I shine, you shine I shine, you shine I shine, you shine [Verse One]: Now now, how can I explain where I grew up? Compared to the hood, yo the slaves had it good At least they had a job, black folks could get along Father figures in they home, now n***as livin' wrong In St. Louis Would've been the d**h of me Had to move west just to manifest my destiny God bless the east coast you my fam But I ain't f**in' with New York, that ho is a man And so is her momma so I gotta be the man now Help my homies back at home that's reachin' for a hand out From backpackers to the ringtone rappers Even you would get on scene to get it crackin' [Hook]: You shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus You shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus You shine You better believe, you better believe, you better believe it You shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus [Verse Two]: Now I can't leave the Lou alone the city need me f** a Starbucks forever better believe me Since we were teens Karim been eatin' cheese fries up at Cicero's All my real n***as know Now e'rybody all friend or foe, hell nah Back in the days on the boulevard of Delmar We used to kick it routinely till I pulled a Houdini Poof If you see me then you need to give the people proof I can only ever be the truth Even when I lie like a demon in the sky Part the Red Sea or you won't get paid Pay a DJ or you won't get played These armchair A&Rs kinda lame And there's too many Tim Donaghy's in the game Freeze For the biggest drug dealer upon the writer's block Eyes on them blind n***as leadin' the blind When I shine [Hook]: I shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus I shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus I shine You better believe, you better believe, you better believe it I shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus I shine, you shine "Shine" - Mary J Blige I shine, you shine "Shine" I shine, you shine "Shine" I shine, you shine "Shine" [Verse Three]: I shine and you shine In this day and time, can't maintain the same frame of mind With hatred between brothers, from another mother Love one another Never h*mo Never say "no h*mo" again Gon' tell a friend, let the promo begin Until I kick it with Cat God stingy with time Never givin' it back, but I forgive Him for that [Hook]: Cause I shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus I shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus I shine You better believe, you better believe, you better believe it I shine like the son of God, better believe it Baby don't be jealous of Jesus I say, don't be, don't be jealous of Jesus Baby, don't be, don't be jealous of me I say, don't be, don't be jealous of Jesus Baby, don't be, don't be, don't be, don't be, don't be Don't be jealous of Jesus Baby don't be don't be jealous of me I say, don't be, don't be jealous of Jesus Baby, don't be, don't be, don't be, don't be, don't be Don't be jealous of me