Drowning Tonight

We're not drowning tonight Baby, in a distance, I can see a light (yeah) I'll hold you closer 'til we're safe and dry Boy, I promise you (yeah), we're not drowning tonight (it's like I'm drowning) Ain't no bodies to be found and the sound of silence Seem so loud but meanwhile, I keep walking this green mile Hoping this nightmare will turn into a dream down And deep down, I feel it coming down in my stomach I can finally go from having nothing to having something All the nights that I talked to God, and I was praying to him And my family was starving, living off of rhyme and noodles You don't understand, I know the way that it feels whenever pills Come before paying the bills, sometimes pain's the only way I know I'm alive And I just wish I could be happy for a moment in time Then I hopped inside my whip and turned the radio on Lo and behold, the DJ was playing this song And for a moment, I ain't even going through it Because it all disappears when I turn on the music We're not drowning tonight Baby, in a distance, I can see a light I'll hold you closer 'til we're safe and dry Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight This for the man who's got a record full of felonies This for the kid who lies awake, he cries himself to sleep He just wants to be accepted, sick of rejection He's sick of feeling disconnected and disrespected And this 16-year-old girl, find out she's pregnant Now she's gonna make a decision and hope she don't regret it Does it carry in turn and give it up for adoption Either that or abortion seems like the only option What would you do if you felt like nobody loved you? What would you do if you felt like the people judged you? And you so stressed out that you turned off your phone You don't want no company, but you don't wanna be alone So you hopped inside of your whip and turned the radio on Lo and behold, the DJ was playing this song And for a moment, you ain't even going through it Because it all disappears when you turn on the music We're not drowning tonight Baby, in a distance, I can see a light (see the light) I'll hold you closer 'til we're safe and dry Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight Boy, I promise you, we're not drowning tonight