SHED TEARS

[Intro] If you weren't so eager to please the white man and send the grading curve up, there'd be three times as many of us here now What kind of Tom are you, anyway? Same as you, I guess Except that I don't try to have it both ways Are you calling me a 'Tom', man? Well, none of us were picked for our militancy now, were we? Now why don't you go away and leave me alone? Why don't you join the team, man? Team? Man, I'm not playing any games Come here now, come This fool is crazy, man [Verse 1: Killer Mike] Ayy, brother, brother And any men born to mothers Just know that your days are numbered And life might be filled with troubles Your troubles may come in doubles In form of your former lovers They use your kids for revenge 'Cause you dug her, but never loved her Never loved her, but drug her Drug her and made her suffer Left her a single mother No malice since I was younger Barely filled with that hunger Barely could help my mama How could I be a father? Daily, keep gettin' harder Have mercy Every week, somethin' hittin' me adversely I remember dropping my babies off at the church nursery I remember sittin' hurt all alone in the church service Asking God to reveal me a plan and a higher purpose Was a boy, now I'm grown Immaturity gone Lying, scheming, and dreaming in queue is gettin' your own Ask anybody that know me, I suffered slowly for years And now I'm like Kobe, grippin' that trophy closely and I shed tears [Chorus: Jason McGee & The Choir, Lena Byrd Miles] Rest, rest I'm right here waiting to give you rest for your soul Oh, rest for your soul When your soul needs peace, come unto me, I'll give you rest Come unto me, I'll give you rest Rest, rest Today is the day you find rest Rest for your soul Trust in me, I will give you rest Rest, rest Rest for your soul [Verse 2: Mozzy] Yeah, ayy Love nothing, we ain't just come from it, we cut from it Troubled youngin, unload firearms, ain't think nothing of it Product of my environment, I am nothing but it We prepare ourself for the penitentiary, it come with thuggin' Ayy, mama told me it get lonely in that cell But she ain't tell me it'll break you, sis, I thank you for your mail Poppin' pills 'til I can't feel, somebody save me from myself Giveaways is bool and all, let's do some **** that'll really help 'Member granny grabbed the belt and went berserk about us smokin' Get teary-eyed about them moments, they was golden Yeah, rainy days approaching, we was sheltered, do they help her? Wish I could hit your cellular, without you here, I'm helpless [Chorus: Jason McGee & The Choir, Lena Byrd Miles] Rest, rest I'll give you rest, rest for, rest for Oh, rest for your soul I'm standin' here waitin' Come unto me, I'll give you rest Rest, rest Don't be afraid to rest Rest for your soul [Verse 3: Killer Mike] I shed tears every morning in the bathroom mirror Face to face with fate, had to face my fears It was me, I'm the reason that I fell That was hell, locked in self-guilt like jail Lord, I cried, almost died, empty inside The devil whispers in your ear, you contemplate suicide I tell you I know, promise, honest, been there before And it's pride before the fall, it's how it usually go Lookin' at me, I was struttin', proud as can be Couldn't tell me nothin', I was hushin' people, keepin' it G I heard my ancestors' voices, now they speakin' through me Sometime my faith get fully shaken, I get weak as can be Pray and repent, gather my strength, fast like it's Lent The devil sent the storm to break me, but I didn't bow or bend Won't buy a bin, I'll suffer, then will do it again Made it to the mountaintop straight from the valley of sin [Chorus: Jason McGee & The Choir, Killer Mike, & Lena Byrd Miles] Rest, rest I've learned to live with some pain When you're feeling tired I guess it come with the game Oh, rest for your soul When you're feeling broken For those who suffered for years When you're feeling burdened Th-th-that's why I shed tears Come unto me, I'll give you rest I will give you rest I've learned to live with some pain Rest, come unto me Rest, rest I guess it come with the game I'll give you Rest for your soul For those who suffered for years I'm your refuge, any day you can find me Th-th-that's why I shed tears Come unto me, I'll give you rest Rest, rest Oh, rest Rest for your soul For your soul, for your soul Come unto me, I'll give you rest Rest, rest Ooh Rest for your soul I'll give you rest, rest for your soul