BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY

INTRO
From the rooftops
To the city blocks
We livin proof
That we can't & we won't stop
Let's keep it movin
Show & prove that we already dropped
I'd like to take this opportunity
To thank the whole community
For keepin us together in the same spot
Yo in the dark night
We see the bright lights
& we can rock right
(We keep the game tight)
We represent the element that gave us true sight

CHORUS
Bright lights, big city
It's gonna lift you higher and higher
When the world has got you down
City's gonna lift you higher and higher

VERSE 1
Lights flash blast past do the math
We building up beginning squad
Illuminate the path
Hit the street feel the concrete
Underneath your feet
And we runnin like there's only seconds left
Feel the breath
Let's connect reach out mad respect
I can't believe how far we raised
From Dirty blocks & dark hallways
Opposite of tenements
We livin in the top percent
Of hustlin their dreams
Livin way above our means
Now we formulate the team
Hit em like a lazer beam
Infinite abilities
Flowin like Pheidippides
Outside of parentheses
Genius in facilities
Our options are infinity
Founded independently
The path is undertaken
By the underestimated
Can you feel it yeah we made it
To the top we elevated
We don't stop & we created
In a new stream a new team
Shine like the ever present presence
Of the spotlight
(The light beams)

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Smash perception ain't no question
You're the best of them
I hope that the rest of them
Gettin all this oxygen (its medicine)
A catalyst of power people
Comin from the underground
Many styles all the citizens
From all around the planet ascending in a way that you can never take for granted
(It's a piece of pace a past of place)
I pass the praise the pastor makes
The timing of the time it takes
To raise up all the youth
That's the proof of the positivity & true humility
Passed on these progressions
In the cyphers & the sessions
True knowledge comes from everyone
& everything surrounding
We pounding up the bricks
& in our footsteps is evidence of providence
The sky scrapes takes a little building at a time
Now you over-stand the rhyme
We can all together climb
You get yours & I get mine
Never been a better time
To come together (each of us can teach one)
Never been a better time
I think I see the sign

CHORUS

OUTRO
Keep your head raised
As your mind stays
High above the fray
When you need to get up & stay up
Just nod your head & meditate
On this verbal word play
It's like every single day
We don't stop
We rock hip hop
On every single block
Let's get together now & raise it to the top

PART OF US

VERSE 1
I know I may be limited with time but I won't think of that
Memories are yet to be but they're coming fast
Got new beginnings and everything I'm fighting for
Got my mother waving in tears as I leave her door

With my chin up and the sun at my face
The wind pushes me as I let go of all this craze
This new road is something else
Fly through the new skies and let the past melt

CHORUS
I'll keep going even when the sky is black
All the falling stars that come along and cross my path
Creating dreams with every spec of cosmic dust
I'll grab each one and make them part of us

VERSE 2
Our universe like a symphony keeps playing through this storm we're in
You're always shining your bright light when everything is dim
You help me see things around me that I can't describe
Each one of them is making me feel alive

With our chin up and the sun at our faces
The wind pushes us as we let go of all the craze
This new road is something else
Fly through the new skies with you and let the past melt

CHORUS (2X)

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE

CHORUS

LAST CHORUS
I'll keep going even when the sky is black (Part of us)
All the falling stars that come along and cross my path (Part of us)
Creating dreams with every spec of cosmic dust (Part of us)
I'll grab each one and make them part of us (Part of us)
Make them part of us

UNLIMITED

CHORUS
I feel unlimited
no rules unlimited
and I shine so bright that I might just light it up
I feel unlimited
no rules on limited
gonna grab this world make it mine so fire it up

VERSE 1
Fire up the engines it's about to start
bring the light when I travel to dispel the dark
our existence is hinging on if we can impart
ambition as if resistance got us what we want
we living under limits that are self imposed
then poked at by the media till it's exposed
try to stuff your emotions till you implode
well I'm here to disclose
the power you have enclosed

