The Roots — Lighthouse

[Refrain: Dice Raw] If you can‘t swiz-zim, then you're bound to driz-zown Passing out life jackets, 'bout to go di-down Get down with the captain, or go down with the ship Before the dark abyss, I’ma hit you with this Now, if you can‘t swiz-zim, then you're bound to driz-zown Passing out life jackets, 'bout to go di-down Get down with the captain, or go down with the ship Before the dark abyss, I’ma hit you with... this [Hook: Dice Raw] And no one’s in the lighthouse You’re face-down in the ocean And no one’s in the lighthouse And it seems like you just screamed It’s no one there to hear the sound And it may feel like there’s no one there That cares if you drown Face-down in the ocean [Verse 1: Dice Raw] Smoking cheap weed, sipping on cheap vodka Yo, pick your poison, down Davy Jones’ locker It’s rum we be wanting, by the tons, my consumption Take a look at my lungs and my liver, it’s disgusting Take a look at the man in the mirror, we start fussing Only one person gets hurt when throwing punches: me And the man behind the glass just laughs The waves come over my head and just crash My hand start bleeding, water starts receding A feeling comes into my heart, I start believing that— I actually might survive through the evening Survive on my own thoughts of suicide that’s competing With thoughts of tryna stay alive, which been weakened By the feeling of putting on a smile while being beaten The fear of drowning, still diving in the deep end The waters carried me so far, you can’t reach him And it feels like there’s no one... [Hook: Dice Raw] And no one’s in the lighthouse You’re face-down in the ocean And no one’s in the lighthouse And it seems like you just screamed It’s no one there to hear the sound And it may feel like there’s no one there That cares if you drown Face down in the ocean [Verse 2: Black Thought] 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 holding my breath, now am I better off? There, without a trace, and you in my head and all? The halted motion of a rebel without a pause What it do is done 'til you are dead and gone The Grim Reaper telling me to swim deeper Where the people go to—lo and behold, the Soul Keeper I’m not even breaking out in a sweat or cold fever But I’m never paying up on my debt—or tolls, either I’ll leave the memories here, I won’t need 'em If I stop thinking and lie—now, that’s freedom Your body’s part of the maritime museum And face-down in the past is where I’m being [Hook: Dice Raw] And no one’s in the lighthouse You’re face-down in the ocean And no one’s in the lighthouse And it seems like you just screamed It’s no one there to hear the sound And it may feel like there’s no one there That cares if you drown You're face-down in the ocean [Refrain: Dice Raw] If you can‘t swiz-zim, then you're bound to driz-zown Passing out life jackets, 'bout to go di-down Get down with the captain, or go down with the ship Before the dark abyss, I’ma hit you with this Now, if you can‘t swiz-zim, then you're bound to driz-zown Passing out life jackets, 'bout to go di-down Get down with the captain, or go down with the ship Before the dark abyss, I’ma hit you with... this