Now I Lay

Lyrics

[Intro] I'd like to welcome everybody To the Padded Room [Verse 1] "Pump it up, you came to get it crunk A dame and shit and drunk, you came to get it on" That's when it all got started (I mean) Back then, I wasn't so cold-hearted (Come on) With every stanza came an extravaganza For every question, he got one less answer I was tryin' to be more than cool Nah, it was before that, maybe boarding school That was back when I would want to endanger 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 Death's around the corner, I could hear his footsteps Does he think that I'm the only nigga in the hood left? So tell any listener of mine For twenty-eight years been a prisoner of the mind [Refrain] 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 I 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, then I I pray the Lord my soul to take, I mean [Verse 2] Welcome everybody into the brain of a self-proclaimed sinner Even when he can't win, that nigga won't surrender Boones Farm 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, dammit, I can't win So I don't care how you rate me It'd take a long time to evaluate me So if this be the last time you hear me Just know I got a loved one near me Please don't cry, let an eye get teary A nigga good, finally I'm somewhere carefree Past is frightening, 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'll blame God, this is where he steered me [Refrain] 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 I 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, then I I pray the Lord my soul to take, I mean [Verse 3] They tell me that eyes is the window to a man's soul So what you happen to see a nigga can't control And I turned a def ear To anything an anybody that'll get my head clear Why shake the dice if you never gon roll em I told em, that the straitjacket can't hold em 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 Since I learned how to lie to a lie detector, still I'm damaged They say if you stay in that boat long enough, you'll 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 [Refrain] 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 I 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, then I I pray the Lord my soul to take, I mean