The Light (Original Mix)

(album: The Original Jill Scott From The Vault, Vol. 1 - 2011)

I was rolling down the way, and I saw this girl
About twelve years old, in a grown up world
She liked fancy cars, fancy rings
She wanted the life that only money could bring
I could tell that she, by the look in her eyes
Would do anything, to get that life
Didn't talk down to her, didn't make her cry
But I said a few words that could change her life

When it comes (I say, I say)
The light, the light
Don't front on it (Don't front on it)
The light, the light
When it comes (When it comes, when it comes)
The light, the light
Don't run from it
The light, the light (Hey...)

I was sitting here tripping, 'bout half of the night
'Cause the song that I was working on was bringing me strife
Don't wanna give up, 'cause it's just that nice
(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)

Let me stop tryna force the issue
I been getting all the right lines
But I ain't been paying attention
Must be tripping off of what them
Records executives mention
Want me to be what they want me to be
But that ain't really my vision

I'm scorching hot like fire
So let me stop all this tripping
Forging to my own funky fantastic dimension
Let me do what a sister like me do
And put some funk in the kitchen
Let me stop all this tripping, listen

When it comes
The light, the light
Don't front on it (Don't front on it)
The light, the light
When it comes
The light, the light
Don't run from it
The light, the light

(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)
(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)

When it comes
The light, the light
Don't front on it (Don't you front on it)
The light, the light
When it comes
The light, the light
Don't run from it
The light, the light (Don't you run)

(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)
(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)
(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)
(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)
(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)
(OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK)