Once I Saw The Light
Revelation: Embracing Life's Purpose
Lyrics
Have you ever felt now, like you had to live your life?
Questioning the feeling of obligation to live life
All that you've been through, is it more than wrongs and rights?
Reflecting on experiences and pondering beyond right and wrong
Yeah, there has to be a reason, and you might find out tonight
Expressing a belief in a reason to be discovered, possibly tonight
Yeah I found out myself, bruh, once I saw the light
Personal revelation after seeing the light
Have you ever felt now, like you had to live your life?
Reiteration of the questions and the personal discovery
All that you've been through, is it more than wrongs and rights?
-Yeah, there has to be a reason, and you might find out tonight
-Yeah I found out myself, bruh, once I saw the light
-Yeah I saw the light once, and I still was just a boy
Recalling an experience of seeing the light, facing death, and embracing it as part of life
At first I felt fear, but then it turned to radiant joy
-Yeah, it permeated, and then it alleviated
-Bruh, I saw my death, no need to escape it
-So I embrace it, that kid had to face it
-Your past becomes your future now, so you can't erase it
-I feel for that child, yes, he sacrificed a lot
Empathy for a past self's sacrifices, acknowledging personal growth
But now I am he, and he's about to drop
-It's been birthing pains from conception to arrival
Metaphorically describing life as birthing pains and the necessity of survival
It takes what it takes when it comes to survival
-I've been living kinda fast, seeing blurs from my past
Reflection on a fast-paced life, experiencing moments in a flash
How I do it all and see it all in a flash?
-No time to move slow, as light speed around here
-In the light, I saw my death, so imagine how I feel?
-Maybe as if I have nothing now to live for
Questioning the purpose of life and contemplating something worth dying for
Or better yet, now I have something to die for
-Have you ever felt now, like you had to live your life?
Reiteration of previous questions and personal revelation
All that you've been through, is it more than wrongs and rights?
-Yeah, there has to be a reason, and you might find out tonight
-Yeah I found out myself, bruh, once I saw the light
-Have you ever felt now, like you had to live your life?
-All that you've been through, is it more than wrongs and rights?
-Yeah, there has to be a reason, and you might find out tonight
-Yeah I found out myself, bruh, once I saw the light
-Yes, the light has revealed everything I ever did
Acknowledging self-awareness through the light, referencing hometown and personal resilience
Saw the gold on my casket, and the hay in my crib
-Yeah, I think that I'm living while the world has been expecting
-A child of America, yet I'm still the son of Reddick
-Yeah, there's 300 people in that small country town
Identifying with Leonidas and resilience for challenges
They call me Leonidas, yeah, I'm built for 12 rounds
-Bruh, I've bunked in the slums, and I crawled through the mud
Describing experiences in challenging environments and the pursuit without clear rewards
Learned winning is an illusion, so I do it just because
-In the light, there's reflections but in the dark I reflected
Contrasting reflections in light and darkness, emphasizing life lessons
Life is just a test you better learn from the lessons
-I'm enrolled, who am I to drop out? I'm ready for the stage, graduation's right now
Commitment to education and readiness for life's stages
Ooh, yeah, and remember now I know what's next
-I need to live it out, yeah, until that last breath
-But when's my last breath? Is this my last breath?
Uncertainty about the timing of the last breath and encouraging self-reflection
If you don't know yours, then take a wild guess brother
-Have you ever felt now, like you had to live your life?
Final reiteration of questions, personal discovery, and embracing the light
All that you've been through, is it more than wrongs and rights?
-Yeah, there has to be a reason, and you might find out tonight
-Yeah I found out myself, bruh, once I saw the light
-Have you ever felt now, like you had to live your life?
-All that you've been through, is it more than wrongs and rights?
-Yeah, there has to be a reason, and you might find out tonight
-Yeah I found out myself, bruh, once I saw the light
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