Now I Lay

Uh, pump it up, you came to get it crunk
A dame to get her drunk, you came to get it on That’s when it all got started (I mean)
Back then I wasn’t so cold-hearted (c'mon)
With every stanza came an extravaganza
For every question he got one less answer
I was tryin to be more than cool
Now it was before that, maybe boardin school
That was back when I would wanna danger myself
Maybe it was just to entertain myself
I don’t need help, I could change myself
Fuck y’all, I ain’t gotta explain myself
Just around the corner, I can hear footsteps
Then we can get on the only nigga in the hood left
So child that ain’t listenin ain’t mine
For 28 years been a prisoner of the mind am I Now I lay me down to sleep
(And I) I pray the Lord my soul to keep
(If I) If I should die before I wake
(Then what?) I pray the Lord my soul to take
(I mean) Now I lay me down to sleep
(And I) I pray the Lord my soul to keep
(If I) If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
Look, welcome everybody into greater of self but claim center
Even when he can win that nigga won’t surrender
Bull’s fault, put the wheels in motion
I felt every emotion except devotion
Message in a bottle in the bottom of the ocean
But I can’t swim, damnit I can’t win, uh So I don’t care how you rate me It’ll take a long time to evaluate me So if, this be the last time you hear me (nigga)
Just know I got a loved one near me (nigga)
Please don’t cry, let her eye get teary
A nigga good, finally I’m somewhere care-free
Past is frightenin but the future’s scary
And I’m, gettin to the point that I fear me In a class all alone, don’t compare me But I, blame God, this is where He steered me I mean
Look, they tell me the eyes is the windows to a man’s SOUL
What you happen to see a nigga can’t con-TROL
… And I’ve turned a deaf ear
to any nigga, anybody that’ll get my head clear
Why shake the dice if you never gon’roll 'em?
I told 'em that the straight jacket can’t hold him
I ain’t psycho, don’t belittle me now
It’s just a title cause they couldn’t figure me out
If you give a damn when shit hits the fan
Please know anything I ever did a nigga planned
Tryin to better, high as ever
As I learn how to lie to a lie detector
Still I’m damaged
Say if you stay in that boat long enough you see where the land is So I’m right where I need to be Please believe it, believe it please
Let’s get on our knees
One mo''gin, c’mon…
Follow me, let’s go OHHHH!
One mo''gin, OHHHH!
Mic check one-two one-two
Can anybody hear me?
Soul to keep, if I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to — uh Follow me c’mon, uhh, yeah