M.I.A

When you cant find the light,
That got you through the cloudy days,
When the stars aint shinin bright,
You feel like youve lost youre way,
When those candle lights of home,
Burn so very far away,
Well you got to let your soul shine,
Just like my momma used to say.

She used to say soulshine,
Its better than sunshine,
Its better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
And if the people dont mind,
We all get this way sometime,
Got to let your soul shine, shine through the break of day.

Growin up, I thought I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so all alone.
Now sometimes I feel a cold wind,
Blowin through my achin bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said girl, in the darkness before the dawn:

Let your soul shine,
Its better than sunshine,
Its better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
And if the people dont mind,
We all feel this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine through the break of day.

Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has shot down to his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your world seems cold, you got to let your spirit take control.

Let your soul shine,
Its better than sunshine,
Its better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people dont mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine through the break of day.

Oh, its better than sunshine,
Its better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
And if the people dont mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.