I want to know What's inside I cut her open She doesn't bleed out Like a river She has run dry I try to grab her She turns away She turns away I can't believe that she's not real She's all I ever wanted No one can hear the whispering She keeps on drifting away I can see you under a veil of memories She takes me away We have lost our gravity Break my fall Let's let the wind decide Where we are going to fall Soaring to a destination She takes me away Black feathers in the storm We are right where we belong Carried by our desolation I can't let go She gets me high She's just a shadow But feels so alive Like a vision In my eyes I try to grab her She fades away I can see you under a veil of memories She fades away We have lost our gravity Break my fall Let's let the wind decide Where we are going to fall Soaring to a destination She takes me away Black feathers in the storm We are right where we belong Carried by our desolation Break my fall She takes me away Can't let go Black feathers in the storm Where will we fall? Will we ever be home? Let's let the wind decide Where we are going to fall Soaring to a destination She takes me away Black feathers in the storm We are right where we belong Carried by our desolation Can't let go

Sometimes it's hard not to notice That smell of roses Nuzzled in your hair For why I'm struggling to focus With you closing In Quickly on my mind How could I Explain this Without bring on concern Or Put it into words Now your eyes Lay Heavy on mine Calling my return To the music slowly turns Oh Oh Oh Oh To the music slowly turns

So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, you made it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, you made it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, you made it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, I hate it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, I hate it" Frustrated and I'm riding down the back streets Making my conscience ask me "Will I survive to make it up out this hole in time? Black boy fly Black boy fly Black-black boy fly Black boy fly I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo He was the one to follow He was the only leader foreseeing brighter tomorrows He would live in the gym We was living in sorrow Total envy of him He made his dream become a reality Actually making it possible to swim His way up outta Compton with further more to accomplish Graduate with honors, a sponsor of basketball scholars It's 2004 and I'm watching him score 30 Remember vividly how them victory points had hurt me 'Cause every basket was a reaction or a reminder That we was just moving backwards The bungalow where you find us The art of us ditching classes heading nowhere fast Stick my head inside the study hall, he focused on math Determination, ambition, plus dedication and wisdom Qualities he was given was the shit we didn't have Dug inside of his book bag and Coach Palmer asked for his finals He had his back like a spinal, meanwhile We singing the same old song spinnin' the vinyl 11 graders gone wrong He focused on the NBA we focused on some Patron Now watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy I used to jealous of Jayceon I used to jealous of Jayceon, Taylor when I was young Taylor made a career out of music from writing songs A Buick had driven past bumpin' him when I mowed the lawn Money launderin' hustlin', homies pondering up against scheme To make a million even if doing you harm War's the case and just in case you wasn't alarmed The city had fought with firearms and many had died before dawn It's 2004 and I'm hearing the people roar For the name of The Game, they line in front of the store Swap meets, selling our mixtapes, I'm like, oh shit, wait Don't wanna be another nigga stuck regretting mistakes Mixed feelings was my opinion I was defending my insecurities Chillin' my conscience next to a villain Compton made you believe success wasn't real Be honest, none of us knew of a record deal So as I peel through these lottery tickets I see a Harley Davidson truck visit the same plaza we shopped A tall nigga hopped out with Jordans and a white tank top He was top of the rap game, we was the top of the block So watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy My mama didn't raise me up to be jealous-hearted Like most of the winners call it Regardless of where you stay, hold your head and continue marching That's what she said but in my head I wanted to be like Jordan Award touring the country with money from mic recording The only way out the ghetto, you know the stereotype Shooting hoops or live on the stereo like Top 40 And shortly, I got discouraged Like every time I walked to the corner had them guns bursting Nigga, I was rehearsing in repetition the phrase That only one in a million will ever see better days Especially when the crime waves was bigger than tsunamis Break your boogie boards to pieces, you just a typical homy All these niggas facetious and they all standing beside me They all'll buy me a chopper if any one of you try me What am I to do when every neighborhood is an obstacle? When two niggas making it out had never sounded logical Three niggas making it out, that's mission impossible So I never believed the type of performance that I could do I wasn't jealous 'cause of the talents they got I was terrified they'll be the last black boys to fly Out of Compton Thank God Black boy fly, watch that black boy fly

Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Life has become a war Under our overlords I look them in the eye I keep crossing the bitter lie Don't hold me Never been nothing but strong and free The number one enemy 'Cause I'm not hypnotized I refuse to believe the lies Our rebellion has begun Dominion, dominion Under the fists of a powerful Dominion, dominion Don't let the empire take control Revolution from within Let the kingdom reign begin Dominion, dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Colliding chaos Pre-programmed robots Not a set of at it all A 40-foot golden idol Not your place I'll never bow down To the power stay Death will not dominate The fighters finally rise They refuse to believe the lies Our rebellion has begun Dominion, dominion Under the fists of a powerful Dominion, dominion Don't let the empire take control Revolution from within Let the kingdom reign begin Dominion, dominion His dominion is an everlasting dominion We shall not pass away And his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed Dominion, dominion Under the fists of a powerful Dominion, dominion Don't let the empire take control Revolution from within Let the kingdom reign begin Dominion, dominion Dominion, dominion Dominion, dominion Dominion, dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion

To be more than a conqueror You have to learn to enjoy the pain If you want to survive the game You can try to defeat me You don't know, it's the pain that'll feed me And I'm gonna take back what you took before 'Cause I was born for this All the bones that you're breaking (breaking) You pretend you're the one that can save me (save me) Now I'm takin' it back, it was never yours (never yours) I'm fighting, fighting for my focus Give the pain a purpose Light the fire inside, feel it come alive (come alive) Show 'em what I'm made of Victory's for the brave ones Who never bow the knee when it's do-or-die (do-or-die) One more time Surviving the game I can be unstoppable Gonna walk through hell, gonna shake the walls Survive, surviving the game (surviving the game) Living the impossible I'm a champion, indestructible (survive) Survive, 'cause I'm surviving the game I can be unstoppable Gonna be indestructible I can be unstoppable Gonna be indestructible All the liars around me Like the wolves at the walls, they surround me In the face of the fear, I keep standing tall 'Cause I will conquer this I come out like a lion (lion) I was born to be demon-defiant (fighting) And I won't ever let this kingdom fall I'll show 'em, show 'em what you're made of Victory's for the brave ones Never bow the knee 'cause it's do-or-die (do-or-die) One more time Surviving the game I can be unstoppable Gonna walk through hell, gonna shake the walls Survive, surviving the game (surviving the game) Living the impossible I'm a champion, indestructible (survive) Survive, 'cause I'm surviving the game I am more than a conqueror The past, behind me, life is ahead I'll take the way of the warrior I'll walk alone, no fear to the death One more time (one more time) Surviving the game I can be unstoppable Gonna walk through hell, gonna shake the walls (survive) Survive, surviving the game (surviving the game) Living the impossible I'm a champion, indestructible (survive) Survive, 'cause I'm surviving the game (survive) Surviving the game (survive) Surviving the game Living the impossible I'm a champion, indestructible (survive) Survive, 'cause I'm surviving the game I can be unstoppable Gonna be indestructible I can be unstoppable Gonna be indestructible

Tonight I'm so alone This sorrow takes a hold Don't leave me here so cold (Never want to be so cold) Your touch used to be so kind Your touch used to give me life I've waited all this time I've wasted so much time Don't leave me alone 'Cause I barely see at all Don't leave me alone I'm falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Fall into the depths, can I ever go back? Dreaming of the way it used to be Can you hear me? Falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Fall into the depths, can I ever go back? Falling inside the black Falling inside, falling inside the black You were my source of strength I've traded everything That I love for this one thing Stranded in the offering Don't leave me here like this Can't hear me scream from the abyss? And now I wish for you, my desire Don't leave me alone 'cause I barely see at all Don't leave me alone I'm falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Fall into the depths, can I ever go back? Dreaming of the way it used to be Can you hear me? Falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Fall into the depths, can I ever go back? Falling inside the black Falling inside, falling inside the black, black, black, black Falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Fall into the depths, can I ever go back? Dreaming of the way it used to be Can you hear me? Falling in the black Slipping through the cracks Fall into the depths, can I ever go back? Falling inside the black Can you hear me? Falling inside the black Can you hear me? Falling inside the black Can you hear me? Falling inside Falling inside, falling inside the black

