Josef Michel - Shine lyrics

Verse 1 I barley graduated school don't know how I did it And now I'm feeling guilty cuz a couple homies didn't Man I skipped half my senior year to write these raps And it took me another year just to get a chance How you think I got the studio? I had to trap Been through it all even had a gun up to my back I had the pa**ion but they ain't wanna give a chance I was depressed talking bout you in all my raps And I wrote this song before the studio Remember playing it up in my mind before the stereo Man I use to stay up every night, just writing out my life tryna shine And I would put my heart into the paper Literally sometimes crying as I write it Yeah there's been a lot of dark times in my life but I hope I found a way for yall to like it HOOK (x2) And some nights might seem a bit darker We all got something to stress make life a bit harder But then a brighter day comes by and we shine so bright Like damn it all feels so right Verse 2 I always knew this should would happen Cuz me and the homies we was always chilling in the attic Drinking boose and getting lose so we wasn't shy with the rapping More like them kids from the Chi we was tryna make it happen I remember spitting in a rockband mic Me and my homies we been up for like 5 straight nights Then Vinny came up with the acronym for life and since then man nothing been the same Cuz I been living everyday just doing what I wanna do A youngin Started skippin school just working on his art At first I didn't care, maybe something in air had me not seeing the bigger picture swear I wasn't there The school even asked my homies is if ive gone missing They said nah he just at Mac working on his religion Said he couldn't any longer and didn't care if he pa**ed sh** Cuz you can't grade a youngin who can reach the ma**es