[Verse 1]
Time to make a statement
Straighten up your face, kid
You're gonna go far, let's just see how far you take it
So close that I can taste it
Life is what you make it
All original flow, no copy and paste click
Don't even need Lasik to see what's right in front of me
Come with me, experience is better than a summary
Little Black Submarines, Summer breeze
Wanna be done with these
Fake people cause they can see I'm hungry
And I am done playing games
Its always kind of strange
How they string your dreams up by a noose and leave it where it hangs
Like a thousand hurricanes brewing
They ask me what I'm doing
If I answer then I've already lost, cause I don't even know
Guess I got caught up in the magic of a moment where I felt like
Anything was possible and now I can't stop
Point of no return, so I press on
Stay slicker than Teflon
But the mind is like a Smith & Wesson
The Future is

[Chorus]
Bright
Bright
Brighter Than The Sun (X4)

[Verse 2]
It wasn't too much long ago despite the way it might seem
The days of PS2 and black president pipe dreams
I'm writing my first novel just to do it
The motivation for everything I did
Imagination as a kid, it drove me forward
Nobody could tell me otherwise
Living for that glory and that proud look in my mother's eyes
So many different things I want to do
Can't settle for number 2
Cause in my mind, I am second to none
Until I step in front of a mirror and taken back to the surface
The only thing I fear, reflection that's so imperfect
Compared to expectations
I'm caught inside of heated conversations
With my conscience, telling me I'll never be good enough
No matter how much you say it, its only this guy that I'm trying to prove wrong
Cause I've been waiting too long to watch it as it gets away
Won't let what those bitches say get in the way or get to me
The words ricochet, I leave them in disarray
Cause I will keep shining

[Chorus]
Bright
Bright
Brighter Than The Sun (X4)

[Verse 3]
I was told that I should dream big
But I might just be dreaming too big
Wondering how I'll do this
I'm not shooting for the moon or the stars, but the sun is now my target
Man, just look at what I started, its so different so misunderstood
"You should rap about what people want to hear," shit, sometimes I wish I could
But I can't be anybody other than myself
Just hope that will be enough to make it to the top of the shelf
I just want people to see Hip Hop for what it really is
Beyond assumptions and stereotypes, something serious
With so much wasted potential
I just want to change the world, make something influential
Inspire whole generations with just a paper and pencil
Bold enough to say this, I just want to be one of the greatest
So I can look at my family and friends and tell them we made it
And really only God will tell
But Hip Hop is alive and well
Right here, its thriving
Won't stop until the whole world's shining

[Chorus]
Bright
Bright
Brighter Than The Sun (X4)

[Outro]
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine (QJ)

This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine (Lightfall)

This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine (Yeah)