AGAINST THE GRAIN-Tobe Nwigwe/Madeline Edwards

[ti:AGAINST THE GRAIN] [ar:Tobe Nwigwe/Madeline Edwards] [al:AGAINST THE GRAIN (feat. MADELINE EDWARDS)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]AGAINST THE GRAIN - Tobe Nwigwe/Madeline Edwards [00:03.71]Lyrics by：TOBE NWIGWE [00:07.42]I feel you all are the same [00:12.27]It brings my heart so much pain [00:17.00]I wish I could see some change [00:21.72]I'll always go against the grain [00:25.52]Go against the grain [00:30.33]Go against the grain [00:34.99]Don't just be the same [00:39.91]Go against the grain [00:47.01]'Cause you were made to [00:49.81]Do what no one's done [00:53.32]And though they shade you [00:56.17]You shine like the sun [00:59.76]'Cause you were made to [01:02.48]Do what no one's done [01:06.16]And though they shade you [01:09.00]You shine like the sun [01:11.15]Aight I feel like the masses on [01:12.98]Melatonin when it come to melanin [01:14.96]I grew up melancholy 'cause I ain't [01:16.56]Realize that the hemoglobin in my skin [01:18.27]Was connected to a lineage that [01:19.62]Never ever had to penny pinch [01:21.25]Serpent hissing at me I take the blade [01:22.82]To his neck to kill all the hissy fits [01:24.57]Ouu please don't try me I get more [01:26.10]Than grimey wen it come to Juju [01:28.08]Hence why my name is Tobechukwu and the flow like a tutu [01:30.79]Wrapped around the waist of Misty Copeland [01:32.19]Graceful even though I hail from broken places [01:33.86]Where they say that none are [01:35.10]Chosen to rise among the raptors [01:36.48]Like DeRozan [01:37.17]Ouu [01:38.61]Flow o so so Jurassic [01:41.87]Tough to find a suitor in my bracket [01:43.52]Where I'm from [01:44.12]My hood was filled with bastards [01:45.23]Not they fault [01:45.77]They daddy had it backwards [01:46.71]Hopefully they don't adopt the habits [01:48.17]Of the seed that turned them to a savage [01:49.82]'Cause [01:50.67]'Cause [01:51.12]'Cause you were made to [01:53.71]Do what no one's done [01:57.36]And though they shade you [02:00.25]You shine like the sun [02:03.77]'Cause you were made to [02:06.52]Do what no one's done [02:10.14]And though they shade you [02:13.08]You shine like the sun [02:16.14]The atmosphere where I matured [02:17.45]Was less than friendly [02:19.19]Before they'd chase a dime [02:20.17]They'd squeeze the nickel [02:20.91]For a pretty penny [02:22.33]Hey look we had beef on every corner word to Wendy's [02:25.59]And I wanted to get away [02:26.67]Or fly away word to Lenny Kravitz [02:28.95]It's always hella static [02:29.94]When you can't establish [02:30.69]How to get some cabbage [02:31.67]Or form a habit [02:32.38]To make ya cash a tidbit more acrobatic [02:34.69]Ouu ouu [02:36.02]You know flipping cake not hoarding it [02:37.58]Not hoarding it tryna change my mama [02:39.64]Geographical coordinates [02:40.87]'Cause 'cause she made it out the village [02:42.93]She deserves the tropics [02:44.09]And I was raised around them killers [02:46.04]You know round them rockets [02:47.54]Where they'd put metal to yo mouth [02:49.22]Just like an orthodontist [02:50.50]No gas at all I went from convict [02:52.41]To being a comet [02:53.77]Ouu [02:55.00]'Cause you were made to [02:57.78]Do what no one's done [03:01.36]And though they shade you [03:04.25]You shine like the sun [03:07.75]'Cause you were made to [03:10.63]Do what no one's done [03:14.13]And though they shade you [03:17.01]You shine like the sun [03:20.31]Sun sun sun sun [03:25.85]Ouu ouu [03:26.55]Shine shine shine shine [03:29.73]Shine on all of them shine on all of them [03:33.09]My umi said to shine your light [03:35.98]So shine on all of them [03:39.42]Shine shine shine shine [03:42.30]Shine on all of them shine on all of them [03:45.99]My umi said to shine your light [03:48.79]So shine on all of them