Bright Lights

Album: Full Tank (2012)
Charted: 7
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  • Flash lights and the good life, keep calling out my name
    And I pray somehow something's gonna change
    Bright lights in the skyline, let me lose me way
    'Cause I know somehow something's gonna change

    Uh, uh, from the ground to the sky
    And it wasn't overnight
    Strydes

    Last time running never went too well
    Heart saying carry on, head telling me forfeit
    Glimpse of the high life, I wish I never saw this
    Now I want it all, want it all, I'm selfish

    Felt locked down like I caught a death sentence
    Like Alan Sugar fired me from The Apprentice
    See my little weight, I must've lost half
    Even Nando's won't send me a new black card

    And there's all opinions and assumptions
    Back to the grind and there's more where it comes from
    I love the life 'cause my life flash cameras on
    Tell Cheryl Cole and Rihanna that I love them

    From young I've been obsessed with the fame
    Know you're in lane 'cause your dreams were the same
    Every day I pray, really wishing for a change
    Dreams to reality and now I'm in the game

    Flash lights and the good life, keep calling out my name
    And I pray somehow something's gonna change
    Bright lights in the skyline won't let me lose me way
    'Cause I know somehow something's gonna change

    Tell me how you feel
    Do you love me or hate me, there's no pleasing everybody
    Need to focus, then he lost track, I'm really sorry
    Left the black clouds, bright lights got me feeling jolly
    Never let you down, that's my word you ain't gotta worry

    Work for this, don't know about you but I work for this
    Couple labels said I wasn't worth the risk
    Just another hoodrat hoodie with a black hat
    He's just one of them looking for a purse to nick

    Never really had a plan B
    Stayed on point, I am sharper than a Stanley
    Big star, flash car, looking trendy
    I know it's time to?

    From young I've been obsessed with the fame
    Know you're in lane 'cause your dreams were the same
    Every day I pray, really wishing for a change
    Dreams to reality and now I'm in the game

    Flash lights and the good life, keep calling out my name
    And I pray somehow something's gonna change
    Bright lights in the skyline won't let me lose me way
    'Cause I know somehow something's gonna change

    Let me tell you when to take it down
    This is the part where the song breaks down
    Stay looking up, never facing down
    Long as the bright lights are blazing down

    Flash lights and the good life, keep calling out my name
    And I pray somehow something's gonna change
    Bright lights in the skyline won't let me lose me way
    'Cause I know somehow something's gonna change

    Ha ha, like that Writer/s: JARRAD LEITH ROGERS, KWASI ESONO DANQUAH, PIXIE LOTT
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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