Lyrics
In my window
In my window
In my window
A light in my window
Uh-huh
[Verse 1: Blu]
Looking out my window
Reminiscing while I'm smokin' indo
Listening to Exile's instrumental
Made me really miss home
Made me look back at how long I been gone
On tour performing and making songs, taking long
Staying out the country, in another country
Wishing that I had the money to do it monthly
But, homie, you know the times rise and fall (A light)
One minute, you a king and the next minute a pawn
I was on doing songs with The Roots and Talib
Used to pay 5K for the crib right off of Skid
Then I slid, the deal fell, my brother did a bid
And I couldn't get on for shit, so I split
Independent I went, reinvented the spit
Started dropping more knowledge, feeling mentally fit
Even though I wasn't getting the money (A light), I envisioned
I'm blessed enough to pay my rent with this
Ooh, songs I wrote staring out the window (A light in my window)
I was caught in a lie, rain fall from the sky, beating on my (In my window)
All them blessings keep coming down, watch 'em fall on my (In my window)
I can see the whole world with my eyes closed, yeah, I been staring out the window (A light in my window)
[Verse 2: Blu]
Uh, I seen my parents scrapping
Talking 'bout love and there that went
Policemen all up in my face asking what happened
I'm too young to answer, my grandpa got cancer
My great-great-grandma passed after
My stepdad's a pastor, my real dad's a gangster, though
So I'm always asking God to save my soul
When I was eight years old (A light), they both scrapped
Told 'em stop putting hands on my son and that was that
Turned seventeen and started my map
It all started off in Hawthorne, made it to the motherland and back
Got into a couple scraps, had to serve six months
In jail with no bail, I got frail as ****
I got out and got fat in a flash
I put rap to the back and had to reevaluate my path
I ain't never rap the same (A light), and I blame the robbery
But still in all, ain't nothing stopping me
Ooh, songs I wrote staring out the window (A light in my window)
I was caught in a lie, rain fall from the sky, beating on my (In my window)
All them blessings keep coming down, watch 'em fall on my (In my window)
I can see the whole world with my eyes closed, yeah, I been staring out the window (A light in my window)
[Verse 3: Blu & TOBi]
Uh, my windows are my eyes and I feel like I seen it all
'Cause one minute, you here and the next minute, gone
It all happens so fast (Oh)
Whether you last or get forgotten like a thing of the past
I used to laugh, but I cry a lot
Age thirty-seven still wishing I don't die a lot
Age twenty-one first time I ever tried pot (A light)
Because I got signed to a fly independent at the time
So I said, "Why not?"
Sold weed, never tried rocks
The time served was different
Money was too, used to serve competition
But I got the name Blu playing ball, stayed true
Soon as I got through playing broads
Playing cards wasn't me, nor was going to church
But I did feel divine when I was flowing my verse
It's been a hard road rapping (A light), I thought it would be simple
But that's my life, looking out my window
Ooh, songs I wrote staring out the window (Oh)
I was caught in a lie, rain fall from the sky, beating on my
All them blessings keep coming down, watch 'em fall on my
I can see the whole world with my eyes closed, yeah, I been staring out the window
Oh (In my window)
In my window (Ooh)
In my window (Ooh)
A light in my window
In my window
In my window
A light in my window
Uh-huh
[Verse 1: Blu]
Looking out my window
Reminiscing while I'm smokin' indo
Listening to Exile's instrumental
Made me really miss home
Made me look back at how long I been gone
On tour performing and making songs, taking long
Staying out the country, in another country
Wishing that I had the money to do it monthly
But, homie, you know the times rise and fall (A light)
One minute, you a king and the next minute a pawn
I was on doing songs with The Roots and Talib
Used to pay 5K for the crib right off of Skid
Then I slid, the deal fell, my brother did a bid
And I couldn't get on for shit, so I split
Independent I went, reinvented the spit
Started dropping more knowledge, feeling mentally fit
Even though I wasn't getting the money (A light), I envisioned
I'm blessed enough to pay my rent with this
Ooh, songs I wrote staring out the window (A light in my window)
I was caught in a lie, rain fall from the sky, beating on my (In my window)
All them blessings keep coming down, watch 'em fall on my (In my window)
I can see the whole world with my eyes closed, yeah, I been staring out the window (A light in my window)
[Verse 2: Blu]
Uh, I seen my parents scrapping
Talking 'bout love and there that went
Policemen all up in my face asking what happened
I'm too young to answer, my grandpa got cancer
My great-great-grandma passed after
My stepdad's a pastor, my real dad's a gangster, though
So I'm always asking God to save my soul
When I was eight years old (A light), they both scrapped
Told 'em stop putting hands on my son and that was that
Turned seventeen and started my map
It all started off in Hawthorne, made it to the motherland and back
Got into a couple scraps, had to serve six months
In jail with no bail, I got frail as ****
I got out and got fat in a flash
I put rap to the back and had to reevaluate my path
I ain't never rap the same (A light), and I blame the robbery
But still in all, ain't nothing stopping me
Ooh, songs I wrote staring out the window (A light in my window)
I was caught in a lie, rain fall from the sky, beating on my (In my window)
All them blessings keep coming down, watch 'em fall on my (In my window)
I can see the whole world with my eyes closed, yeah, I been staring out the window (A light in my window)
[Verse 3: Blu & TOBi]
Uh, my windows are my eyes and I feel like I seen it all
'Cause one minute, you here and the next minute, gone
It all happens so fast (Oh)
Whether you last or get forgotten like a thing of the past
I used to laugh, but I cry a lot
Age thirty-seven still wishing I don't die a lot
Age twenty-one first time I ever tried pot (A light)
Because I got signed to a fly independent at the time
So I said, "Why not?"
Sold weed, never tried rocks
The time served was different
Money was too, used to serve competition
But I got the name Blu playing ball, stayed true
Soon as I got through playing broads
Playing cards wasn't me, nor was going to church
But I did feel divine when I was flowing my verse
It's been a hard road rapping (A light), I thought it would be simple
But that's my life, looking out my window
Ooh, songs I wrote staring out the window (Oh)
I was caught in a lie, rain fall from the sky, beating on my
All them blessings keep coming down, watch 'em fall on my
I can see the whole world with my eyes closed, yeah, I been staring out the window
Oh (In my window)
In my window (Ooh)
In my window (Ooh)
A light in my window
