Chasing these shadows Around this darkened room I've laid here so long I don't even want to move I need a minute now to heal I need a minute now To remember how to feel Whenever you're gone away, The darkness hides the day Whenever you're gone, The bleeding won't stop It hurts 'til you come back Everything goes black Everything goes black I reached out for you when I needed you to be there (All alone, chasing these shadows) I don't want the pain, but, I'd rather hurt then not care (Its so long, You've been away from here) I need a reason now to heal (I need something to believe in) I need a reason now To remember how to feel Whenever you're gone away, The darkness hides the day Whenever you're gone, The bleeding won't stop It hurts 'til you come back Everything goes black Everything goes black Give me something to believe in, I still believe in you (But if you're never here, and I'm left all alone, Tell me what I am supposed to do?) Whenever you're gone away, The darkness hides the day Whenever you're gone, The bleeding won't stop It hurts 'til you come back Everything goes black Everything goes black Everything goes black (Whenever you're gone) Everything goes black

So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, you made it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, you made it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, you made it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, I hate it" So I'm saying, "What up? What up? Nigga, I hate it" Frustrated and I'm riding down the back streets Making my conscience ask me "Will I survive to make it up out this hole in time? Black boy fly Black boy fly Black-black boy fly Black boy fly I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo He was the one to follow He was the only leader foreseeing brighter tomorrows He would live in the gym We was living in sorrow Total envy of him He made his dream become a reality Actually making it possible to swim His way up outta Compton with further more to accomplish Graduate with honors, a sponsor of basketball scholars It's 2004 and I'm watching him score 30 Remember vividly how them victory points had hurt me 'Cause every basket was a reaction or a reminder That we was just moving backwards The bungalow where you find us The art of us ditching classes heading nowhere fast Stick my head inside the study hall, he focused on math Determination, ambition, plus dedication and wisdom Qualities he was given was the shit we didn't have Dug inside of his book bag and Coach Palmer asked for his finals He had his back like a spinal, meanwhile We singing the same old song spinnin' the vinyl 11 graders gone wrong He focused on the NBA we focused on some Patron Now watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy I used to jealous of Jayceon I used to jealous of Jayceon, Taylor when I was young Taylor made a career out of music from writing songs A Buick had driven past bumpin' him when I mowed the lawn Money launderin' hustlin', homies pondering up against scheme To make a million even if doing you harm War's the case and just in case you wasn't alarmed The city had fought with firearms and many had died before dawn It's 2004 and I'm hearing the people roar For the name of The Game, they line in front of the store Swap meets, selling our mixtapes, I'm like, oh shit, wait Don't wanna be another nigga stuck regretting mistakes Mixed feelings was my opinion I was defending my insecurities Chillin' my conscience next to a villain Compton made you believe success wasn't real Be honest, none of us knew of a record deal So as I peel through these lottery tickets I see a Harley Davidson truck visit the same plaza we shopped A tall nigga hopped out with Jordans and a white tank top He was top of the rap game, we was the top of the block So watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy fly Watch that black boy fly Black boy My mama didn't raise me up to be jealous-hearted Like most of the winners call it Regardless of where you stay, hold your head and continue marching That's what she said but in my head I wanted to be like Jordan Award touring the country with money from mic recording The only way out the ghetto, you know the stereotype Shooting hoops or live on the stereo like Top 40 And shortly, I got discouraged Like every time I walked to the corner had them guns bursting Nigga, I was rehearsing in repetition the phrase That only one in a million will ever see better days Especially when the crime waves was bigger than tsunamis Break your boogie boards to pieces, you just a typical homy All these niggas facetious and they all standing beside me They all'll buy me a chopper if any one of you try me What am I to do when every neighborhood is an obstacle? When two niggas making it out had never sounded logical Three niggas making it out, that's mission impossible So I never believed the type of performance that I could do I wasn't jealous 'cause of the talents they got I was terrified they'll be the last black boys to fly Out of Compton Thank God Black boy fly, watch that black boy fly

She told me Why She told me lies Always take care of this I told her how I've always stayed Always waiting for nothing When I get out of here When I leave you behind I'll find that the years passed us by When I get out of here When I leave you behind I'll find that the years passed us by And I can see you Running through the fields of sorrow Yes I can see you Running through the fields of sorrow When you get out of here When you leave me behind You'll find that the years passed us by When you get out of here When you leave me behind You'll find that those years passed us by And I can see you Running through the fields of sorrow Yes I can see you Running through the fields of sorrow

Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium I can't surrender I cannot breathe and I'm still going under It's hard to realise It's getting closer I fear this struggle Is wasting me from inside Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium Insane obsession Is growing faster There's no medication It's hard to realise Lost in confusion I hear the silence It's screaming aloud inside Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium Enclosed in a shrine Locked away inside my mind I walk in the darkness and neon lights Delirium will take me away Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium Delirium

While you pray We don't care While you pray Apocalypse it's going down This time and I'm surprisingly alive We've been condemned again Guilty of our innocence Do you preach about the revelation? So far from evolution You're far from the solution While you pray We start a revolution You don't care And celebrate your lies While you pray You're far from absolution We don't care We leave it all behind We don't care Tell me all about your life Looking at the sand gliding down Through the hourglass Here we are again We know only time will tell Let the fate decide right here Staring in each other's eyes Trusting in each other's lies You're far from the solution While you pray We start a revolution You don't care And celebrate your lies While you pray You're far from absolution We don't care We leave it all behind While you pray We start a revolution You don't care And celebrate your lies While you pray You're far from absolution We don't care We leave it all behind

Run Ignite the fire in your heart Close to impossible Stand up and overcome I have to rely on myself Fighting with my bare hands Existing through the hurt Digging another grave It is so inhuman, grotesque It's coming I look around, it's a mess Ignite the fire in your heart Close to impossible Stand up and overcome the invisible Get down to the core Be brave And I will be there waiting for you I stand with none by my side Craving for my vengeance Exhausted, I can't sleep Dreaming the blood I shed I've cried, but you'll never know I stagger, but will not fall I might crawl, but will never kneel I will dodge every spell you will cast on me As pain has never made me tender Life has taught me well Yes, I entered hell and it felt like home I'll still make sure the dark sun never dawns Never dawn Never dawn Ignite the fire in your heart Close to impossible Stand up and overcome the invisible Get down to the core Be brave And I will be there waiting for you Never dawn Never dawn Never dawn Never dawn

Die Die Broken mirror Seven years of stolen luck I try to fix you one more time But I must let it die The dream that we'd survive Cut my throat if I tell a lie Set it free, lost ambition I overthrough my place in our lives Set it free, superstition I gave upon this fairytale Die Blind man's wisdom Cross my heart But it's a lie I kept us going The last time You used one of your nine lives I gave up all of mine Cut my throat if I tell a lie Set it free, lost ambition I overthrough my place in our lives Set it free, superstition I gave upon this fairytale Die In the world that I created I'm intoxicated In the world that I created I'm intoxicated In the world that I created I'm intoxicated In the world that I created I'm intoxicated In the world that I created I'm intoxicated In the world that I created I'm intoxicated Set it free, lost ambition And now I won't look back I've turned my back, I'm off the ground Set it free, superstition And now the air I'm breathing is poison free I'm freedom bound Set it free, lost ambition I overthrough my place in our lives Set it free, superstition I gave upon this fairytale Die Die