Blueprint - Silver Lining lyrics
[Blueprint - Silver Lining lyrics]
So much more than a rapper
They only write rhymes
While I'm a writer that
Use rap to capture the times
My songwriting's so exciting
Like riding a bike but speed, never exceed
What you can catch in a line on rainy days
You never see me fightin' a vibe
My brainstorm can write
Before the light of the strike, blow
Lost for days
Moms taught me 'bout honest ways
I saw that crime don't pay
At the youngest age
Just a southside kid from around the way
Most of my friends did
Bids and extended stays you just an animal
Once you get inside that cage
That's why I fuck with basketball
I'm out there workin' on my J
Got some letters from some schools
Askin' me to play it seemed to be the way to
Escape the inner city maze a brave scholar
That loved art and praised knowledge
But got shot at
The summer 'fore he went to college
I never told my moms that
She had enough to bear
She sacrificed everything just to
Get me there
To see her baby boy graduate and shed a tear
Computer science major
The math added an extra year
Found a sampler and put it on layaway
Spent my Christmas break
Makin' beats everyday
Things I saw at high school told me stay away
But my love for the music
Never gon' fade away
High price to pay for degrees even then
Five years of school the debt
Add an extra ten
But came home makin' more dough
Than all my friends
So when my fam needed my help
I could finally give
Moved to Cincinnati, couldn't be stationary
Fell out of love with the girl
I moved there to marry
Programmer first, local rapper secondary
Battle anybody, wanted to be legendary
Try hard to get promoted but I wasn't able
Havin' better luck with mic
And the turntables
All we wanted was attention
From a little label
Kept pushin' even though my
Family wasn't stable
Lost my big sis hardest year of my life
Pops got sick and told me not to stop by
Makin' papers, still didn't have a decent car
Paying two mortgages 'cause mom got
Hurt on the job had to slow my roll from
Out there gettin' mine
To understanding how the
Family is intertwined
They all sacrificed so we could
Live a better life
So you gotta step up to the plate
When it's your time
Remember this when you're racin'
Towards the finish line
Credit towards your fam should
Never be minimized
Lotta people lean on them when
They on the rise see some success
Then they wanna break the ties
Flippin' through the channels landed
On Charlie Rose
Interviewin' Sting 'bout all the
Songs he wrote
Charlie asked how a songwriter keep his hope
What Sting answered I never
Dare forget to quote
He said the music get dark
Whenever things gets bad
But artists gotta understand it's easier
To paint with black if you feel it coming on
You gotta reel it back
'Cause people turn to us to
Hopefully escape from that
I try to think of that
Time to time when I'm writing
Responsibility that come along
With the rhyming
Don't be the guy always talkin'
'bout the sky falling
Don't paint the dark cloud unless
You paint the silver lining
That's why I'm rhyming
To be that silver lining hah
To be the silver lining
They only write rhymes
While I'm a writer that
Use rap to capture the times
My songwriting's so exciting
Like riding a bike but speed, never exceed
What you can catch in a line on rainy days
You never see me fightin' a vibe
My brainstorm can write
Before the light of the strike, blow
Lost for days
Moms taught me 'bout honest ways
I saw that crime don't pay
At the youngest age
Just a southside kid from around the way
Most of my friends did
Bids and extended stays you just an animal
Once you get inside that cage
That's why I fuck with basketball
I'm out there workin' on my J
Got some letters from some schools
Askin' me to play it seemed to be the way to
Escape the inner city maze a brave scholar
That loved art and praised knowledge
But got shot at
The summer 'fore he went to college
I never told my moms that
She had enough to bear
She sacrificed everything just to
Get me there
To see her baby boy graduate and shed a tear
Computer science major
The math added an extra year
Found a sampler and put it on layaway
Spent my Christmas break
Makin' beats everyday
Things I saw at high school told me stay away
But my love for the music
Never gon' fade away
High price to pay for degrees even then
Five years of school the debt
Add an extra ten
But came home makin' more dough
Than all my friends
So when my fam needed my help
I could finally give
Moved to Cincinnati, couldn't be stationary
Fell out of love with the girl
I moved there to marry
Programmer first, local rapper secondary
Battle anybody, wanted to be legendary
Try hard to get promoted but I wasn't able
Havin' better luck with mic
And the turntables
All we wanted was attention
From a little label
Kept pushin' even though my
Family wasn't stable
Lost my big sis hardest year of my life
Pops got sick and told me not to stop by
Makin' papers, still didn't have a decent car
Paying two mortgages 'cause mom got
Hurt on the job had to slow my roll from
Out there gettin' mine
To understanding how the
Family is intertwined
They all sacrificed so we could
Live a better life
So you gotta step up to the plate
When it's your time
Remember this when you're racin'
Towards the finish line
Credit towards your fam should
Never be minimized
Lotta people lean on them when
They on the rise see some success
Then they wanna break the ties
Flippin' through the channels landed
On Charlie Rose
Interviewin' Sting 'bout all the
Songs he wrote
Charlie asked how a songwriter keep his hope
What Sting answered I never
Dare forget to quote
He said the music get dark
Whenever things gets bad
But artists gotta understand it's easier
To paint with black if you feel it coming on
You gotta reel it back
'Cause people turn to us to
Hopefully escape from that
I try to think of that
Time to time when I'm writing
Responsibility that come along
With the rhyming
Don't be the guy always talkin'
'bout the sky falling
Don't paint the dark cloud unless
You paint the silver lining
That's why I'm rhyming
To be that silver lining hah
To be the silver lining