Blue Lights X 216 (Machiavelli Sessions) - Jorja Smith

I wanna turn those blue lights into strobe lights Not blue flashing lights, maybe fairy lights Those blue lights into strobe lights Maybe even fairy lights, not blue flashing lights Don't you run when you hear the sirens coming When you hear the sirens coming Better not run 'cause the sirens not coming for you What have you done? You went to school that day Was a bit late but it was a Monday Kept after class for answering back You apologized, where's the harm in that What have you done? There's no need to run If you've done nothing wrong Blue lights should just pass you by Gun crime into your right ear Drugs and violence into your left Default white headphones flooding the auditory Subconscious waves you accept You're sitting on the 4 back home Where you at, G? Answer your phone! Pause the poison to answer his message Your boy sounds rushed, fears for his adolescence What have you done? There's no need to run If you've done nothing wrong Blue lights should just pass you by Tall black shadows as you're getting off the bus Shadow shows no emotion so what's even the fuss? But the face of your boy casts a darker picture Of the red handed act, he's gonna whisper Look blud I'm sorry 'cause I know you got my back He was running, I couldn't think, I had to get out of that Not long ago you were miming to the "Shook Ones" Now this really is part two 'cause you're the shook one Hands you the tool as you question your friendship How's man like you gonna make me a convict? Level of a felon when I've done nothing wrong Blood on my hands but I don't know where it's from, noh You got blood on your hands but you don't know where it's from Run, when you hear the sirens coming When you hear the sirens coming Better run when you hear the sirens coming 'cause they will be coming for you So run When you hear the sirens coming Better run when you hear the sirens coming When you hear the sirens coming the blue lights are coming for you Those blue lights into strobe lights Not blue flashing lights, maybe fairy lights

So go ahead and fix your crown Then watch it all burn in smoke, oh-oh Go ahead and stand your ground We're on the long road to freedom, no, no Too much time tryna figure out why Too much time to be patient All this time you be feeding us lies Ain't no truths in your statements Too much pain in these little white lies, you left here All this time tryna figure out how, we're still here I take pride in the things that we've done Side by side in the revolution Won't stay silent for things that I love 'Cause we know them not care about us White men can't jump but at least they can run Broke these chains just to put our hands up They can never see the kingdom coming You wanna see us all amount to nothing, no I can see your face, see the light in your eyes I can see the change, feel the heat of the fire If you can feel the pain, then you know you're alive Both feet on the line By any means I will fight, oh no By any means I will fight By any means I will fight, no By any means I will fight I've spent too many days in my head now Did you think we would forget, how? Too many destinies, too many sentences, read now Read now, see all this pain in the headlines But I have cried for the last time But know what happens See you would be blind if it was just an eye for an eye And what if we changed the world? We rise from the flames the victor It's far from a perfect picture I know we're sinful but we are human Would you be grateful if you took my place? Say my name There is redemption in the steps we take Say, one life and I'm gonna use it Innocent 'til I am proven One last chance and you blew it One last dance in the ruins, oh So much hate in your movements Told me I couldn't prove it One last prayer for the sinners You only learn what you witnessed I can see your face, see the light in your eyes I can feel the change, feel the heat of the fire If you can feel the pain, then you know you're alive Both feet on the line By any means I will fight, oh no By any means I will fight, no-oh By any means I will fight By any means I will fight I've spent too many days in my head now Did you think we would forget, how? Too many destinies, too many sentences, read now Read now, see all this pain in the headlines But I have cried for the last time But know what happens See you would be blind if it was just an eye for an eye

Where did your fate go? Was I just to fall on my own? If this room was full of lies Is that how you fooled me with love? I see how you changed me, I know what you said It don't make me hate you, I wish that it did I'm, I'm trying to find words, trying to make sense If I don't try, where do I find the lies between the lines? Why does it hurt so much? Won't understand, no, I can't let this go Oh, you made plans now, you can't shut me down Ah, you're advanced, but you can't tell them now No, you can't tell them how You face the pain while your days are numbered You took the highway, you've done it always You hurt this woman, you put your needs first And I've heard this many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it got So much for you're my one and only You'd say that you were all mine You knew that your words were hard to stand by I was scared of change, but then I complied even though it hurt I stayed and now I'm glad you have it all But there's things that you can't buy Glad that you said sorry, but habits they die hard Why, you want to offer me love that you don't have? Loving you exhausted me, baby, and you charged, you charged I'll take the high road, I've done it always Our time is old, there's only one way You hurt this woman, you put your needs first It's played out many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it goes So much for you're my one and only (You had all of this) (Oh, you still search for bad) So much for you're my one and only (You fought all of this) (You don't even know how bad it got) So much for you're my one and only I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that