on the music

We're not drowning tonight
Baby, in a distance, I can see a light
I'll hold you closer 'til we're safe and dry
Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight

This for the man who's got a record full of felonies
This for the kid who lies awake, he cries himself to sleep
He just wants to be accepted, sick of rejection
He's sick of feeling disconnected and disrespected
And this 16-year-old girl, find out she's pregnant
Now she's gonna make a decision and hope she don't regret it
Does it carry in turn and give it up for adoption
Either that or abortion seems like the only option

What would you do if you felt like nobody loved you?
What would you do if you felt like the people judged you?
And you so stressed out that you turned off your phone
You don't want no company, but you don't wanna be alone
So you hopped inside of your whip and turned the radio on
Lo and behold, the DJ was playing this song
And for a moment, you ain't even going through it
Because it all disappears when you turn on the music

We're not drowning tonight
Baby, in a distance, I can see a light (see the light)
I'll hold you closer 'til we're safe and dry
Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight
Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight
Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight