[Intro: Phoelix, theMIND, Cam O'bi]

How do you see me?

How do you love me?

How do you remember me?

Amaurotic nightingale

I hope that darkness keeps you well

When I can't fall asleep at night

I blindly taught myself to fight

Aw shadow man shadow box, please keep your hands up

And if you get knocked down don't forget to stand up

[Chorus: Phoelix, theMIND & Cam O'bi]

Bless the nightingale

Darkness keep you well

Bless the nightingale

(I pray it keep you well)

Darkness keep you well

[Verse 1: Noname]

Shadow man, shadow box, dance in the dark with me

This resurrected agony there's 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 27 rappers at my funeral

Moses wrote my name in gold and Kanye did the eulogy

Remember all the bashfulness, understand the truancy

Here I stand in front of a college dropout

My music was a church when your spirit hopped out

Met a gypsy in LA and she reading my palm tree

Mysterious situation like kissing the concrete i.e getting money

I been close to heaven, baby claim he love me

Hold me down forever, I never should have bought this halo

He waiting for me at his table

My funeral a Disney fable 'cause the king 'bout to take me home

[Verse 2: Saba]

Preach, church, tabernacle, Tallahassee sunshine

Southern is my bloodline, we know it'll come time... to go

And though I leave like alumni

I'm lying like a lullaby and quiet like my tongue tied... alone

Bury me in 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

[Verse 3: Smino]

Uh, ay, tippy-toe on a tightrope

Leaning on green and it gon be a dice roll

I'm fiendin' a feline who mindset Afeni, I got two packs for us

Gold on my gumline done 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

[Chorus: Phoelix, theMIND & Cam O'bi]

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