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Fire up the burners it's about to begin
let the fuel move your internal pistons
until the engines running with intention
you've been down this road before
check the suspension
I know it gets rocky but you're unstoppable like Rocky
you probably been through worse
like taking shots to the body
you obviously kept getting up
legs wobbly and vision foggy
but you kept coming like a zombie
straight out the ground you're taking it now
pressed against the cage ain't nobody taking you down
and through all the trials and tribulations you basically found
that it's all lies and manipulations mistakenly bound
knots tied the stipulations are created were not allowed to abound
when they try to tune us down
I can faintly hear the sound
and that's the only thing I need to keep me wanting more
just remember I'm Limitless at my core

CHORUS

GLOW

CHORUS
I get dragged down
But I've been here before
I see sunlight
Even when it pours
You can't hold back
You can't hold back my glow
'Cause I'm shining
Shining across the globe

VERSE 1
Pretty dismal what I been through
All the darkness in the rearview
Being civil but it's an issue
I'm feeling heartless and cynical
Pitch black trying to choke me out
But I'm a golden child
Going pound for pound
With some broken vows
You can't hold me down
Even when I think I'm about to drown

But I rise like the sun, forecast won't define who I become
Fire in my tongue
Not done even if you try to pull a fast one (fast one, high strung)
Light it up, not talking 'bout a spliff
Set the world on fire with my gift
Dread won't win, you don't have to be afraid
Nightfall won't ever get the final say

PRE-CHORUS (2x)
I'll radiate when hopeless
When it's bleak, stay focused
My dealt hand, never chose this
Set me ablaze you'll notice
Like the rays of the sun
Each leap is more like a plunge
Problems never make me wanna run
Even when I don't know the outcome

CHORUS

PRE-CHORUS
Illumination the foundation
That will awaken
Avenues from frustration
No hazy days for the creation
Just say the word and I will go
Blinded by greatness and a hint of strobe
When you're wrapped in gray down to your soul
Don't let it keep you down, get back up and glow

There was a fire once
Burning in blood red
Where it lingered
There was no one spared
Now the ashes
Are all that's left to tell the tale

Find myself asking
Where has mercy gone
Did it leave me
Barely hanging on
If there's hope left
Well I hope it doesn't fail

Well hope don't fail me now
Hope don't fail me now
Hope don't fail me now

I got a feeling
This isn't the end
No more weeping
Gotta reel it in
I can feel it
There's still fight left in these hands

Well I hope they don't fail me now
I hope they don't fail me now
I hope they don't fail me now

Take a breath and push through in the moment. There ain't nobody else to do it for you and you know it. Sometimes it isn't time to grab the wheel just let it flow, and if it isn't time to hold it then it's time to let it go.
I know it all seems tough but you're not travelin' alone, and if you use your inner guidance then you'll always find your way back home.
When you feel you gotta give it all you got just to keep from breakin'
Is when you hear the voices sayin'

CHORUS:
You can do this
You can do this
You can turn it all around
You can do this

V1:
Standin' here contemplatin' decisions that I made
Tried to leave behind the times when the ride kept me enslaved
And inside I was filled with rage but the pain was locked in a cage
And the repetition kept making me wish for the end of days
Sleepin' deep away in a dream state
Tryna reach the part that's one and only purpose was to create
Well it seems there isn't anyone left that could relate
And the fact that every subject's always up for debate
Well it's time to take control of my life grab by the reigns and despite the constant threat of the rain or deadening pain, I'll remain
Standing strong with the Universe at my side and the constant reminder that I was predestined to fly
With the sky scraping the surface I'm realizing my purpose and anything that I been through is most certainly worth it
With every rise of the sun there's another chance to renew it
With a faint voice from the silence keeps saying that you can do this

CHORUS

Sometimes we all like giving up, but if you give in to the notion that's somethings planned bigger for us, then that's when you stick it to luck
Faith lives in the gut, and once you step into that power there's nothing better to trust.
The inner visions that cut through like incisions a gentle hinted decision to inject some intention into your mission.
Well I'm convinced that that's the only voice to which I should listen, if I ever expect to make it through living in this dimension
Slowly something is shifting so I remain on the path
As if enlightenment is just something simple that I could grasp
But with the love I feel around me it's possible that I'd last
Take a look into my future from the past
It's everything that has got me here, that keeps getting me to the next
And the voice volume keeps coming up telling me I'm the best
Well that voice is the only one who actually knows what the truth is
And that's why it's saying that you can do this

Hey, hey
Dare me and I'll play
Nothing's gonna stop me, scare me - got me?

