[Intro: Noname]
Woo
Um

[Verse 1: Noname]
Bittersweet chocolate optimism
Afros and futurism
Impracticalities and casualties that bang religion
Gang shit, squad
Tangible perceptions come with names like God
Lovely apathy for all my n***as
[?]
Notice how it's me now
Commercial cynicism
Media's black depictions [?]
My struggles to put my weave down
Waves trending on the beach now
[?] hourglass [?] our own sun
[?] glory in omnipotence like you do
[?] glory in omnipotence like you do
Uh, his little light of mine
This little metaphor for summertime
And half the time that takes to say hello to you
As ghetto-bound [?] I fail to accuse
Politics masquerade the petty laws they approve
Oh, phenomenon, the black kid'll rap at Comic Con [?]
From my mama's lawn, I'm almost done [?]
I'll sing a song for you
My soul committed, [?] afterlife
Half the price of yesterday
A penny for your sorrow
Canary yellow diamond [?]
I'll take the sun and make a pillow for tomorrow
Illuminate a dream
Let us go to a place away from here
My dear, my love
Where the music sounds like Georgia
And all we have is our piano and a bedroom
And all we have is our capacity for love
[Chorus: Jesse Boykins III]
Potentially
We could build a galaxy
This you-and-I-verse could be
More than just the dreams of the living
I could see the you in me
So let's keep giving to the stars
I know that I could take you far
Far, far away from here

[Bridge 1: Jesse Boykins III & Joey Bada$$]
Where we should be
U-N-I-T-Y
Where we should be
U-N-I-T-Y, that's a unity
Where we should be
U-N-I-T-Y
You and me
U-N-I-T-Y, that's a unity

[Verse 2: Joey Bada$$]
The man rose, little concrete roads
Put your hands together, folks, for the black roach
'Bout to deliver like Stagecoach
Know I stay posted, my n***a (that was it), yo, what's the signs?
My fountain of youth is all drying, one minute, we all smiling
Then poof, we fall silent and I've been digging deep
For this thing, I ain't finding this
Either I'm insane in my brain or to be honest, that's
Probably what it is
Done seen a lot of shit that you probably can't live with
You probably can't stomach, you probably can't ingest
At times, we were so hungry, got mad dreams and wishes
It'll all get sunny, but for now it's this money that
Determines and divides, that's insuring our lives
Even causing homicides on the streets of NY
A little shorty asked me what's my purpose and why?
I told him save the children and point them right at the light
He said for sure, that's tight, but where the dollar signs in that
Them hella fine dimes with that ass so fat
That Phantom and the Maybach, that black MAC that go crick-crack
That's when I say yo, chill, shorty, relax
Let me open your mind to the current times
If visions is colourblind, it's fine, your light will still shine as
I consume this time he begin to unravel
And travel to a place he thought that he would never find, uh
Bittersweet chocolate optimism
My mission give him something that won't lock him in a prison
Misled by they religion
Do you believe in the god?
But most certainly I just can't see him with my eyes
Smoke sixteen eyes could barely open them up
I see [?] is
A vacuum down my element
But it go [?] suck more
Haters killed another one, I'm thinking what the fuck for
Too many bloodshed, too much is done said
And now I'm upset, I could use a sunset
Looking on the upside, hoping it gets better
Enemy time is the woman we done weather in
[Bridge 2: Joey Bada$$]
U-N-I-T-Y
U-N-I-T-Y, that's a unity
U-N-I-T-Y
U-N-I-T-Y, that's a unity

[Chorus: Jesse Boykins III]
Potentially
We could build a galaxy
This you-and-I-verse could be
More than just the dreams of the living
I could see the you in me
So let's keep giving to the stars
I know that I could take you far
Far, far away from here

[Bridge 3: Jesse Boykins III]
Where we should be
Where we should be
Where we should be
You and me

[Outro: Joey Bada$$ & Jesse Boykins III]
What do we do? We got a duty, gotta say
What do we do? We got a duty, gotta save, ayy
What do we do? We got a duty, gotta say
These are the days that we pray for love
Oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder: where is love?
What do we do? We got a duty, gotta say
What do we do? We got a duty, gotta save, ayy
What do we do? We got a duty, gotta say
These are the days that we pray for love
Oh, I wonder, wonder if it's up above
(Like that? Uh)
Like that, y'all-y'all, y'all, y'all, y'all
Y'all-y'all, y'all, y'all, y'all
Y'all, badman and ting
Badman ah gwan
Badman gon' sing, yo
Badman ah
Badman do
Badman fi do
Badman do, yeah
Yeah
What?
Yeah
What? What? What?
Yeah, yeah, what?