Looking For The Light

Lyrics

[Sample] They can't handle your light You know those people They've been tryna give you reasons why you should tone it down a bit They say, "well, tell Cheryl not to sing so loud" Right, right, right They would tell me to shut up in class They tell you you kinda strange You know those people, dream-snatchers, vision-busters Don't be mad at 'em They can only love you to the capacity which they're able to love themselves Don't be mad at 'em [Verse 1] These days it's the same thing I put a smile on my face, but that don't change pain, dang It's like something got a hold of me Wanna take full control of me This is not what it's supposed to be Mama said it gets better, well, hopefully Hopefully, man I've been chasing after sunshine Something plaguing my mind Telling me it'll be fine Same time, shadows prophesy it's only getting worse Gift and a curse Tryna get away from all the hurt and the pain But can't escape from every heartbreak Why you wanna take from me? Man, why they wanna take from me? I wanna hide away While they wanna take my light away On my Tribe, tryna find a way I'm looking for the light, and [Chorus] The light stopped shining sometimes So I run and hide in my mind And I don't know if I'll be fine First I gotta find the light I just gotta find the light, some happiness and delight I'm looking for the light [Verse 2] Oh why you wanna drag me to the other side? But it ain't over 'til I decide My dream never died, only modified Sweet by and by I throw my peace sign then I move on Didn't understand the trauma 'til it grew on me Still haunted from them group homes What did I do wrong? (I don't know, man) Nightmares wanna bring me down, strip my crown, no If I can fly, you'll never see me again Soaring with my feet in the wind But now I'm here just tryna maintain every song you hear Just tryna bring change, but they ain't ready for something much bigger than us Another one bites the dust I speak life Light lays the path As I follow these illuminated steps while I bask in the radiant rays of the sun with smooth jazz Soundscapes, think I found fate in the past where darkness overshadow every aspiration of greatness Complacent, fear of devastation Always had a shimmer of hope inside these quotes scribed to glorify I'm looking for the light [Chorus] The light stopped shining sometimes So I run and hide in my mind And I don't know if I'll be fine First I gotta find the light I just gotta find the light, some happiness and delight I'm looking for the light I'm looking for the light I'm looking for the light I'm looking for the light I'm looking for the light I'm looking for the light I'm looking for the light Shine on [Sample] And before today, you might've dimmed your light You might've shrunk a little bit You might've tempered it down a little bit But after today, I want you to see this After today, turn the lights up After today, you don't dare dim your light As your light gets brighter As your light gets brighter You're gonna disrupt some people And they gonna tell you your light's too bright, your light's too bright, your light's too bright, your light's too bright Then you just look at them and say, "well, I'm not dimming my light, I'm just going ahead into some shade"