(I still got some life in me) You can try to shake me (I still got some fight in me) But you can never break me, break me I see the clouds around me start to darken Like searching eyes of serpents always watching Tell me I'm still breathin' (breathin') Tell me there's still feelin' (feelin') Resistance makes me stronger It makes me stronger Time for me to be defiant 'Cause I won't be silenced when I suffer Slinging shots at Goliath Gonna call down fire in rain and thunder I see the world around me start to darken Resistance makes me stronger So make me stronger Whatever comes I'm standing in the storm like never before The pressure builds around me Let the winds surround me Whatever comes, I'm not giving up Fearless as a lion, not afraid of dying I still got some life in me You can try to shake me I still got some fight in me But you can never break me I'm standing in the storm like never before The pressure builds around me Let the winds surround me I'll stand in the storm (I still got some life in me) I'll stand in the storm (I still got some fight in me) I feel the voices underneath me callin' I sink into the graveyard of the fallen Tell me that you hear 'em (hear 'em) Tell me you don't fear 'em (fear 'em) Resist a little longer Death before dishonor Nothing left to be decided 'Cause I won't be quiet when they threaten Through the hate and the violence Got truth on my side and love's my weapon I feel the voices underneath me callin' Resist a little longer Death before dishonor Whatever comes I'm standing in the storm like never before The pressure builds around me Let the winds surround me Whatever comes, I'm not giving up Fearless as a lion, not afraid of dying I still got some life in me You can try to shake me I still got some fight in me But you can never break me I'm standing in the storm like never before The pressure builds around me Let the winds surround me I'll stand in the storm I'll stand in the storm Slinging shots at Goliath Slinging shots at Goliath Time for me to be defiant You can try to shake me (I still got some life in me) But you can never break me (I still got some fight in me) I'm standing in the storm like never before The pressure builds around me Let the winds surround me Whatever comes, I'm not giving up Fearless as a lion, not afraid of dying I still got some life in me You can try to shake me I still got some fight in me But you can never break me I'm standing in the storm like never before The pressure builds around me Let the winds surround me I'll stand in the storm (I still got some life in me)

I see you standing here But you're so far away Starving for your attention You don't even know my name You're going through so much But I know that I could be the one to hold you Every single day I find it hard to say I could be yours alone You will see someday That all along the way I was yours to hold, I was yours to hold I see you walking by Your hair always hiding your face I wonder why you've been hurting I wish I had some way to say You're going through so much Don't you know that I could be the one to hold you Every single day I find it hard to say I could be yours alone You will see someday That all along the way I was yours to hold, I was yours to hold I'm stretching, but you're just out of reach You should know I'm ready when you're ready for me And I'm waiting for the right time For the day I catch your eye To let you know That I'm yours to hold Every single day I find it hard to say I could be yours alone You will see someday That all along the way I was yours to hold, I was yours to hold Every single day I find it hard to say I could be yours alone You will see someday That all along the way I was yours to hold, I was yours to hold I'm stretching, but you're just out of reach I'm ready when you're ready for me

Good evening, my people up in the chandeliers The wining and dining, the menu is blood, sweat and tears Everybody ready, raining down confetti Champions are born right now Ain't about the glamour, click goes the hammer Run when you hear that sound Heroes never die Gonna make it to the finish line We know we survive Even if we crawl to the finish line I won't believe it, underdog dreamin' Don't need no cheers, world's gonna see it Heroes never die Gonna make it to the finish line Their dreams just keep dripping out of their golden cups I'm starting, I'm starving, leftovers ain't enough Ain't about the royals, they do nothing for ya All you got is you right now Who is gonna falter? Who is gonna conquer? Better never count me out Heroes never die Gonna make it to the finish line We know we survive Even if we crawl to the finish line I won't believe it, underdog dreamin' Don't need no cheers, world's gonna see it Heroes never die Gonna make it to the finish line Gonna make, gonna make Gonna make it to the finish line Every day, every day Gonna make it to the finish line Gonna make, gonna make Gonna make it to the finish line Every day, every day Gonna make it to the finish line Heroes never die Gonna make it to the finish line We know we survive Even if we crawl to the finish line I won't believe it, underdog dreamin' Don't need no cheers, world's gonna see it Heroes never die Gonna make it to the finish line