Moonlighter (feat. Ban Micah) - Lauren Cofie

Empty Entry A deserted invitation Tracing footsteps I've made once before Shapes aloft, my chest compresses The breeze flows in shimmers Resonate! Behold, another hindrance Flooding, consuming me An imposing, intricate will Illustrator! Fabrications! The wind in the leaves The cool sting of night on my face A golden moment, a sight with no palette Impossibility dancing for me The moon as the sun These lines drawn stagnant The scene bled dry of its color World's intent, subtle and latent This air breathes like no other Stellar window, lost fruition Moonlight holds its fixation Structures come crashing. A dwelling embedded Two worlds fighting, perfection in chaos A guiding lamplight. Mangled and waning It's halo grounded, feeding the unknown I'm home, it's homeless Vacant, deprived Here I am someone, but among nothing Finding abandon Wretched, picturesque The Mass' eviction, nuclear isolation Welcomed with an empty howl The echos lay dreary and hidden Held out overnight No one to listen Creeping, heavy loom Swallows all within its shadow Blooming silhouette Growing finality Reaching far beyond sight Contorting the space in between Shortened stride, dragged by the tide Brought into view of what's to be seen A likeness amidst the figures Acting only in cycles Frantic and urgent they hurry through shadows Their pace is quickened, invader Hour of witches demands blood to be spilled The lights show no timely soul The dark of the threshold competes with the night Visions of idleness can't hold Forever Callous bludgeoner What more could sate the thief Irreversible permanence You'll earn your penitence Callous bludgeoner What more could sate The Thief Irreversible permanence Glutton, you must have had your fill Gaping eyes bestowed by the moon Calls deafened by the fall A hand extended, breaks the fixation What hides behind the night (The Thief) On my own too long Do you hold the Key? You'll uncoil me? Surely, my savior Will this release me? I know why you're here. I've begged and prayed for it Don't spin me your lies, I've heard it all before I wish it were me, the second fate went swinging But this wasn't the plan, I never knew his name Open the door, find solace in the absence Pull me from this strain The echoes that gnaw, toothless and silent Send word of me Oh my god it's starting... Sinking, sinking, sinking Can't relive this, stop this Let me just be nothing! You weren't here before You have to be the way It must be, you must be! I've learned that blood can't soak deeper than this End me here, I'm changed, I'm done Look at my hands, look at me Look at me now! Look at me now! God, please, look at me now! Look at me now! Look at me now! My God, Please! LOOK AT ME NOW!

Nothin but my family Im gon' take it to em You ain't really had me thinkin' I would take some new ones You, you, yeah You, you, yeah Do it for the homies that ain't really never had much Do it for my brothas, I love em, specially blood ones Sometimes when I see em Damn they better than us But I wanna go see em Gettin checks and levelin' up, you know it Hard life when u gettin on for 5, uh When you feel that pressure on you just to grind, uh Hard life, homie fightin' to survive So I swear I gotta try, yeah I swear I gotta try for him Ay, I swear I gotta grind for him Ay, Cause my niggas out here dyin' for me Cold nights we was so lonely Heavy metal gotta keep it on me Fightin' to survive I only got one life Man I'm wishin' I had nine Cause all we ever hear is sirens All my people keep on dyin' They took my brother I can't stop crying Poppin X, shits so satisfying Deep in them trenches battlin' like lions I gotta make it out, I swear I'm trying Nothin but my family Im gon' take it to em You ain't really had me thinkin' I would take some new ones You, you, yeah You, you, yeah Do it for the homies that ain't really never had much Do it for my brothas, I love em, specially blood ones Sometimes when I see em Damn they better than us But I wanna go see em Gettin checks and levelin' up, you know it Hard life when u gettin on for 5, uh When you feel that pressure on you just to grind, uh Hard life, homie fightin' to survive So I swear I gotta try, yeah I swear I gotta try for him I was down and I had my doubts If I was gon' make it or end it now Cause I have been hated for a while They don't wanna see me take the crown You know that I keep these circles counts Down so low nobody around Gettin to the money there ain't no doubt But I been I been puttin' in all of that work Music all night till my pen hand hurts Ain't nothin in my bank I invested first I caught everyone I messed with gettin cursed Fuckin' wit the energy, they cant work Now they never step to me, they got worse But I aint even stressin cuz shit reversed Ooh And to, homie that wont pay my prices See you at the top hope you get invited If money gon' talk then I think you silent Where is all the money that the cameras eyein' Wanted no cap, but for you, I'll sign it Ain't gotta like but respect Im grindin' I don't got no time for nobody not behind it Nothin but my family Im gon' take it to em You ain't really had me thinkin' I would take some new ones You, you, yeah You, you, yeah Do it for the homies that ain't really never had much Do it for my brothas, I love em, specially blood ones Sometimes when I see em Damn they better than us But I wanna go see em Gettin checks and levelin' up, you know it Hard life when u gettin on for 5, uh When you feel that pressure on you just to grind, uh Hard life, homie fightin' to survive So I swear I gotta try, yeah I swear I gotta try for him

Remember the moment you left me alone and Broke every promise you ever made? I was an ocean, lost in the open Nothing could take the pain away So you can throw me to the wolves Tomorrow I will come back Leader of the whole pack Beat me black and blue Every wound will shape me Every scar will build my throne Every scar will build my throne So you can throw me to the wolves Tomorrow I will come back Leader of the whole pack Beat me black and blue Every wound will shape me Every scar will build my throne Every scar will build my throne The sticks and the stones that You used to throw have Built me an empire So don't even try To cry me a river 'Cause I forgive you You are the reason I still fight So you can throw me to the wolves Tomorrow I will come back Leader of the whole pack Beat me black and blue Every wound will shape me Every scar will build my throne Every scar will build my throne Throne So you can throw me to the wolves Tomorrow I will come back Leader of the whole pack Beat me black and blue Every wound will shape me Every scar will build my throne I'll leave you choking On every word you left unspoken Rebuild all that you've broken And now you know I'll leave you choking On every word you left unspoken Rebuild all that you've broken And now you know Every wound will shape me Every scar will build my throne So you can throw me to the wolves Tomorrow I will come back Leader of the whole pack Beat me black and blue Every wound will shape me Every scar will build my throne