Shadow Man Songtext
von Noname feat. Saba, Smino & Phoelix

How do you see me
How do you love me
How do you remember me

I′m a rotten nightingale
I hope the darkness keeps you well
When I can't fall asleep at night
I blindly taught myself to fight
Oh shadow man, shadow box please keep your hands up
And if you get knocked down don′t forget to stand up

Bless the nightingale (nightingale)
Darkness keep you well
Bless the nightingale (I'm praying keep you well)
Darkness keeps you well


Shadow man, shadow box dance in the dark with me
There's resurrecting agony, these apathy for caskets
Everything I ever loved I lost in the magic
I claim by the river my body delivered
When I die there′s twenty seven rappers at my funeral
Moses wrote my name in gold and Kanye did the eulogy
Remember all the bashfulness understand the truancy
Yeah I stand in front of a college drop out
My music was a church when your spirit hopped out
Met a gypsy in L.A. and she reading my palm tree
Mysterious situation like kissing the concrete i.e getting money
I′ve been close to heaven
Baby claimed he loved me, hold me down forever
I never should have bought this halo
He waitin' for me at his table
My funeral′s a disney fable because a King is about to take me home

Preach church tabernacle talahasse sunshine
Southern is my bloodline, we know when it come time to go
And though I leave like a alumni I'm lying like a lullaby
I′m quiet like my tongue tied alone
Bury me is satin, tell the pastors say the sad shit
Same class with the whole first row

And if ashes turn to ashes
Then I'm back in my first form with a dust storm with a corner and coke
Morbid or late, Lord give Lord take
Viva la muerte, Mortal man
Less love, more hate
More like mortician, we meet our fate

Funeral home lookin′ like a home that I used to live in
You wasn't supposed to go so soon I took it for granted
Maybe we'll meet the next life, maybe another planet
Open my soul but then it′ll end with an open casket


Uh Aye
Tippy toe on a tight rope
Leaning on green if it′s gon' be a dice roll
I′m fiendin' a feline who mindset Afeni, I got two packs for us
Gold on my gum line got rich off my tongue
Sticky dro in the tight roll, cleaning my grievances

As a lil heathen I sat pledge allegiance out
Never believed in y′all system I needed more
And I done went Figaro with the finger roll
Landed wrong split my head and start leaking songs
And I'm worser than they worst, they make a nigga live forever
Flock with them birds, my heart stay lighter than a feather

It′s gon be niggas boomin' at my funeral (boom-boom-boom-boom!)
Tell em play Metro Boomin' at my funeral
St. Louis taught me death could be your neighbor, stay away
Don′t take the family for granted, better days await

Bless the nightingale
Darkness keep you well
Bless the nightingale
Darkness keep you well

Bless the nightingale
Darkness keep you well
Bless the nightingale
Darkness keep you well