Byron Henderson - THE MIGHTY. lyrics
[Byron Henderson - THE MIGHTY. lyrics]
Captial Hill to work out a
Compromised Health Care plan
He lost his voice after his
State of the Union
Speech a roof collapsed at
A supermarket in France hey Arnold!
Being sober meant me being ready to go
Where I was going without you
But then you came with me thank you
Yeah mhmm, mhmm
Humanity breeds chaos
Pardon me for my absence
Went missing for twelve years
Y'all finally know what happened
Decisions reeking of innocence decaying now
Born in New Orleans
But still somehow I was heading south
Animosity lurking
Burdened with sin, it was personal
Biggest question is
What’s remembered of me when
When the curtains close
Streets will never love you as much
As you love the streets
You gon need the Devil
He'll need a shovel because I'm deep
The cerebellum of felons and what
They fail to pursue
If I was born in LA, how I dress
They would probably shoot
Not enough to unloose the noose
But you’re spooked rely on Jesus
Till they leave you leaking for loot
And that's what they feed to the youth
What's the difference tween a cop and
Someone that looks like me
When my reflection is a stranger
Who knows what they might see
I'm regressing out of anger, I'm stressing
Ain't no time for a Reverend
Everything I hated, turns out I just might be
F that a hero unsung, me and my roots undone
Thinking black thoughts on a quest love
For lump sums most mentally flawed
All this baggage I would deadlift
Spit like the same gun they chose
To shoot Detroit Red with
But did you believe in me (yeah)
Did you take precaution
In case I let you down easily (yeah)
Is your fave on that auction block
Is your heart where it needs to be
Will it take you a lifetime just
To learn where the furnace is
Learned this while turning six
Took my switch, made it permanent
Now life's lit like a burning wick
Twelve years of burning bridges
Sinking ships to furnish with
People want respect but won't do what
It takes to earn the ish
What part of loving God is making
Who’s giving the sermons rich?
I was just company to this
Country’s misery for so long
I was left thinking
"There's really nothing left to go wrong"
Met Aaliyah in 2010, Kelsey two years later
I learned I was meeting my friends
They learned what fear is made of i was-
Hours, countless hours I lost
How was it having memory so bad
I’m jotting my thoughts
My past foggy as the skyline
If I'm up, they can't be down
But I was down during my down time
And still they found time
My demons had a leg up on me
So I stayed off track send anyone you want
But don't send anyone you want back
Some don’t know what it's like
To feel really played used to feel enraged
Dealing with friends on the
Other side like Facilier
These white folks look in my eyes and they
Really think either I'm letting off shots
Or I facilitate
See this hood's over my eyes
But the wool isn't
Same material they had my people picking
Even centuries later
It's like y'all don't see a difference
Even when Kels got assaulted
Her people ain't see a victim
Y'all been tricking for a golden ticket
Time is ticking down
I'm missing out cause I'm emotion driven
Y'all just here for clout
How you call yourself a parent when you
Know your daughter's been taken advantage of
No repercussions
Even with knowledge of damage done
People wonder why I keep Aaliyah close
Cause people go from loving to destructive
When you need them most
I was fading fast (fast)
Kels is fading fast
Cause every parasite needs a host
To run from their past
Doubled down on never needing hope
Cause hope ain't last
Had to check in with them both
To make sure I ain't spazz now, that's BS
I was seeing very clearly that you
People had me pegged wrong
But couldn't care less
Just know your POV was dead wrong
You people met my demons, never met me
Even before '05
Was just a person you should let be
Was really still a kid when Matt
Asked how I feel knowing
That my skin tone alone could
Probably get me killed?
Too exhausted to answer, but honestly
You'd never know
Cause I was fighting demons
Yet was hesitant to let them go
Trust me, I was heated
Just a vessel full of rage
A devilish grin for every sin
No coping mechanism came
Thinking if I overcome this
What good will really come from it
Trauma eating off my plate
And that's something I couldn't stomach
If I plummet, then what?
