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Lights Please (feat. Malik Castro & Black Smith)

from Animus Vox EP by Dubé

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DJ Doo-Bay offers up his own ode to sexy women and societal ills, while AgSway's Malik Castro and P.o.P.'s Black Smith each detail their own past personal struggles; all atop this sparse but engaging beat from J. Cole's debut 'Cole World: The Sideline Story.'

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[Verse 1 - Malik Castro]
You'd better pay attention, it's the rise of the realest
Never say I'm sick 'cause, nigga, I'm the illest
Ain't a doctor on the green Earth that can heal it
'Cause I been doin' this since "Home of the Killers"
That was my first track, way back in '08
Attracted to the rhymes, didn't wanna hold weight
With time I got live like an Alpha Probate
People that was sleepin' on me now stand and ovate
But it's too late, I ain't showin' any mercy
Had a lot of hate to the ones who desert me
And made me feel dirty like I was unworthy
But I do forgive all the people that hurt me
They say what doesn't kill only makes you strong
And you see I'm breathin' good---not under tombstone
Weed in the bong got me seein' new heights
Black Smith, I advice that you catch the next flight (all right!)

[Verse 2 - Black Smith]
Now as I sit on the side, waitin' for the next tap
I catch the shout from Malik and I throw it right back
And it throws my mind back to the times in the past
When ya boy would try to rhyme and flow but all these niggas laughed
And Mailk would have to wear his hoodie as a fuckin' mask
And I'd have to front and act like ya nigga never mad
'Cause he'd never get accepted from the jocks as bein' black
But now Smith is on top...tell dem hoes to fall back
And I snap over beats with that educated swag, but
I keep myself grounded like an Iowa Jima flag
Trill down to my roots like Questo and his band
'Cause the hate only watered this seed into a plant
To all those who doubted, you can still recant
I will improve each time with each line in each amp
My voice is the ink in every pen and each stamp
Now it's time for Black Smith to make his mark at the stand...

[Hook - J. Cole]
Lights please, lights please---turn off the lights
For now everything just seem so right
And how you make the darkness seem so bright
I'm feeling like things gon' be all right...

[Verse 3 - DJ Doo-Bay]
Yeah, all alone now, sittin' by myself
The shit I been through--- man, it's been pilin' up
Dealt what I've dealt and I still don't know
I feel myself drownin' now, goin' down real slow
Before I go I see myself standin' in the mirror
Ten years later: picture seems to differ
Got a baby, man---she 1 years old
She like my little cub, man---crawlin' all on the floor
I'm sittin next to her---won't ever let her go
Then my wife comes into the picture
She fine as hell! I can't believe I'm with her
She leans over, puts her head by my ear
And she says with a whisper, "Honey, I got a sitter!"
Fast forward now: we out on the town
Can't believe what I'm seein'---I wish that this was NOW
I look away from the mirror and find myself on the ground
This is what I be missin' if I was down and out
Close my eyes; try to fight back the tears
This is what I've been searchin fo' for so many years
But now all I hear is the same sound buzzin in my ear
Drownin' me out, drownin' me out of the thoughts that make me "me",
Let's not make disbelief, let's make reality...
Lights please!


[Hook - J. Cole]
Lights please, lights please---turn off the lights
For now everything just seem so right
And how you make the darkness seem so bright
I'm feeling like things gon' be all right...

credits

from Animus Vox EP, released June 6, 2012
Vocals: Malik Castro, Black Smith & DJ Doo-Bay

Malik Castro appears courtesy of AgSway Entertainment.


G. Dube, M. Fagan, J. Smith, J. Quaynor, J. Cole

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