[1st Verse:]
It's been a [bad word] for me, 
wonderin why I can't get by with my life, 
but now I'm free, 
and I done did some right and wrong, 
but still I seen the light, 
and I done been around the  and [bad word]  
hustlin but mama aint raise no thug, 
and it took a little to see how real it could get, 
and how this life wasn't meant for me 'cause I, 
see a lot of bad things on my block, 
but I aint tryna be a victim of a gunshot, 
I can't let them hold me down 

 [bad word] ]
See all the things I heard about, 
see all the things I've read about, 
I seen the light 

[2nd Verse:]
It's kinda hard for me, 
to stay away from all these girls and the haters they don't like, 
that I'm fufillin my dream, 
but I'm just tryna do my thing, 
my [bad word] can't I live my life, 
I got the world on my shoulders (shoulders), 
and I'm only gettin older (older), 
but it's like it's gettin colder, 
I'm gone make it but I can't take it sometimes, 
I came a long way from my block, 
and I'm grateful for everything I got, 
I didn't let nothin bring me down 

 [bad word] 
See all the things I heard about, 
see all the things I've read about, 
I seen the light 

[Rap:]
Life is vivid but seen through the eyes of a rightous spirit, 
they try to show us the light but we don't like to hear it, 
mama told me I was bright but despite her lyrics, 
a large heard across my sight I had to fight to clear it, 
like [bad word] a couple of summers I often wondered if it 
really was winter and that's when I heard the thunder, 
a current was occurin it was stirrin up my hunger, 
but I couldn't let the [bad word] burry a [bad word] under, 
use to cry hopin all of this would pass, 
and then I learned to use my tears to water up the grass, 
a part of my swagga but apparently I won, 
I took my shades off and now I'm starin at the sun, 
I'm seein the light I'm seein the light, 
realizin that it's me in the light, 
I read about it read about it now I know it 

I coulda did wrong, 
I seen a lot of people hustle, 
but I left them things alone, 
I almost lost my friend to the [bad word]  
but I guess that made me strong, 
made me strong, 
I seen a whole lot of drama, 
and it taught me how to fight, 
taught me how to fight, 
and I thank God for my mama, 
she showed me what was right, 
I coulda been in the dark, 
but thank God for the light, 
(I seen the light) I seen the light 

[End adlibs:]
all the things I heard about, 
I read about it I read about it oh, 
I seen the light I seen the light 
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