Losing Light

Yeah
Uh
Before niggas even know it, they're in a circuit
And that circuit keeps the lights on
I remember my aunt once told me that
everything we're doing now
She had done back in her day
and that there was nothing new under the sun
So all that told me was that I have to break the circuit
To this artificial light

Graduated and his whole family's glad he made it
First one to do it
Man, who knew it?
Congratulations
But the celebrating ends fast
Baby on the way with his lady and they gon' need cash
He's applying, doing interviews
but he never seems to hears good news (nuh uh)
Surviving off his girl's income
Baby due
she's carrying the weight in more ways than one
He's got a ton on his plate and he needs to make some scratch
But it's 10 times worse with his lady on his back
Always saying that if she can do it, he can
She starts to think of him as less of a man
Damn
So he's doing what he has to do
Serving dime bags to you
Tryna move up the chain
Until he's way too deep in the game
Now he's got a couple charges on his record
And a 9 to 5 job is out of the question

Strike one, strike two, strike three
Cops busted in and took him right in front of the baby

All through the night
I can see stars lose their light (waiting on the son to come up)
Before morn, I pray for a better day
But this the way it's always been and it'll never change
(waiting on the son to come up)
All through the night
I can see stars lose their light (waiting on the son to come up)

Before morn, I pray for a better day
But this the way it's always been and it'll never change
(waiting on the son to come up)

He left his old lady on the outside
working two jobs, tryna provide for they child
And things ain't getting easier
Cus little man is struggling now from the lack of seeing her
His grades are getting worse and he may repeat
With nobody to keep him out these streets
Growing up in the ghetto with its influences
Looking for someone to look up to no matter who it is

Mommy can't afford new sneakers, his are busted in
So he takes it upon himself and gets to hustling
He's just trying to find some self worth
'cause on the inside, he's lonely and hurt
So when the school does a random search with the dogs
Sniffing out the lockers lined up in the halls
He calls his mom from the station with the story
But he can't say a thing except sorry
For losing light

All through the night
I can see stars lose their light (waiting on the son to come up)
Before morn, I pray for a better day
But this the way it's always been and it'll never change
(waiting on the son to come up)
All through the night
I can see stars lose their light (waiting on the son to come up)
Before morn, I pray for a better day
But this the way it's always been and it'll never change
(waiting on the son to come up)

I remember back in the day
Our mother used to wake us up real early
on a Sunday morning for church
Put us in these stiff clothes we ain't wanna wear
But Praise & Worship in the beginning made it worth it
It would sound a little something like this
It would go

Oh, my friends
I'll never worry again
I saw the end tonight
In a shining light (light)
Oh, my friends
I'll never worry again
I saw the end tonight
In a shining light
Oh, my friends
I'll never worry again
I saw the end tonight
In a shining light (light)
Oh, my friends
I'll never worry again
I saw God tonight
In a shining light
Ina shining light
Then at the end of service
On a good day
We'd go to IHOP or something like that
Then we'd go home
And at the end of the day, the sun would go down
And go up
And nothing would change