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Lights (Intro)

from The Born Experience by M.Born

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Lights



The lights flicker in the background
Reflecting on my life
Can barely see through the crowd
But I can see their eyes watching
Piercing like they can see who I really am
I grab the mic off the mic stand
Become the person Im suppose to be
I wonder if they notice it
All of my life I’ve been working for this moment here
If only they knew half the fight
They think it happened overnight
But behind the doors the lights are out shadows of my darkened past
Depression Ive overcame and had to mask
Hidden behind a smile
A kid pretending to be a grown up I guess I never lost my inner child
He plays inside my mind seeking and hiding between my 9 to 5
At night he comes alive
So the question lies
Do I sacrifice my life for the lights?
Or let it go and let it die inside?
A question of a lifetime


You’re now experiencing The Born


The city lights shining brightly in the background
It’s a perfect silhouette
I can feel the city breathing against my flesh Mos Def
The most slept on but I can’t rest my head till I’m dead
Represent the first class of the next on deck
Unheard voices in my head just waiting to be said
But whats there left to say when there’s nothing left to save at all
Every season someones preying on my fall
But I crawl back crabs in a bucket is all we are
I heard a voice in the distance telling me to keep longer
Every day I grow stronger with the thought of living beyond words
Scribble in my mind take notes get ghost in my thoughts
The train leaves before Im caught up
But
I’m here now
Forever never last
On the road less traveled searching for my past
So I can tell her that I’m long gone there’s no going back
Im headed for the lights like I’m about to die
But Im barely even born yet and Im just getting warm up
Cold world so you better watch your karma
Comes around before you know it
But I keep it locomotive
Kept it real you haven’t noticed though
Its just the way it goes
Its called reality and I take a heavy dose
Everyday when I pray to the most
Its like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How Ive mad it this far
Holding the same cards Ive been dealt with
My whole life they neglected my perspective
Intercepted my message cuz my story’s worth telling
Cuz it might change yours and it might make sense
You gotta take what’s yours before the daylight ends
Reach for the lights

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from The Born Experience, released January 16, 2015
Produced by Pretty Lights

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