Thomas Austin - Sunshine Through The Blinds (feat. TARiQ) Lyrics

People hitting me like
"Bro where you from?"
And I tell em I'm from Mississippi
Starkville to be exact
And they be like "no way. I never would have guessed that"
And I be thinking what does that even mean
Cause I grew up like the rest of you
Where peer pressure and identity crisis all be testing you
Looking 'round making choices based on what the rest would do
Now I'm self-driven
High powered like a machine
Oh the wonders what some rest would do
Scribbled scantrons that would get me into institutions
Took me five and a half semesters to see that I was better with music
Still got my degree cause I came too far to quit and lose it
Student loan debts don't reset so I gotta use it
Said I was the next to grab the reigns so I gotta prove it
The rap game's a race to duplicate
It's getting old
It's a freaking nuisance
Before SZA dropped
They were still snoozing
Now the rap game's alarmed
They no longer sleeping through it
Owee
I'm learning receiving the love
I never was highly recruited
No stars by name
No gold diamond chain
Fire every scout
Cause I'm in charge now
I drive the lane
Just think about it
I shine through the hate
I shine through the lies
I shine through the shade
I'm sunshine through the blinds
Try to dim the light
It's getting brighter over time
I shine through the shade
I'm sunshine through the blinds
Shining
Yeah
I'm shining through the lies
I'm shining through the shade
I'm sunshine through the blinds
Yeah
They can try to dim the light
Either way it's getting brighter over
The world need more doctors cause most these rappers not moving the needle
I'm just the voice of the people
It's in the comments
Go read em
How did they not see this coming
Tell me what doubt did I leave em
Labels pitching lack of talent
It's fine cause I'm here to relieve em
I'm from Mississippi
Southern accent is country proper
Odds stacked against us like Vegas, Nevada
Wearing out these sample beats like I was just testing a product
Nobody made it from here
I said I'll be the model
My music not a vibe
It's an experience
I use trial error to experiment
Most be scared to fail
So they never climb up the pyramid
No way I'm doing this all by myself
It's gotta be a higher power interfering it
I remember fearing it
To the point where I was chose but I wasn't hearing it
I was meant to lead the charge
Wasn't really spearing it
Now I'm living what he wrote like a script
I'm just guest appearing it
I shine through the hate
I shine through the lies
I shine through the shade
I'm sunshine through the blinds
Try to dim the light
It's getting brighter over time
I shine through the shade
I'm sunshine through the blinds
Shining
Yeah
I'm shining through the lies
I'm shining through the shade
I'm sunshine through the blinds
Yeah
They can try to dim the light
Either way it's getting brighter over time