Keep Shining - SHAD

I roll with clever broads with goals like Federov

Seeking better jobs instead of running scams like Set It Off

Some aren’t the sharpest but they know what they stand for

They don’t let jams disrespect 'em on the dance floor

And though they never hit College like the Danforth

For damn sure they got each other’s back like a Jansport

Girls in a league of their own like Geena Davis

Nina Simone ladies, Tina Fey chicks

Christina Applegates and Bonita Applebums

That don’t mask and say, «nothing» when you ask what’s wrong

That’s what’s up, they can laugh it up

And they don’t pass the buck

Nothing’s for certain, we all have to trust

Someone, I used to want to find the love of my life

Now I’m trying to live a life of love

It’s not just a husband and wife thing

It’s something that Christ brings

Some comfort at night

True beauty doesn’t run from the light

Keep shining

(Yeah)

Keep, keep, keep shining

(Keep shining, keep shining)

Keep shining

Keep, keep shining

(Keep shining, keep shining)

And I’ve been known to talk about women on a track or two

I talk to women, I just can’t talk for women, that’s for you

We need women for that, more women in rap

Even tracks like Kweli’s Four Women

That’s still only half the view of the world

There’s no girls rapping so we’re only hearing half the truth

What we have to lose?

Too much

Half our youth aren’t represented, the better halves of dudes

So we don’t hear about your brain, just your brains

How you rock a fella, Stacey Dash dames

We just need your voice like an a capella

Something in the music’s gotta change, a lot of things

It’s funny how words like, «consciousness» and «positive music»

Can somehow start to feel hollow, it’s

Become so synonymous with polishing soft collagen lips

On the face of race politics

Well you can’t be everything to everyone

So let me be anything to anyone

The world turns and there’s clouds sometimes

But there’s no such thing as a setting sun

It always

My mom taught me where to keep my heart

My aunts taught me how to sing two parts

My sis taught me how to parallel park

Tried to teach me math but she’s way too smart

My grandma in her 80′s is still sharp

My girl cousin’s an activism at art

They taught me there’s no curls too tight

No mind to bright, no skin too dark to