Lyrics

[Intro: Ivan Ave] Like that, like this Shining like that, shining like this Shining like that, shining like [Verse 1: Ivan Ave] Spitting image of my dad and my mum's brothers I don't spit with a gimmick like half of these suckers I just shine through like memories of last summer Shining like your very last sun up, ashes and dust In the meantime, all I can do is flash a peace sign A lone finger to the smoke and mirror designs That keep my people and I from (shining through your smile) Through to the divine, now look I never claimed to invent the soup bowl Just trying to fill mine with something beautiful Billin' with mutual I, tell me who wanna try As we shine like Lucy in the sky and them Higher than the tree lines Three years straight and keeping my knees high Running shit, handling B I, hand up in the bee hive Peace to the honey dips, speaking of which I gotta tell you about this feline [Bridge: Ivan Ave] She was shining like this, shining like that Shining like this, shining like that Shining like this, shining like that Go ahead, shine your light Like mmm, shining like urgh Shining like, you know [Verse 2: Ivan Ave] The four corners of the room all buzzing She's shining like it's noon all of a sudden Shining like your mum when you were on to something Iller figure than the US army budget, I'm shining like What you wanna do? She said bump George Duke I said that sound about right, ay we outta sight Woke up in a field of brown rice, didn't know They had them in Crown Heights, her thigh for a pillow that night And then, listening to Bill [?] Withers Talking it out plus 90 seconds in a minute Her pops was an artist she ain't tryna date musicians I said I'm only scared of sharks and commitment Hit a dead end, never uttered the word couple Only took day trips into each other's bubbles Doomed from the start, just some young foolish lovers Used to fucking in the rubble, tryna shine through