Yeah, yeah
Get outta my way
Put me on the frontline, I'm so ready

I can hear the drumming
And I feel the call
Nothing's gonna stop me, watch out, you'll see

They don't know
That I'm about to beat them all
Put me on the frontline, go fight with me

Yeah, 'cause the world needs more superheroes
Yeah, and I'm gonna be one, too

CHORUS:
Oh, I'm a brave soul
I'm a warrior
I'm a fighter

Oh, I'm a champion
Like a dragon
Gonna blow fire

Oh, oh
Feel it in my soul
Nothing's gonna stop me, slow me, break me

Go, go
Time to rock n' roll
Put me on the frontline, I'm a banshee

Can you hear my battle cry
I scream out loud
Nothing's gonna stop me, all I can be

Come and try to get me
As I stand my ground
Put me on the frontline, go fight with me
PRE
Yeah, 'cause the world needs more superheroes
Yeah, and I'm gonna be one, too

CHORUS

Oh, I'm a champion
Like a dragon
Gonna blow fire

Can't stop me now, I go to war
And this I vow - you'll hear me roar
Can't stop me now, can't stop me now
Can't stop me now, no!

CHORUS

Oh, I'm a champion
Like a dragon
Gonna blow fire

RISE AGAIN

VERSE 1
Saw my reflection and I admit I was petrified
I used to know me but lately guess I been in disguise
Looked in the mirror and saw a flame burning deep inside
How did I get here I don't care but this is my goodbye

PRE-CHORUS
My back's against the ground
You try but you can't stop me now
I'm gonna turn it all around
I'll never let you keep me down

CHORUS
I'll rise again in the morning (4X)

VERSE 2
Just cause the moment is dark it don't mean there's nothing more
I'll pack my bags and I'll find my strength walking out the door
You won the battle but I know I'm gonna win the war
Cause every night brings a new day and I am ready for it

CHORUS

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

ANYTIME

VERSE 1
When you're low
In a spiral
In a spiral down
And your thoughts
Can't escape you
They go round an round
You should know
When you need it
I'm never too far
You're not alone
I can be a shoulder to cry on

PRE-CHORUS
Everybody needs somebody
No one needs to be an island
You won't get lost with a little guidance
You'll survive this
You'll survive this

CHORUS 1
Anytime you need me call
Anytime you're high or low
I will catch you when you fall
Oh anytime yeah
Anytime you want some hope
Anytime you need home
I will be a place to go
Oh Anytime yeah

I can be you're solution
When you're all tapped out
Put the wheels in motion
Take you from this town
And we all face the bottom
But it's never the end
Don't you know
I can take you far away from here

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

BRIDGE
If the old saying is true
Then was goes down must come back up
Lady luck will find you soon
Not without a little help
No don't you be afraid
I won't let you walk alone
Don't you know I'm here to stay
I will get you home

CHORUS 2
I can be you're solution
(When you're low In a spiral)
When you're all tapped out
(In a spiral down)
Put the wheels in motion
(And your thoughts can't escape you)
Take you from this town
(they go round and round)

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

Sometimes a moment comes
You blink your eyes and a new surprise there
Somebody's keeping you on your toes
Until you find you feel like a child again

CHORUS:
And I still believe
That life is full
Of miracles
And I still believe
That life is full
Of miracles
Of miracles

When life ain't slowing down
And you need a reset
You need to feel again
Something comes around
Makes your heart skip
Gives you a reason
You find yourself saying
Saying loud
Saying oh wow

