[Verse 1]
Like a thief in the night, I stay up late
Boogieman working hours are beyond great
Neon shakes, my thoughts race
The milk-ky ways, my work-space
Black ink on a black skin, hand-writing
Hand-gliding, (?) type white sh** (light it) (calmly)
This song you'll worry (sorry)
That's a whole 'nother story
Back to the drawing board
What's really going on?
Should I write about life?
The sh** that I'm on
Makes sound (?) by the candlelight
Ignite my flava, pa**ion towards mics
No hype, only red "record"-light
We come nice with dope verses, we dumb tight
Son nice, done hung nights on a (?) line
(Summertime) Cross my mind, that's fine
[Chorus #1]
I'm past bedtime (bedtime)
Way past bedtime story (story)
Respect my ('Spect my)
Late night blazed-up story
[Chorus #2] x2
Night shift (Night Shift)
Gotta write sh**
So inspiring, light up another one, one
And another one, one
And another one
[Verse 2]
Yo
Verse two, bless you
You and yours, and of course hers too
No rehearsal
I still pursue the cool Manu G's anti-commercial
All the seeds purple, that'll do
For the night, hand-write (?)
Confront you
In the dark night, like "what you gon' do when you run into
The rhyme-kicking n***a, spittin' vicious, never quittin', never sentence written, it's a d**h sentence"
Dig it?
I am the (?) martial arts (?)
Driven like (?) beside mics
Let's get it
Don't stray off guard
Never let 'em catch you way off guard
It'll pay out eventually
Trust my word, it was all meant to be
[Chorus #1]
I'm past bedtime (bedtime)
Way past bedtime story (story)
Respect my ('Spect my)
Late night blazed-up story
[Chorus #2] x2
Night shift (Night Shift)
Gotta write sh**
So inspiring, light up another one, one
And another one, one
And another one
[Bridge] x2
I fell in love with Mary J. without the Blige
She saw me rush, so I'm dealing with a bunch of (?)
You had me flying high, dropped me back down
Your melody, matching to our sound
Light up another one!
[Chorus #1]
I'm past bedtime (bedtime)
Way past bedtime story (story)
Respect my ('Spect my)
Late night blazed-up story
[Chorus #2]
Night shift (Night Shift)
Gotta write sh**
So inspiring, light up another one, one
And another one, one
(And another one)
[Bridge]
I fell in love with Mary J. without the Blige
She saw me rush, so I'm dealing with a bunch of (?)
You had me flying high, dropped me back down
Your melody, matching to our sound