Right On

Album: How I Got Over (2010)
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  • We should shine a light on, a light on
    And the book I write on, write on
    Here we write on
    We should shine a light on, a light on
    And the book I write on, write on
    Here we write on

    Yo, I try to get it how I live it
    A lot of people countin' on me kinda like a digit
    It's a cold world, I'm not frontin' like it isn't
    There's no time for comin' up shorter than a midget
    Y'all know I'ma raise the bar though like Bridgette
    See every star go, don't blink, you might miss it
    It's precious cargo, you gotta be strong to lift it
    The light comes in different types, be more specific
    Shit, I'm Black Thought, what could be more prolific?
    For this love I go above and beyond the limit
    I told y'all I'm above and beyond a gimmick
    I get into your head and spread like a pandemic
    I never put myself in a race I can't finish
    I'm well grounded, founded on the same premise
    As any man with a hit list, it's 'bout business
    Yo, can a brother get a witness? Dig it, right on

    We should shine a light on, a light on
    And the book I write on, write on
    Here we write on
    We should shine a light on, a light on
    And the book I write on, write on
    Here we write on

    Aight, okay, I'm above and beyond hot
    My measurement in watts
    Time rate and flow of energy ain't never gonna stop
    Pressure's on, I won't pop, microphone I won't drop
    Gemstones, niggas cop ain't shit if I ain't in the spot
    It's the Orion of the hop, the new star of the hip
    I shine a light for the future so my presence's a gift
    It's evident I'm heaven sent with Thomas Edison elements
    Reverence for what I represent should show my benevolence
    This is Philly, I'm reppin' for the art of the city
    Came from southwest Atlanta and gave my heart to the city
    Where slugs fly, thugs cry 'cause every part of it's gritty
    Niggas shootin' up the club like they party with Diddy
    You get the diggy, I put my incandescence to fluorescence
    And in essence I can burn more joules of energy per second
    I put 'em on the lessons while I'm smokin' on a blessing
    A switch hitter like Pete Rose, right up the session, right on

    We should shine a light on, a light on
    And the book I write on, write on
    Here we write on
    We should shine a light on, a light on
    And the book I write on, write on
    Here we write on Writer/s: Anthony Paul Rogers, Jonathan Thomas Brookes, Mark Vincent Collins, Martin Victor Blunt, Timothy Burgess
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Delon Lawrence from Missouri This is incorrect. I sampled the song. And they used the sample as I sampled it. It was produced and sampled at Albright College in a dorm. When I got a chance to visit the Roots studio in Philly their manager decided years later to use the song. Quest love replayed the drums and they added some harp sounds for the verses.
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