[Hook: Amon & Lew Salem]
Nigga I’m gon’ shine
With the rain and the snow, and the shade and the cold
Nigga I’m gon’ shine
With the lightning and the thunder, like a San Diego summer nigga
I’m gon’ (i’m gon’)
I’m gon’ shine (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I said I’m gon’ (i’m gon)
I’m gon’ shine (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Verse I: Lew Salem]
I ain’t come up from the basement
Started on the pavement, look at God with the placement
Shouts out to Amon, man we aimin’ for amazin’
Hussle through the marathon, never break pacin’: path of tha Great
I’m just tryna get my shine on
Tryna spit this hot fire like i’m Dylan
Tryna will this into existence so my son could be an Icon
Failure’s not an option, so the music what i keep my mind on
Green light, push the pedal through the motherfuckin’ asphalt
I need space like a mothafuckin’ blast off
Interstellar to the galaxy I came from
Full speed, all gas, no brake drum
Til the spokes crack; flowin’ til the pipe burst
I’ll be in the gym bendin’ bars like it’s light work
Smoke tracks into plats and gold plaques
Live the life, makin’ sure that I don’t die first
[Hook: Amon & Lew Salem]
Nigga I’m gon’ shine
With the rain and the snow, and the shade and the cold
Nigga I’m gon’ shine
With the lightning and the thunder, like a San Diego summer nigga
I’m gon’ (i’m gon’)
I’m gon’ shine (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I said I’m gon’ (i’m gon)
I’m gon’ shine (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
[Verse 2: Lew Salem]
Can’t lie, I had a hell of a year
Ain’t nobody would’ve blamed me if I shed all my tears
Only reason I didn’t, I made a promise long time ago:
In tides of happiness the only times that I would let ‘em flow
That said, I still felt the anguish
8 months, I was dealin’ with the same shit
Talkin’ with the
Man in the mirror but we ain’t speak the same language;
He kept bringin’ up the villain that I thought I vanquished
I’m talkin’ fear; fear of introspection
Fear of rejection
Fear you’ll never end up likin’ what you see in your reflection
Fear of deception, fear of defection
Fear that you’ll never know affection. Fear of the
Unknown, the hardest one for us to cope with
All it needs is a small breach to sink the whole ship
I could’ve drowned with the boat, but instead I chose quick
Dove in, the emotional ocean. Rode in the
Waves for days
Into, weeks, months, years, decades
Showed me the cards I was
Dealt in spades. Revealed the diamonds
In my heart and set the stage
For me to rock these clubs like I’m Bamm Bamm, reduce ‘em to rubble
Pay me overtime, the least that they could do for my troubles
I dropped hella weight, shaved, I got used to the stubble
Stepped out and started floatin’ once I moved out my bubble
Can’t pop this, confidence, tall like an obelisk
They can’t replace me, nigh impossible to copy this
You love to see it, that’ll prop you on the top of my list;
You hate to see it, then you square like a floppy disk
I’m almost off of this, my future been waitin’ for me to
Turn up the pacin’ and claim it. It’ll only be a shame for
You if you ain’t there when I make it; there’s only one spot
At the top, and my position is taken
[Hook: Amon & Lew Salem]
Nigga I’m gon’ shine
With the rain and the snow, and the shade and the cold
Nigga I’m gon’ shine
With the lightning and the thunder, like a San Diego summer nigga
I’m gon’ (i’m gon’)
I’m gon’ shine (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
I said I’m gon’ (i’m gon)
I’m gon’ shine (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
