Now I Lay — Joe Budden

I'd like to welcome everybody, to the Padded Room

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

Chorus: Joe Budden

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

Joe Budden

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

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Joe Budden

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

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Outro: Joe Budden

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