My loved ones worry when I open up too much
But truth is what heals, and the silence kills us
I never gave a f if America felt us
My ego raps now would serve no purpose
So many masks worn in this hip-hop circus
Both mainstream and below the surface
Whatever the show, I know we all are hurting
No matter what face hides the public person
Brighter the spotlight, higher the isolation
We practice in a art form that came from an ancient
Coded language for liberation
That still bangs in every hood of any nation
And with the stateless too
Why should I hide my blues
I learned how to play the game just to break the rules
And what a man should be, breaking those chains too
Everything we see now, one day seemed impossible
There's no time like the present
When everything comes to the light it's a blessing
Even when our egos touched
Know that falling down is just a part of growing up
There's no time like the present
When everything comes to the light it's a blessing
Even when it hurts for a minute
It's worth it, to be free
My OG Silas Blak always said it with grace
If you're not living on the edge, you taking too much space
I don't know how you grow if you always feel safe
I got chaos engrained in my DNA
Ancestors at war long before I came
It's not too different than Octavia's Kindred
There's some pains we don't how to name
But so intimate, we relive it every night, every day
As if it's us, not what happened to us
Wait
Nothing can be changed until it is faced
James Baldwin said it, and it still relates
In so many ways, our whole futures at stake
Momma Earth been tossing and turning since '98
Every song could be our last, I got none to waste
It's like drugs the way music gets used to escape
I'd rather connect, and make something timeless that stays
There's no time like the present
When everything comes to the light it's a blessing
Even when it breaks us down
There's nowhere to go but up once you've reached the ground
There's no time like the present
When everything comes to the light it's a blessing
Even when it hurts for a minute
It's worth it, to be free of whatever you holding
To be free
It comes back to faith
Everything we see now was a dream one day
No matter what holds us, it all could change
Everything in the dark comes to light one day
One day
That's how I found my faith
Everything we see now was a dream one day
No matter what holds us, it all could change
When everything in the dark comes to light