CHORUS

Who knew life
Could still blow your mind
Could still surprise
Who knew life
Could still blow your mind
Could still surprise

Sometimes a moment comes
And you find you feel like a child

CHORUS

IT'LL ALL GET BETTER

VERSE 1
I see all the hurt on the horizon
I see all the storms are lining up
I know that I'm gonna keep fighting
For love and everything that's life

PRE-CHORUS
I know this
I know this

CHORUS
I believe that these days won't last forever
I believe that the sun will rise at dawn
I believe that somehow it'll all get better
Oh oh oh oh It'll all get brighter
Oh oh oh oh it'll all get better

VERSE 2
I know all the pain is getting heavy
I feel all the strength drained out
I know that I'm gonna keep fighting
For love and everything that's life

PRE-CHORUS
I know this
I know this
Know this
Know this
Know this

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Oh oh oh oh It'll all get brighter
Oh oh oh oh it'll all get better

Whoo Whoo it's gunna get brighter
Whoo Whoo it's gunna get better
Whoo Whoo it's gunna get brighter
Whoo Whoo it's gunna get better

CHORUS 2
I believe that these days won't last forever
I believe that the sun will rise at dawn
I believe

OUTRO
Oh oh oh oh It'll all get brighter
Oh oh oh oh it'll all get better
Oh oh oh oh It'll all get brighter
(Oh, I believe)
Oh oh oh oh it'll all get better
(Oh, I believe)
Oh oh oh oh It'll all get brighter
It'll all get brighter
All get better
It will all get better

You'll never find your way out of town
If your feet don't ever leave the ground
Cement blocks for feet
They're not meant for you and me

As the darkness falls, on your face
Risk it all, so what if you fail
Come on follow me now
Come on follow me now

CHORUS:
What if this is our last breath
Hold on we're not done yet
The stars won't ever align
This world won't stop to give us time
Hold on we're not done yet

Stuck in the eye of the storm
Still you're asking for more
Let that light hit your face
Let's risk it all, so what, if we fail

CHORUS

Life is short
That's for sure
You never know how long we get

So its good
to be sure
that we make the best of it

Cause any day could be the best day of your life
Happiness is just a simple state of mind
I heard a wise man say, "its easy if you try..."
To Be Here...Now...

The time is now
The place is here
This is where we're supposed to be

A speck of dust
in the universe
Inside endless galaxies

And any day could be the best day of our lives
if we change the world, one person at a time
I heard a wise man say, "its easy if we try..."

To Be Here...Now

Life is short
thats for sure
you never know how long you get

So it's good,
to be sure
that we make the best of it

Every mountain has a side for me to climb
And every ocean that I swim will help me find
Who I am within, make me stronger make me give
Yeah

Every wall that I break down will bring me close
To every dream that I will finally come to know
I always need to feel that fire in me
Oh

CHORUS
Oh, I feel alive
Oh, I feel alive
I take all the joy and all the pain
Whatever it takes
Gonna make the best of today

My every breath, holds the future I hope for
Never stopping when the fear is at my door
When I find the pain, I'll know that I'm in the game
Yeah

And every sun that goes down with every day
I'll know that I have lived it in my own way
Never passing moments by, no matter low or high
Yeah

CHORUS

Oh, I feel alive
Oh, I feel alive
Oh, I feel alive, alive

CHORUS

Somebody told me once that hope is just a myth
A little dirt under your nails will do the trick
Don't need no trophies or a pat upon the back
Just a little fire to keep you firing back

CHORUS:
Everybody needs a rug burn
Everybody needs a skinned knee
Everybody needs to fall down
Before you get back on your feet

There will be times it seems the sky is falling down
And many blows that will knock you to the ground
Don't let the tears lead your vision astray
Get up and fight for another day

CHORUS

Life is gonna push you around
Life is gonna make you crawl
You gotta take the ups with the downs
You gotta embrace it all
Life is gonna fill you up
Then it's gonna empty you out
You just gotta rise above the doubt