Cause what I have with
Them outweighs whatever trauma
Know what happens if I never come back
That revelation kinda stays with me
Like this permanent disconnect to
Disinfect what's plaguing me
I know my fear was dying young
But now somehow it's saving me
Probably wonder how on Earth I got over it
Over just being nothing, said F it
And got it over with re-emerged as threat
So I'm reimbursed with some peace
My demons will never rest
But for now, they live on the streets
Aaliyah, take it from me
You're hearing what Kelsey went through
History's made to teach
So you know that you weren't meant to
Kelsey, we're seven years in
I know you well enough to sense
That you feel some resentment
Cause deep within
I'm sure the carelessness of
Your people regarding you
It left you in the same place I
Was in and you're falling too
But you ain't strong, though
That's what you always say
Like you ain't wrong
Demons bring you to your knees
Like I would really let you fall
Ran track just to keep myself in
Shape to run from them
Took my last lap yesterday
I'll never run again
Let everyone and thing go
To gain back what's most important
So that when they come for me
You all will understand this portrait
What we have is forever
Til it's blood on the leaves
Gunshots fired
More black bodies swinging in the breeze
Would you sacrifice it all just to breathe
Turn on channel five
Revolution televised as you flee
Letting go of my high hopes
Got my eyes closed, dreaming
Thinking I'll go back to who I know
Even though I can burn your flag
(flag) , mute your anthem (uh huh)
I can learn your craft
(craft) , recruit your fandom
The Mighty Don't Kneel
Or maybe just my love died
Either way, tell darkness goodbye
Cause I'm sober yet still above high
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
False prophets get buried alive
No we don't trust lies
Giving you food for thought to
Try and season your mind
I promise on my still beating heart
You'll understand my reason in time
I spent today thinking of you and
Everything you made me feel
Til death does us part, but Kels and Lee
You know it never will
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Ever, nor never goodbye
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Goodbye they know why I can't let up
F your fame, Tell us why you're trying to
Get to the same Heaven
I'm scribbling killings down and
Sending them all
Out like chain letters on your TV
While Aaliyah's reading school
Books, asking, "Why I don't see me?"
I'm the one in front the gun
And the one behind the trigger
Defacing death with a comment
Cause he'll never find or feel us
If he's ever to find or feel us
Just identify the killer
Kels and I the only witness
It's that coward in the mirror
Still if it was fall or fly
And I plummeted from the sky
I'll never die
You're my dawg, remember love conquers all
Tell them why
Longevity was telling me better me to survive
Gave you both the best of me
And my legacy is alive the Mighty
Compromised Health Care plan
He lost his voice after his
State of the Union
Speech a roof collapsed at
A supermarket in France hey Arnold!
Being sober meant me being ready to go
Where I was going without you
But then you came with me thank you
Yeah mhmm, mhmm
Humanity breeds chaos
Pardon me for my absence
Went missing for twelve years
Y'all finally know what happened
Decisions reeking of innocence decaying now
Born in New Orleans
But still somehow I was heading south
Animosity lurking
Burdened with sin, it was personal
Biggest question is
What’s remembered of me when
When the curtains close
Streets will never love you as much
As you love the streets
You gon need the Devil
He'll need a shovel because I'm deep
The cerebellum of felons and what
They fail to pursue
If I was born in LA, how I dress
They would probably shoot
Not enough to unloose the noose
But you’re spooked rely on Jesus
Till they leave you leaking for loot
And that's what they feed to the youth
What's the difference tween a cop and
Someone that looks like me
When my reflection is a stranger
Who knows what they might see
I'm regressing out of anger, I'm stressing
Ain't no time for a Reverend
Everything I hated, turns out I just might be
F that a hero unsung, me and my roots undone
Thinking black thoughts on a quest love
For lump sums most mentally flawed
All this baggage I would deadlift
Spit like the same gun they chose
To shoot Detroit Red with
But did you believe in me (yeah)
Did you take precaution
In case I let you down easily (yeah)
Is your fave on that auction block
Is your heart where it needs to be
Will it take you a lifetime just
To learn where the furnace is
Learned this while turning six
Took my switch, made it permanent
Now life's lit like a burning wick
Twelve years of burning bridges
Sinking ships to furnish with
People want respect but won't do what
It takes to earn the ish
What part of loving God is making
Who’s giving the sermons rich?
