Now I Lay - Joe Budden

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