CHORUS

ALWAYS BE

VERSE 1
One to call on in your struggle
One to lean on in your darkest days
One to turn to in your sadness
When the fears of this life bring you to your knees

PRE CHORUS 1
Even when the fears come, even when the darkness closes in
I am only just a text away

CHORUS
I will always be your shelter
always be your friend
I will always be someone to count on time and time again
I will always be your comfort
a lift when you're in need
I will always be a heart to turn to, I will always be

VERSE 2
Love is more than just a feeling
Or some sappy ole thing that we all say
Love is always gonna be there
Love will never miss a chance to play

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Always, always, always
be your shelter, be your shelter
Always, always, always
be your shelter, be your shelter

CHORUS

DON'T LET THE DEVIL

VERSE 1
At 17 you were drinking on the weekends
Sneaking out and coming home drunk
By end of summer you were smoking what you wanted
Kept a bag of pills stashed in your trunk

VERSE 2
You couldn't keep spending all of your time
Finding ways to make your head feel good
I don't think you understood
I'll tell you regrets will keep you good

CHORUS
I met the devil at the end of an old dirt road
He said to tell you that you're not even coming close
You think it's almost over
You think the devil will win
Oh no no
You're only playing with sin
You won't let the devil get in
Don't let the devil, don't let the devil
Don't let the devil win

VERSE 3
At 25 you've got a couple of kids
And you're working on a law degree
Every morning you are late for your class
Making breakfast for the ones you feed

VERSE 4
And then you send them to a girl down the street
Where they spend almost all of the day
It kills you to go away
I think they'll be thanking you someday

CHORUS

Keep making music with angels
Living is your art
You won't always be winning
Keep on fighting, just keep on fighting
Your best weapon is your heart

CHORUS

Chorus:
If you really want it
show 'em where your heart is
see if you can push it past the limit
show 'em what you're made of
if you think your game tough
let me see you push it past the limit
Push it past the limit

I push it further than the rest so they call me the champ
I'm kicking past my last breath so that makes me a vamp-
Pyre I'm on fire
With sweat and blood for survival
I'm wired not getting tired and flying straight for the final
wavy like tidal outlasting all of your idols
don't test me I might go psycho
eliminate all my rivals
swear on The Bible I'm ready to take the title the king to take his rightful place await my arrival
here's what separates the men from the boys
I'm pushing it past the limits
you're still sitting making noise

CHORUS

I never let the dust settle 'fore I start again
I'm so relentless I won't settle 'less it's for the win
fight with honor prove I'm worthy like the olden times
nevermind, show no mercy like I'm Cobra Kai enemies stand in my way best be ready to die I'm on a higher plane of vision like my 3rd eye that means I read between the lines
and I'm gone before you realize whoa
now you're frozen like you're paralyzed
tell the rest that I've arrived

CHORUS

Yea the Sun is rising
it's right over the horizon
it's all about the timing
and the drive to not stop climbing climbing
I'm never going to stop
until I reach the top
all you lesser men are probably all gonna drop cause my skill is unmatched
I ain't even scratch the surface
stand back watch me step into my purpose

CHORUS

The world just keeps on getting small
The road ahead ain't like the old ones
They held on to our hands too long
And then expected us to know how to walk

CHORUS:
But we're not taking the fall again
We're blowing it all to bits
We've been dealt a heavy hand
But we'll stay strong

Oh

We're not taking the fall again
Not gonna break or bend
Our time has come
We'll stay strong
We're not taking the fall

Can't find the captain of this ship
Abandoned with no sign of rescue
We're left to clean up all this mess
Gonna start by breaking all the old rules

CHORUS

head today

And It's madness, it's madness

I wish it was, so easy
As they try, try to tell me now
But this darkness keeps creeping
And it's hard not to spiral down

CHORUS

But I don't wanna live like this
No one should ever live like this
No I don't wanna live like this

It's not my choice to be like this
I don't wish it on my enemies
This voice, this sickness
Has consumed every part of me

CHORUS

All out
We'll never regret it
So shout it out loud
Never come down
It's in the air
There's something in the air
There ain't no doubt
Can you feel it all around here

CHORUS

Tell me can you feel it
It's all around can you feel it

CHORUS

Still haven't found destination
Going round and round with a battle in my head
Going round and round with a battle in my head

CHORUS

What would ever happen
If everything I ever knew
Didn't matter at all
Would I be a fool
Embarrassed sometimes
At the way I sleep in
Cause the sunlight
keeps me blinded

But now I'm letting go, letting go
Gonna stop digging a hole, digging a hole
Yeah now I'm letting go, letting go
I'm set free to live, what's next who knows

CHORUS:
We only have right now to make a move
Right now me and you
We only have right now to make a move

Close your eyes with me
We're not about to quit
Let the wind kiss your skin
Feel the change, feel the shift
Yeah now we're letting go, letting go
We're set free to live, what's next who knows

CHORUS

CHORUS:
We don't back down, finger on the trigger
We don't back down, pushing back the pressure
We don't back down, ready for whatever you got
We rising up taking that top spot

Eyes on the prize, competition got the butterflies
rising up to Goliaths of any size
get bruised by the 100 yard stare, the eyes of a killer
the chill is in the air, and you're provoking gorillas

Grind time, no words, not even stones and sticks
hustle with muscle that could break bones and bricks
fire in my heart, putting competition on the ground
from the bottom now we coming for the crown

CHORUS

No hesitation, no debating or negotiation
no caving in, the bottom of our hearts that we're scraping
hunting for the next kill, forget how you feel
we ain't nipping at your heels, we hungry for the next meal

Fighting tooth and nail, no definition for quit
hitting hard, like a demolition team to your bricks
coming up from the dirt, pressing knuckles in the ground
from the bottom now we coming for the crown

LET'S GO

VERSE 1
We're living fast and young
All our days on the run
In search of a place that's magical
Take my hand, take a jump

CHORUS
I can hear the voices calling
I can feel the beat of the drums
Let's go where we'll never get old
Let's go where we belong let's go

VERSE 2
I've seen a million reasons burn
Every dream that I've had in this world
But now gonna make them all vacate
Changing my chemistry into a different state

CHORUS

I can hear the voices calling
I can feel the beat of the drums

CHORUS

When things went wrong and I would blame myself
All these mirrors took a beating and fell off the shelf
Of all the days I've lost today's my last
That I'll be losing
My heart is beating fast

Now I'm running with my hands up in the air
Telling life to take me now, take me anywhere
See I'm done waiting
And I know I'll keep going even though I know I'll be falling

CHORUS:
Can you see me, I'll be shining, I'm the brightest star
Shining over everywhere you are
I'm all around you more, more than before
Can you feel me, as I'm reaching out to hold you close
Never doubting who I love the most
I'm all around you more, more than before

I can't remember when I've felt so whole
Maybe way back as a kid? I don't know
I owe my heart to those who held me up
When I was too blind to see that I had it all
See I'm done waiting
And I know I'll keep going even though I know I'll be falling

CHORUS

Like an entrée
I'm best served first
Like a sound wave
I'll make myself heard
Like an eagle shoots through the sky I'll soar

I'm breaking in I'm coming out
I've pushed aside all qualms and doubt
The world is gonna know my name

This is my sweat
These are my tears
Watch me as I'm facing all my fears
This is my story
These are my words
Proving things they never thought I could
This is my night
Soak in the moment
Watch it fly by
Play in slow motion
Making all my dreams come true this is
My debut

I'm breaking free
From anxiety
Myself and me
Can do anything
I'll make it all the way if I just believe

Nothing can hold me down
I'll get back up
Ain't gonna force my frown
My smile's my luck
There's no limit to what I can achieve

I'm breaking in I'm coming out
I've pushed aside all qualms and doubt
The world is gonna know my name

I've been waiting all my life
Been carving my own journey
I've finally arrived
Hello world it's me