Now I Lay - Joe Budden
'Pump it up you came to get it krunk*
A dame and sh*t and drunk you came to get it onnnnnn'*
That's when it all got started (I mean)
Back then I wasn't so cold hearted
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 endanger myself*
Maybe it was just to entertain myself
I don't need help I could change myself
F**k ya'll I ain't gotta explain myself
Death's around the corner I could hear his footsteps
Does he think that I'm the only ni**a in the hood left
So tell any listener of mine
For twenty eight years been a prisoner of the mind
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)
Welcome everybody into the brain of a self proclaimed sinner
Even when he can't win that ni**a won't surrender
Bulls 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 damn it 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 a eye get teary
A ni**a good finally I'm somewhere care free
Past is frightening but the futures 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*
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
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
They tell me that eyes is the window to a mans soul
So what you happen to see a ni**a can't control*
And I turned a def ear*
To any ni**a anybody that'll get my head clear
Why shake the dice if you never gon roll
I told em that the straight-jacket can't hold em
I ain't phsycho don't belittle me now
It's just a title cause they couldn't figure me out*
If you give a damn when sh*t hits the fan
Please know anything I ever did a ni**a 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 knee's
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 (Follow Me)
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 (Follow Me)
[00:00.00]Now I Lay - Joe Budden
[00:06.07]'Pump it up you came to get it krunk*
[00:11.94]A dame and sh*t and drunk you came to get it onnnnnn'*
[00:18.37]That's when it all got started (I mean)
[00:19.31]Back then I wasn't so cold hearted
[00:20.43]With every stanza came an extravaganza
[00:20.62]For every question he got one less answer
[00:21.55]I was tryin' to be more than cool
[00:24.11]Nah it was before that maybe boarding school
[00:26.30]That was back when I would want endanger myself*
[00:28.04]Maybe it was just to entertain myself
[00:29.67]I don't need help I could change myself
[00:31.67]F**k ya'll I ain't gotta explain myself
[00:33.72]Death's around the corner I could hear his footsteps
[00:37.65]Does he think that I'm the only ni**a in the hood left
[00:40.58]So tell any listener of mine
[00:41.96]For twenty eight years been a prisoner of the mind
[00:44.09]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I)
[00:46.45]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I)
[00:48.58]If I should die before I wake (Then I)
[00:50.75]I pray the Lord my soul to take (I mean)
[00:53.06]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I)
[00:55.62]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I)
[00:57.62]If I should die before I wake (Then I)
[00:59.55]I pray the Lord my soul to take (I mean)
[01:01.86]Welcome everybody into the brain of a self proclaimed sinner
[01:04.42]Even when he can't win that ni**a won't surrender
[01:06.86]Bulls fault put the wheels in motion
[01:07.85]I felt every emotion except devotion
[01:08.98]Message in a bottle in the bottom of the ocean
[01:11.66]But I can't swim damn it I can't win
[01:13.66]So I don't care how you rate me
[01:16.65]It'd take a long time to evaluate me
[01:18.58]So if this be the last time you hear me
[01:21.09]Just know I got a loved one near me
[01:23.33]Please don't cry let a eye get teary
[01:25.20]A ni**a good finally I'm somewhere care free
[01:27.57]Past is frightening but the futures scary
[01:29.14]And I'm gettin' to the point that I fear me
[01:32.00]In a class all alone don't compare me
[01:34.06]But I'll blame God this is where he steered me*
[01:36.56]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I)
[01:38.93]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I)
[01:41.12]If I should die before I wake (Then I)
[01:43.24]I pray the Lord my soul to take
[01:45.17]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I)
[01:47.23]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I)
[01:49.47]If I should die before I wake (Then I)
[01:51.53]I pray the Lord my soul to take
[01:52.97]They tell me that eyes is the window to a mans soul
[01:55.84]So what you happen to see a ni**a can't control*
[01:57.78]And I turned a def ear*
[01:59.83]To any ni**a anybody that'll get my head clear
[02:02.01]Why shake the dice if you never gon roll
[02:04.57]I told em that the straight-jacket can't hold em
[02:06.76]I ain't phsycho don't belittle me now
[02:08.50]It's just a title cause they couldn't figure me out*
[02:11.19]If you give a damn when sh*t hits the fan
[02:13.37]Please know anything I ever did a ni**a planned
[02:15.12]Tryin' to better high as ever*
[02:16.99]Since I learned how to lie to a lie detector
[02:19.24]Still I'm damaged
[02:20.30]They say if you stay in that boat long enough you'll see where the land is
[02:24.42]So I'm right where I need to be
[02:26.23]Please believe it believe it please let's get on our knee's
[02:28.54]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I)
[02:30.60]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I)
[02:32.72]If I should die before I wake (Then I)
[02:34.90]I pray the Lord my soul to take (Follow Me)
[02:37.15]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I)
[02:39.58]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I)
[02:41.89]If I should die before I wake (Then I)
[02:44.02]I pray the Lord my soul to take (Follow Me)