Shine On

[Intro: Des Monroe]

[Verse 1: Dee-1]
April 10th I wrote this rhyme down, that's my birthday
Crying on the interstate while I'm driving to the A
DMX just died and, man, it got me feeling low
People think I'm all good but they don't even really know
Tryna call my girl up, well actually that's my ex
She won't' answer my calls or reply to none of my texts
I just bought us a house thinking she gon' be my wife
Then we had to part ways, things wasn't working right
I been sleeping three hours a night, I can't even rest
Tupac and Nipsey Hussle spirit inside of my chest
It's a couple secrets I need the strength to confess
If I speak about 'еm, wonder will people think of mе less
When God is for you no one can stop you, my life is proof
Even when I feel unworthy He throwing me alley-oops
I'm hurting but I'm working, it's difficult to explain
A spirit full of joy mixed with a heart full of pain

[Chorus: Des Monroe]
Keep going
Time never stops, it keeps going
Life won't stop unfolding
You can cry while you run, just keep growing
And don't stay where you are
You've come too far
You're a star, so shine on

[Verse 2: The Game]
I lost my brother when I was thirteen years old, man
It hurt me to my soul, man
He can't even grow old, he got shot
I was standing next to him, we was on the block
He was seventeen and now alive is what he not
So I'm living for him
You see the stars [?]
Align the stars in the sky so I can see my brother face, I miss him
I miss my granny too, I miss my father
I would cry but why even bother when life is like this?
I ain't even write this
All it take is a fifth of Hennessey and a blunt for me to recite this
We all die, nobody coming back
So I'ma live it like I live it 'til my line go flat, yeah

[Chorus: Des Monroe]
Keep going
Time never stops, it keeps going
Life won't stop unfolding
You can cry while you run, just keep growing
And don't stay where you are
You've come too far
You're a star, so shine on

[Verse 3: Dee-1]
I'm on a song with the Game, this is more than music
I take a second to appreciate what God is doing
I interned for him in college but we never met
I dreamed about this moment, this a day I won't forget
The next night it's like my heart broke
My nephew got shot sitting on his momma's porch
The devil busy 365
No vacation for Satan, we praying he survive
I wonder how Harriet Tubman stayed focused
How Martin Luther King never gave up, I need to know this
I ain't got the answers but I got a calling
I still wear my crown, even with my tears falling

[Chorus: Des Monroe]
Keep going
Time never stops, it keeps going
Life won't stop unfolding
You can cry while you run, just keep growing
And don't stay where you are
You've come too far
You're a star, so shine on

[Outro: Des Monroe]
Shine on
Shine on
Shine on