Ultralight Beam – English Lyrics

• By: Kanye West
• Album: The Life Of Pablo

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I'm tryna keep my faith

We on an ultralight beam

We on an ultralight beam

This is a God dream

This is a God dream

This is everything

This is everything

Deliver us serenity

Deliver us peace

Deliver us loving

We know we need it

You know we need it

You know we need it

That's why we need you now, oh, I

Pray for Paris

Pray for the parents

This is a God dream

This is a God dream

This is a God dream

We on an ultralight beam

We on an ultralight beam

This is a God dream

This is a God dream

This is everything

Everything (Thing, thing, thing)

I'm tryna keep my faith

But I'm looking for more

Somewhere I can feel safe

And end my holy war

I'm tryna keep my faith

So why send oppression not blessings?

Why, oh why'd you do me wrong? (More)

You persecute the weak

Because it makes you feel so strong

(To save) Don't have much strength to fight

So I look to the light

(War) To make these wrongs turn right

Head up high, I look to the light

Hey, cause I know that you'll make everything alright

And I know that you'll take good care of your child

Oh, no longer am afraid of the night

Cause I, I look to the light

When they come for you, I will shield your name

I will field their questions, I will feel your pain

No one can judge

They don't, they don't know

They don't know

Foot on the Devil's neck 'til it drifted Pangaea

I'm moving all my family from Chatham to Zambia

Treat the demons just like Pam

I mean I fuck with your friends, but damn, Gina

I been this way since Arthur was anteater

Now they wanna hit me with the woo wap, the bam

Tryna snap photos of familia

My daughter look just like Sia, you can't see her

You can feel the lyrics, the spirit coming in braille

Tubman of the underground, come and follow the trail

I made Sunday Candy, I'm never going to hell

I met Kanye West, I'm never going to fail

He said let's do a good ass job with Chance three

I hear you gotta sell it to snatch the Grammy

Let's make it so free and the bars so hard

That there ain't one gosh darn part you can't tweet

This is my part, nobody else speak

This is my part, nobody else speak

This little light of mine

Glory be to God, yeah

I'ma make sure that they go where they can't go

If they don't wanna ride I'ma still give them raincoats

Know what God said when he made the first rainbow

Just throw this at the end if I'm too late for the intro

Ugh, I'm just having fun with it

You know that a nigga was lost

I laugh in my head

Cause I bet that my ex looking back like a pillar of salt

Ugh, cause they'll flip the script on your ass like Wesley and Spike

You cannot mess with the light

Look at lil Chano from 79th

We on an ultralight beam

We on an ultralight beam

This is a God dream

This is a God dream

This is everything

Everything

I'm tryna keep my faith

But I'm looking for more

Somewhere I can feel safe

And end my holy war

Father, this prayer is for everyone that feels they're not good enough

This prayer's for everybody that feels like they're too messed up

For everyone that feels they've said "I'm sorry" too many times

You can never go too far when you can't come back home again

That's why I need

Faith, more, safe, war

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
faith /feɪθ/ B1	noun - complete trust or confidence in someone or something
beam /biːm/ B2	noun - a ray or shaft of light
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
serenity /səˈrenəti/ C1	noun - the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled
peace /piːs/ A2	noun - freedom from disturbance; tranquility
loving /ˈlʌvɪŋ/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing love or great care
oppression /əˈpreʃn/ C1	noun - prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
blessing /ˈblesɪŋ/ B1	noun - God's favor and protection
persecute /ˈpɜːrsɪkjuːt/ C1	verb - subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment
weak /wiːk/ A2	adjective - lacking physical strength or energy
strong /strɔːŋ/ A2	adjective - having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks
strength /streŋkθ/ B1	noun - the quality or state of being physically strong
fight /faɪt/ A2	verb - take part in a violent struggle
shield /ʃiːld/ B2	verb - protect from a dangerous, unpleasant, or painful experience
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B1	noun - the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character
fail /feɪl/ A2	verb - be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal
safe /seɪf/ A2	adjective - protected from or not exposed to danger or risk