SonShine - Mass Appeal, Keyon Harrold, Cantrell

Saw pain and had to pass 'til I saw change

My main focus is passin' fortune to offspring

I seen uncles that caught games that couldn’t last

Brown swag, sippin' they brown out of that brown bag

They never was lucky as them cards dealt

It was more like all or nothin', that’s how they all felt

I learned to drive to the future without lookin' in my rearview

Where days was in a phase of doin' what my peers do

But we was all lookin' for that sunshine

It’s out them gray clouds and red and blue sirens from one time

That «woop woop,» a sound that always would sound too familiar

The sound of who could kill you

From hoops to hittin' booths with hopes of tryna move a million

Different day, same story

You heard it all before

Black kid, fame, glory

Everyone in here has a story

You have a story, you have a story, you have a story

All I seen through all my life

It’s all about how you tell it

Dreams and hopes that never die

Talk your truth, talk your truth

All I know is it takes time

Don’t let nobody tell you otherwise, talk your truth

Gotta break the mold, gotta be a light, gotta let it shine

Yo, my story is one they gotta respect

Familiar face in the jungle while livin' from check to check

The paranoia, are they lookin' 'cause they hate or enjoy you?

When Brooklyn in the house, niggas stare like a foyer

Elevate, they tryna floor you

Gettin' a deal is like a date with the girl of my dreams, hope I enjoy you

Failed, gotta ignore you, too much on the line

I see men tryna predict how I’m comin' this time, pause

Ain’t nothin' expected, live or leave it through lectures

On the stage, rep my city like The Game picked the setlist

I stay patient, and my whole family Jamaican

Now we lookin' for papers like we immigration

So fuck the chain, I’m from where ice get you taken

Straight out the ghetto, I give the call and more like Othello

Hello, celebration, I’m droppin' like confetti

Plus you could look a G in the eyes and see I’m ready, yeah

All I seen through all my life

I’m ready

Dreams and hopes that never die

I was born ready

All I know is it takes time

I’m ready, you ready?

Gotta break the mold, gotta be a light, gotta let it shine

You ready?

I’m sick and tired of bein' sick and tired

Feelin' tied up in this world of ours

I been livin' in a dragon belly

With a devil face and a golden eyes

Times hard like it’s Dolomite

Make a move like a poltergeist

Or end up stuck or maybe dead in jail

I know this shit get muddy but this culture ours

What it is?

What you know about it?

Like PD and Django, they can move in silence

Find it funny how it’s so ironic

We drop out of school to fuck up some commas

Fuck with me, already

Rock with buddy, man, lil' homie solid

What you know good, I can’t call it

Let me hold somethin', man, I know you got it

This what the greetin' like in the small city of the good life

I would never change a thing

If I had to do it again I would do it twice

Drop a nigga by the store, let me hold the whip

You know I’ll bring it right back

Dropped a nigga at the store, the flash took his life

But he’ll never get it back, it ain’t all bad

Different day, same story

Box Chevys on the twenty-fours

Never had it, always wanted more, wanted more

I never grew up with everything

I had to work for this

When I told 'em my dreams, they laughed in my face

Where they at now?

I don’t see 'em around

Do you see 'em around?

I don’t see 'em, I don’t see 'em

And my vision is clear