Street Lights Lyrics - J Lyles

HOOK: (x2) 

Before them street lights glow you better get your tail home, 

listen to your parents because they love you and they only out for saving your life 

(saving your life x3) 

VERSE 1: 

Live your life as if your living in a sundown town, 

because piggies very quickly make that gun go *BLAOW*. As of lately, I've been thinking on how the cops have been treating my people for trying to make it, 

my people for simply breathing. 

Ah naw, ya'll trippin' if you thinking 

I'll be sittin' while they're shooting all them bullets while my body is defenseless. 

If we surrender and listen they call it murder attempted, they could do a drive by then swerve the freaking conviction. 

I'm bout tired of these clan members dressin' as authorities, 

they make it their priority to kill off the majority of young black men as if they got some dang seniority. 

I'm speakin' for my people but I broke the law to your degree. 

So forget 5-0, the feds, 

the blood greedy murderers, add 2 to 10 

you'll get some pigs in a pen wearing blue and red, 

with a badge on their chest, 

they're the ones that should receive arrest, I swear. 

HOOK: (x2) 

Before them street lights glow you better get your tail home, 

listen to your parents because they love you and they only out for saving your life 

(saving your life x3) 

VERSE 2: 

Another day, another lost life, 

I'm thanking God it's not mine, 

caskets getting filled and 

chalk is making them outlines, 

cops is known for killing 

so why would I hit their hotline? 

They don't care about your 

emergency if it's not white. 

The holidays is coming and it's one 

thing on my list, 

mama all I want for Christmas is a 

bullet proof vest, 

Oh my! will this mess ever subside? 

These pigs is buried all up in their dirt 

and we're the ones that got to die? 

And I guess we 'sposed to deal with it, 

rest in peace to those that lost their 

life over a pigment, 

I'm affected just as much as you are, 

pouring skittles on the ground 

for the love of Trayvon. 

BRIDGE: 

Said it's getting dark out and them street lights buzzing, gather up ya lil brothers, lil sisters, lil cousins, put the bike in the garage, get the scooter off the sidewalk, before a piggy pull up and make your life stop. 

HOOK: (x2) 

Before them street lights glow you better get your tail home, 

listen to your parents because they love you and they only out for saving your life 

(saving your life x3) 

BRIDGE: (x2) 

Said it's getting dark out and them street lights buzzing, gather up ya lil brothers, lil sisters, lil cousins, put the bike in the garage, get the scooter off the sidewalk, before a piggy pull up and make your life stop.