ELI THE 5TH - I SAW THE LIGHT

I only really speak my mind when I get up onto the mic
So if they talkin' bout me then it's probably out of spite
The streets can fuck you up but once you got your goals in sight
You can make it out the darkness but you gotta be the light

I'm almost always hidden but I'm keepin' out of sight
On the low it keeps me driven cause my bros be down to fight
Let's just focus on the money, why you focused on my height?
Cause this short boy got the bars and all the flows you probably bite

Listen, the passion about the action, no cappin'
I grip the gat and then blast it, we get the money then cash it
It's kinda funny, the dragon flies us away while we draggin' nuts in they face
I ain't braggin' but either way I get money while you get laid out

I take it to the grave while you still take it in the mouth
I got bitches tryna link, you barely make it out the house
Smoke a blunt and dial 9-1-7
1-6-0-4-9-3-11

Question, do you even try to pay attention?
Do you shut the fuck up and try countin' all your blessings?
Because he survives, he makes a coffin for himself
I guess that might explain why he be talkin' to himself

The thought of mental health, it ain't a thought he likes to think
But somewhere deep down he knows he gotta chase his dreams (ayy)
You're Amy Schumer with this shit, you know I Dave Chappelle em
They always ask me how I do it, this is what I tell em

Wisdom is better than silver and gold
I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
Never thought I'd get the chance, but I'm bigger and bolder, what's happenin'?

I got the game on lock, sorrow at the bottom
So I put my pain on top, I hit the MPC
Yous a NPC, not the type to solve a problem with a M16

Mind over matter, bitch, that's the type of shit I'm on
But if we talkin' mental state, then I've been too far gone
Ammunition in the mag, boy, this ain't a fuckin' game
Real G's pop in silence like we sippin' champagne

Now we flippin' chump change, turned my pennies into somethin'
Always bragging while I'm rappin' cause I grew up havin' nothin'
Had my moment of clarity, but I made it out barely
All these folks tryna bury me cause they know that I'm stuntin'

It's funny how this money changes situations
Miscommunication leads to complications
There comes many paths, and you must choose one
See, you might win some, but you just lost one

Wisdom is better than silver and gold
I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
Never thought I'd get the chance, but I'm bigger and bolder, what's happenin'?

Written by:
Elijah Rosario, Lauryn Hill

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