Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
[Helicopters]
They'll shoot you down without warning
When they see you shining bright
In case we don't meet the morning
The crown's on my head tonight
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
Let my children know what that's about
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
They gon' make them helicopters come out
None of them go, none of them go, none of them go high
None of them go, none of them go, none of them go high
They gon' make them helicopters come out
Hella, hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella, hella coppers
They gon' make them helicopters come out
I don't fuck around, don't play no games
I'm a lion king awimbawe
I got one eye open while I pray
If they come for me, it's Bumaye
Chief gon' talk that shit like yeah, yeah
Walkin' up in that bitch like yeah, yeah
Niggas gon' get lit like yeah, yeah
But a chief don't, chief don't run
I'll be here when you come out
They'll shoot you down without warning
When they see you shining bright
In case we don't meet the morning
The crown's on my head tonight
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
Let my children know what that's about
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
They gon' make them helicopters come out
Hella, hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella, hella coppers
They gon' make them helicopters come out
And I tell them boys don't run away
When a ghetto bird come 'round my way
I done seen 'em kill 'em in broad day
If I die, today's my holiday
Chief gon' talk that shit like yeah, yeah
Walkin' up in that bitch like yeah, yeah
Niggas gon' get lit like yeah, yeah
But a chief don't, chief don't run
I'll be here when you come out
They'll shoot you down without warning
When they see you shining bright
In case we don't meet the morning
The crown's on my head tonight
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
Let my children know what that's about
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
They gon' make them helicopters come out
Hella, hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella, hella coppers
They gon' make them helicopters come out
[Beware]
I feel it in the air
Do or die, nigga, do or dare
Caught a nigga in the trap, catch a nigga in a snare
Been there, been where most niggas wouldn't dare
Yeah, niggas wouldn't dare
Young nigga, beware
I see the light in you, my nigga, ah yeah, I see the glare
My nigga, beware
You a rocket, you a rocket
I can see it, you a motherfuckin' flare
Yeah, nigga, we rare
Young nigga, beware, yeah
Young nigga, beware
Young nigga, beware, yeah
Young nigga, beware
Tell 'em I see them, we bucking
Tell them I need 'em to rush it
Been on time and under budget
It ain't up for no discussion
Made you look me in the mirror
When I sent you la mujera
I met with Mr. Miyagi
Told me the higher we go
Nigga, beware
Young nigga, beware
Young nigga, beware
They'll shoot you down without warning
When they see you shining bright
In case we don't meet the morning
The crown's on my head tonight
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
Let my children know what that's about
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
They gon' make them helicopters come out
None of them go, none of them go, none of them go high
None of them go, none of them go, none of them go high
They gon' make them helicopters come out
Hella, hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella, hella coppers
They gon' make them helicopters come out
I don't fuck around, don't play no games
I'm a lion king awimbawe
I got one eye open while I pray
If they come for me, it's Bumaye
Chief gon' talk that shit like yeah, yeah
Walkin' up in that bitch like yeah, yeah
Niggas gon' get lit like yeah, yeah
But a chief don't, chief don't run
I'll be here when you come out
They'll shoot you down without warning
When they see you shining bright
In case we don't meet the morning
The crown's on my head tonight
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
Let my children know what that's about
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
They gon' make them helicopters come out
Hella, hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella, hella coppers
They gon' make them helicopters come out
And I tell them boys don't run away
When a ghetto bird come 'round my way
I done seen 'em kill 'em in broad day
If I die, today's my holiday
Chief gon' talk that shit like yeah, yeah
Walkin' up in that bitch like yeah, yeah
Niggas gon' get lit like yeah, yeah
But a chief don't, chief don't run
I'll be here when you come out
They'll shoot you down without warning
When they see you shining bright
In case we don't meet the morning
The crown's on my head tonight
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
Let my children know what that's about
Let them come for me, come for me if they want to
They gon' make them helicopters come out
Hella, hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella coppers wanna chop us, chop us, chop us
Hella, hella coppers
They gon' make them helicopters come out
[Beware]
I feel it in the air
Do or die, nigga, do or dare
Caught a nigga in the trap, catch a nigga in a snare
Been there, been where most niggas wouldn't dare
Yeah, niggas wouldn't dare
Young nigga, beware
I see the light in you, my nigga, ah yeah, I see the glare
My nigga, beware
You a rocket, you a rocket
I can see it, you a motherfuckin' flare
Yeah, nigga, we rare
Young nigga, beware, yeah
Young nigga, beware
Young nigga, beware, yeah
Young nigga, beware
Tell 'em I see them, we bucking
Tell them I need 'em to rush it
Been on time and under budget
It ain't up for no discussion
Made you look me in the mirror
When I sent you la mujera
I met with Mr. Miyagi
Told me the higher we go
Nigga, beware
Young nigga, beware
Young nigga, beware
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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