The Light Is Coming

Album: Sweetener (2018)
Charted: 57 89
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  • You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-

    Ayy yo, trophy wife, out you won me
    Until you had to find out it's one me
    Now you benched, aww, your bum knee
    Now I'm the bad guy, call me Chun-Li (ooh)
    'Cause you was slippin', yep, you clumsy
    And everything I peeped, can't just unsee
    Sips tea, and it's unsweet
    Respect bad gyal when mi done speak
    Now he shooting his shot like drive-by
    Why you had to make me go call up my side guy?
    Can't let a f-boy eff up my nice vibes
    Yo Ariana, come let me give you a high five

    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-

    What did she say? What did he say?
    You don't listen 'cause you know everything
    You don't even need dreams
    Tellin' everybody, "Stay woke, don't sleep"

    Ah, gonna break that shit down
    You don't wait, tell 'em wait another round
    Ah, guess you're way above it now
    And that's your way to love it now

    How can they tell you shit that you've been through
    They are so confused, who cares about the rational?
    If it ain't your view
    That's the bottom line
    Know-it-all (know-it-all)
    Give you a box of chances, every time you blow it all (blow it all)
    As if it were shade, you would just throw it all (throw it all)
    It's like you're trying not to glow at all (glow at all)
    Know-it-all (know-it-all)

    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole, stole, st-st-stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole, stole, stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole, stole, st-st-stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole, stole, stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-

    Why do we have chemistry?
    With a need for speed
    Doin' things that trouble clings to
    And burns off our wings

    Ah, gonna break that shit down
    You don't wait until they wait another round
    Ah, guess you're way above it now
    And that's your way to love it now

    How can they tell you shit that you've been through
    They are so confused, who cares about the rational?
    If it ain't your view
    That's the bottom line
    Know-it-all (know-it-all)
    Give you a box of chances, every time you blow it all (blow it all)
    As if it were shade, you would just throw it all (throw it all)
    It's like you're trying not to glow at all (glow at all)
    Know-it-all (know-it-all)

    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole, stole, st-st-stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole, stole, stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole, stole, st-st-stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and instead-
    The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole
    You wouldn't let anybody speak and inst- Writer/s: Ariana Grande-Butera, Onika Tanya Maraj, Pharrell Williams
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • GwenIt's about drugs. Hence the sample, and getting over it and the light coming over dark.
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