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Lighthouse (feat. Dice Raw) was released on January 1, 2011 by Def Jam Recordings as a part of the album Undun

Song Details

AlbumUndun

Release DateJanuary 1, 2011

LabelDef Jam Recordings

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM89

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Roots

Performer

Mercedes Martinez

Mercedes Martinez

Background Vocals

Tracey Moore

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tariq Trotter

Songwriter

Richard Friedrich

Richard Friedrich

Songwriter

Ahmir Thompson

Songwriter

Karl Jenkins

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Rick Friedrich

Producer

Jason Goldstein

Jason Goldstein

Mixing Engineer

Chris Sclafani

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Ahmir Thompson

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If you can't swizzim then your bound to drizzown

Passin' out life jackets 'bout to go didown

Get down with the captain or go down with the ship

Before the dark abyss, I'ma hit you with this

Yo, if you can't swizzim then your bound to dridown

Passin' out life jackets 'bout to go didown

Get down with the captain or go down with the ship

Before the dark abyss, I'ma hit you with this

[Verse 2]

And no one's in the lighthouse

You're facedown in the ocean

And no one's in the lighthouse

And it seems like if you screamed

There's no one there to hear the sound

And it may feel like there's no one there

That cares if you drown

Facedown in the ocean

[Verse 3]

Smokin' cheap weed, sippin' on cheap vodka

You pick your poison down Davy Jones' locker

It's rum we be wantin' by the tons, my consumption

Take a look at my lungs and my liver, it's disgustin'

Take a look in the man in the mirror, we start fussin'

Only one person gets hurt when throwin' punches, me

And the man behind the glass just laughs

The waves come over my head and just crash

[Verse 4]

My hands start bleedin', water starts recedin'

A feelin' comes into my heart, I start believin'

That I actually might survive through the evenin'

Survive my own thoughts with suicide that's competin'

With thoughts of tryna stay alive which been weakened

By the feelin' of puttin' on a smile while bein' beaten

The fear of drownin', still divin' in the deep end

The water carried me so far you can't reach 'em

And it feels like there's no one

[Verse 5]

And no one's in the lighthouse

You're facedown in the ocean

And no one's in the lighthouse

And it seems like if you screamed

There's no one there to hear the sound

And it may feel like there's no one there

That cares if you drown

Facedown in the ocean

[Verse 6]

After the love is lost

Friendship dissolves

And even blood is lost

Where did it begin the way we did each other wrong?

Troubled water neither one of us could swim across

I stopped holdin' my breath

Now am I better off, yeah?

Without a trace and you in my head and all

The halted notion of a rebel without a pause

What it do is done, till you are dead and gone

The Grim Reaper tellin' me to swim deeper

Where people go to, lo and behold, the soul keeper

I'm not even breakin' down in a sweat

Or cold fever but

I'm never payin' up on my debt or tolls either

I leave the memories here, I won't need them

If I stop thinkin' and lie, now that's freedom

Your body's part of the maritime museum

Facedown in the past is where I'm bein'

[Verse 7]

And no one's in the lighthouse

You're facedown in the ocean

And no one's in the lighthouse

And it seems like if you screamed

There's no one there to hear the sound

And it may feel like there's no one there

That cares if you drown

Facedown in the ocean

[Verse 8]

If you can't swizzim then your bound to drizzown

Passin' out life jackets bout to go didown

Get down with the captain or go down with the ship

Before the dark abyss I'm gon' hit you with this

Yo, if you can't swizzim then your bound to dridown

Passin' out life jackets 'bout to go didown

Get down with the captain or go down with the ship

Before the dark abyss I'm gon' hit you with this

Written by: Ahmir Thompson, Karl Jenkins, Richard Friedrich, Tariq Trotter

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