[Intro: Substantial]

Substantial and Nujabes still doin’ this

And it’s infinite

Hydeout promo, let's get into it, uh

[Chorus: Substantial]

Waiting for the clouds to part

Waiting to be out of the dark

If our future's bright, then the present is a overcast

And we want it to be over fast, let's shine

[Verse 1: Substantial]

Got to get above the clouds without a aircraft

That is without a doubt such a rare task

Finding it hard to grin or just share laughs

So you vent when that drumstick and snare clash

No plan B, plan A is weak

Mentally and physically drained

And you can't sleep

Rent's a month overdue as of last week

A shadow of your future self below a vast peak

While people walk past like they can't speak

Ignored 'cause without rich shit, you're piss poor

Quit more, drowning your spirit with liquor

And victor, isn't a realistic picture

But you still take the shot and develop it

For the hell of it, and pray when you'll wake you'll be relevant

And put your best on, you're no longer worse off

Slaving at a job you hate, for a jerk off

You just wanna be kissed by the sun

Where your daughter's always safe in the midst of having fun

Having some will more than due when you used to having none

Disregard the chatter from know-it-all’s who haven’t won, while you're

[Chorus: Substantial]

Waiting for the clouds to part

Waiting to be out of the dark

If our future's bright, then the present is overcast

And we want it to be over fast, let's shine

Waiting for the clouds to part

Waiting to be out of the dark

If our future's bright, then the present is overcast

And we want it to be over fast, let's shine

Let's shine, let's shine

(Visibility's low, but I don't let it cloud mine)

Let's shine, let's shine

(Visibility's low, but I don't let it cloud mine)

[Verse 2: Substantial]

Parents couldn't do the job they signed up for

Gave you life, but they should've gave you much more

Won't judge, but I surely won't applaud them

They lost, and somebody gotta’ raise their child for them

Now you're in and out of various households and juvie

Crossed paths, ghetto fab to the white collar and bougie

Who answer the call of duty, or is it truly for a check?

But regardless of they motives, they feel you owe them respect

You don't know how to act like you got a part in a movie but lack direction

How do you show love if you never had affection?

Dying slow brah, like you got a bad infection

Ain't no band-aid for man-made self-hate

It heal slow, but I'm not sure if you'll wait

Education's the medication to get yourself straight

The war within you reached a stalemate

But good gotta win in the end, or else jail waits

Broken soul cell mates followed by hell's gates

For bad apples failure waits in the belly of the beast

And it's never gonna cease till you chose to elevate

I'm ready when you are to celebrate, till then I'll be

[Chorus: Substantial]

Waiting for the clouds to part

Waiting to be out of the dark

If our future's bright, then the present is overcast

And we want it to be over fast, let's shine

Waiting for the clouds to part

Waiting to be out of the dark

If our future's bright, then the present is overcast

And we want it to be over fast, let's shine

Let's shine, let's shine

(Visibility's low, but I don't let it cloud mine)

Let's shine, let's shine

(Visibility's low, but I don't let it cloud mine)

Let's shine, let's shine

(Visibility's low, but I don't let it cloud mine)

Let's shine, let's shine

(Visibility's low, but I don't let it cloud mine)