Now I Lay

[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