Lyrics More Beautiful Than Silence - K'NAAN

More Beautiful Than Silence

Turn the light off
There’s a light on in your heart
So let it be your guidance, guidance
Open your mouth if what you say
Could be more beautiful than silence, silence
OK, ain’t it funny how the talk is always talking?
Never firing, but always say they cockin'
When they’re cocky until they end in parking lots
Suddenly they got Parkinson, they can hardly talk.
No karate buddy, no Pilates buddy
It’s a new game, no atomic buddy!
Body talk, well I’m used to bodies chopped
I’ve seen sh*t to give new meaning to the body shop
Look, I know you think I’m so righteous
But motherf*cker, I’m also into rifles
Tryna tell these n*ggas I’m a baby in his diapers
I’m on my own sh*t, lighters
I don’t disseminate, I got my name in ciphers
I don’t discriminate, I got friends who are snipers
But some of them ended up being lifeless
'Cause they kept silent, survivors.
Turn the light off
There’s a light on in your heart
So let it be your guidance, guidance
Open your mouth if what you say
Could be more beautiful than silence, silence
I’m the quiet type, breathe in steady
Never small talk speak when necessary
In the streets, I see niggers chop with machetes
My Jamaican girl say 'talk to me baby!'
What’s on your mind can’t say cemetery
Death do us part, memories, I married
Got a library with no lies baby
And all the books look like they’re made of strawberries.
It ain’t easy being me
'Cause my own fans can’t relate to my streets
And my streets can’t relate to dough in the east
But I’m beast, so I make bread on release.
I’m releasing my demons,
Give the beat its life like I give a fetus semen.
Feel the kick in your belly, that’s freedom breathing
And don’t say nothing, 'cause now we are dreaming!
Turn the light off
There’s a light on in your heart
So let it be your guidance, guidance
Open your mouth if what you say
Could be more beautiful than silence, silence
Oh, oh, oh, silence, silence
Oh, oh, oh, silence, silence
Oh, oh, oh, silence, silence
Oh, oh, oh, silence, silence