Give It Light

Give it light, light, light
Let the shy ones move tonight
Give it light, light, light
Open every door tonight

Corner girl got a careful smile
New shoes clean but she waits a while
Whistle from the gate and the circle wide
Dust around our ankles like a rising tide
DJ knows when the room feels tight
Drop one drum and give it light

Left foot speaking, right foot answers
Small-town dreamers, big-floor dancers
Shoulders drop the week and the hands let go
The drum says everything we know

Give it light, light, light
Let the shy ones move tonight
Give it light, light, light
Open every door tonight

Ayi, ayi, ayi — hha! (hha!)
Move, move, move — hha! (hha!)
The floor don't ask you where you're from
It only asks you: come

Somebody's mother dancing like a girl again
Somebody's quiet brother finding rhythm then
Brother came in with his worries low
Then the log drum told him where to go
No big money, but the feeling right
When the whole place gives him light

One clap for the ones who made it
Two claps for those who kept trying
Three claps for the ones out dancing
With the whole week on their side

I was the corner girl once, feet stuck to the tile
Somebody dropped the drum for me and I danced a mile
So I run the booth now, and I watch the wall
Whoever waits the longest, I play for them and all

Give it light, light, light
Watch the shy one lead tonight
Give it light, light, light
Every door is open wide

Give it... give it light