Lyrics

Yeah... Before niggas even know it, they're in a circuit.. And that circuit keeps the lights on My aunt once told me that everything we're doing now, she had done back in her day and there was nothing new under the sun So all that told me was that I have to break the circuit.. To this artificial light [Verse 1 - Capital Ode] 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 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 And 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 Yeah, Serving dime bags to you Uh, 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 1, strike 2, strike 3 Cops busted in and took him right in front of the baby [Chorus - Capital Ode] 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) [Verse 2 - Capital Ode] 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 the halls He calls his mom from the station with the story But he can't say a thing except sorry For losing light [Chorus - Capital Ode] 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) [Segue - Capital Ode] I remember back in the day, our mother used to wake us up early on a Sunday morning for church and 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 [Bridge - Jumoke Charles, Sherlita McCann & Capital Ode] 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... 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 God tonight In a shining light... [Outro - Capital Ode] Then, at the end of the 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, come back up again and nothing would change