The Light Lyrics - Joey Bada$$
2020
About this song
- PD: Julia Illa
- Art Director: Saska Trivundza
- Set Dresser (on set): Sebastian Jaramillo
- Art PA: Alexandra Laporte
- Production Assistants: André Albanese & Fred Rodriguez
- Casting Director: Ariona Beninato
- Drummer 1: Rodney Fleurimont (Okai Musik)
- Drummer 2: Atibon
- Manbo 1: Sabine Blaizin (Manbo Sou Pwen)
- Manbo 2: Mahalia Stines (Sipote Bon Manbo Dagimenfo)
- Manbo 3: Gina Dorestan (Dantor Minan Bon Manbo Dagimenfo)
- Manbo 4: Florence Jean Joseph
- Manbo 5: Florence John
- Directed By - Kerby Jean-Raymond & Levi Turner
- Written By - Joey Bada$$ & Kerby Jean-Raymond
- Producer - David Wept
- Director of Photography - Collin N. Walsh
- Edited By - Levi Turner & Joey Bada$$
- Line Producer - Ricky Zanders
- VFX Supervisor - Henry Lipatov
- VFX Master Artist - Ivan Druzhinin
- Color - Josh Bohoskey
- 1st AC - Karleah Del Moral
- 2nd AC - Kim Bunce
- Steadicam Op - Calvin Falk
- G&E - Eddy Marrero Per Rec Squad
- Young Boy - Bronson Staten
- Location Manager - ARCHIE
Lyrics
Yeah
Mic check of the gods, ni**a
Mic check of the gods
Yeah
Mic check of the gods, ni**a
Mic check of the gods
Yeah
The shinin’ represents the light that’s in the darkness
The diamond, y’all ni**as ain’t ready when I drop this
The timin’, remarkable and in alignment
Anything is possible, I promise, yo
The diamond, y’all ni**as ain’t ready when I drop this
The timin’, remarkable and in alignment
Anything is possible, I promise, yo
I admit it, I was gone for a lil’ minute
It’s like I lost my glow, yo, my inner light was dimmin’
Now I got my mojo back, y’all don’t know how to act
I’m ’bout to blackout, I never back out
Unless we talk or bringin’ gats out
And every show is packed out
We bringin’ cats out from South Africa to Glasgow
I guess you could say I got this shit mapped out
Now world domination by determination
This is mumble rap extermination
This is Godly interpolation
This is that “Who your top five?” conversation
Type of rap that f**k a Grammy nomination
Type of rap that I’ma take ’em to my basement
Bring it back, ’cause when it come to leavin’ mics ablazin’
I’m adjacent to that ni**a Satan
That ain’t with debatin’, no more time for wastin’
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It’s like I lost my glow, yo, my inner light was dimmin’
Now I got my mojo back, y’all don’t know how to act
I’m ’bout to blackout, I never back out
Unless we talk or bringin’ gats out
And every show is packed out
We bringin’ cats out from South Africa to Glasgow
I guess you could say I got this shit mapped out
Now world domination by determination
This is mumble rap extermination
This is Godly interpolation
This is that “Who your top five?” conversation
Type of rap that f**k a Grammy nomination
Type of rap that I’ma take ’em to my basement
Bring it back, ’cause when it come to leavin’ mics ablazin’
I’m adjacent to that ni**a Satan
That ain’t with debatin’, no more time for wastin’
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The shinin’ represents the light that’s in the darkness
The diamond, y’all ni**as ain’t ready when I drop this
The timin’, remarkable and in alignment
Anything is possible, I promise
The diamond, y’all ni**as ain’t ready when I drop this
The timin’, remarkable and in alignment
Anything is possible, I promise
Unstoppable if it’s divinely guided
I’m like Mahatma Gandhi mixed Muhammad Ali
Trapped in a rapper’s body
Another old soul, in every lifetime you find me
My angels who surround me
Ni**as was frontin’, now they all behind me
Funny story how I beat the odds so oddly
Funny how I dropped all these bombs so calmly
Funny how I never found that shit, it just found me
It just, yeah, yeah
The shinin’ (You know what I’m sayin’?)
Something’s gonna happen in your life that is going to affect everybody’s life for the good (For the good), for the good
I’m like Mahatma Gandhi mixed Muhammad Ali
Trapped in a rapper’s body
Another old soul, in every lifetime you find me
My angels who surround me
Ni**as was frontin’, now they all behind me
Funny story how I beat the odds so oddly
Funny how I dropped all these bombs so calmly
Funny how I never found that shit, it just found me
It just, yeah, yeah
The shinin’ (You know what I’m sayin’?)
Something’s gonna happen in your life that is going to affect everybody’s life for the good (For the good), for the good
The shinin’ represents the light that’s in the darkness
The diamond, y’all ni**as ain’t ready when I drop this
The timin’, remarkable and in alignment, yeah
The diamond, y’all ni**as ain’t ready when I drop this
The timin’, remarkable and in alignment, yeah