I was just company to this
Country’s misery for so long
I was left thinking
"There's really nothing left to go wrong"
Met Aaliyah in 2010, Kelsey two years later
I learned I was meeting my friends
They learned what fear is made of i was-
Hours, countless hours I lost
How was it having memory so bad
I’m jotting my thoughts
My past foggy as the skyline
If I'm up, they can't be down
But I was down during my down time
And still they found time
My demons had a leg up on me
So I stayed off track send anyone you want
But don't send anyone you want back
Some don’t know what it's like
To feel really played used to feel enraged
Dealing with friends on the
Other side like Facilier
These white folks look in my eyes and they
Really think either I'm letting off shots
Or I facilitate
See this hood's over my eyes
But the wool isn't
Same material they had my people picking
Even centuries later
It's like y'all don't see a difference
Even when Kels got assaulted
Her people ain't see a victim
Y'all been tricking for a golden ticket
Time is ticking down
I'm missing out cause I'm emotion driven
Y'all just here for clout
How you call yourself a parent when you
Know your daughter's been taken advantage of
No repercussions
Even with knowledge of damage done
People wonder why I keep Aaliyah close
Cause people go from loving to destructive
When you need them most
I was fading fast (fast)
Kels is fading fast
Cause every parasite needs a host
To run from their past
Doubled down on never needing hope
Cause hope ain't last
Had to check in with them both
To make sure I ain't spazz now, that's BS
I was seeing very clearly that you
People had me pegged wrong
But couldn't care less
Just know your POV was dead wrong
You people met my demons, never met me
Even before '05
Was just a person you should let be
Was really still a kid when Matt
Asked how I feel knowing
That my skin tone alone could
Probably get me killed?
Too exhausted to answer, but honestly
You'd never know
Cause I was fighting demons
Yet was hesitant to let them go
Trust me, I was heated
Just a vessel full of rage
A devilish grin for every sin
No coping mechanism came
Thinking if I overcome this
What good will really come from it
Trauma eating off my plate
And that's something I couldn't stomach
If I plummet, then what?
Cause what I have with
Them outweighs whatever trauma
Know what happens if I never come back
That revelation kinda stays with me
Like this permanent disconnect to
Disinfect what's plaguing me
I know my fear was dying young
But now somehow it's saving me
Probably wonder how on Earth I got over it
Over just being nothing, said F it
And got it over with re-emerged as threat
So I'm reimbursed with some peace
My demons will never rest
But for now, they live on the streets
Aaliyah, take it from me
You're hearing what Kelsey went through
History's made to teach
So you know that you weren't meant to
Kelsey, we're seven years in
I know you well enough to sense
That you feel some resentment
Cause deep within
I'm sure the carelessness of
Your people regarding you
It left you in the same place I
Was in and you're falling too
But you ain't strong, though
That's what you always say
Like you ain't wrong
Demons bring you to your knees
Like I would really let you fall
Ran track just to keep myself in
Shape to run from them
Took my last lap yesterday
I'll never run again
Let everyone and thing go
To gain back what's most important
So that when they come for me
You all will understand this portrait
What we have is forever
Til it's blood on the leaves
Gunshots fired
More black bodies swinging in the breeze
Would you sacrifice it all just to breathe
Turn on channel five
Revolution televised as you flee
Letting go of my high hopes
Got my eyes closed, dreaming
Thinking I'll go back to who I know
Even though I can burn your flag
(flag) , mute your anthem (uh huh)
I can learn your craft
(craft) , recruit your fandom
The Mighty Don't Kneel
Or maybe just my love died
Either way, tell darkness goodbye
Cause I'm sober yet still above high
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
False prophets get buried alive
No we don't trust lies
Giving you food for thought to
Try and season your mind
I promise on my still beating heart
You'll understand my reason in time
I spent today thinking of you and
Everything you made me feel
Til death does us part, but Kels and Lee
You know it never will
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Ever, nor never goodbye
Neither ever, nor never goodbye
Goodbye they know why I can't let up
F your fame, Tell us why you're trying to
Get to the same Heaven
I'm scribbling killings down and
Sending them all
Out like chain letters on your TV
While Aaliyah's reading school
Books, asking, "Why I don't see me?"
I'm the one in front the gun
And the one behind the trigger
Defacing death with a comment
Cause he'll never find or feel us
If he's ever to find or feel us
Just identify the killer
Kels and I the only witness
It's that coward in the mirror
Still if it was fall or fly
And I plummeted from the sky
I'll never die
You're my dawg, remember love conquers all
Tell them why
Longevity was telling me better me to survive
Gave you both the best of me
And my legacy is alive the Mighty