[00:05.00]@ @ [00:07.00] [00:08.52]'Pump it up, you came to get it krunk* [00:11.24]A dame and shit and drunk, you came to get it onnnnnn'* [00:13.71]That's when it all got started (I mean) [00:15.59]Back then I wasn't so cold hearted [00:17.63]With every stanza came an extravaganza [00:19.59]For every question he got one less answer [00:21.90]I was tryin' to be more than cool [00:24.17]Nah it was before that, maybe boarding school [00:26.16]That was back when I would want endanger myself* [00:28.21]Maybe it was just to entertain myself [00:30.45]I don't need help, I could change myself [00:32.63]Fuck ya'll, I ain't gotta explain myself [00:34.86]Death's around the corner, I could hear his footsteps [00:37.15]Does he think that I'm the only nigga in the hood left [00:39.29]So tell any listener of mine [00:41.54]For twenty eight years been a prisoner of the mind [00:43.82]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I) [00:46.19]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I) [00:48.11]If I should die before I wake (Then I) [00:50.37]I pray the Lord my soul to take (I mean) [00:52.66]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I) [00:54.85]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I) [00:57.04]If I should die before I wake (Then I) [00:59.26]I pray the Lord my soul to take (I mean) [01:01.16]Welcome everybody into the brain of a self proclaimed sinner [01:03.24]Even when he can't win, that nigga won't surrender [01:05.73]Bulls fault, put the wheels in motion [01:07.79]I felt every emotion except devotion [01:09.85]Message in a bottle in the bottom of the ocean [01:11.97]But I can't swim, damn it I can't win [01:14.13]So I don't care how you rate me [01:16.57]It'd take a long time to evaluate me [01:18.47]So if, this be the last time you hear me [01:20.78]Just know I got a loved one near me [01:23.07]Please don't cry, let a eye get teary [01:25.13]A nigga good, finally I'm somewhere care free [01:27.24]Past is frightening but the futures scary [01:29.55]And I'm, gettin' to the point that I fear me [01:31.75]In a class all alone, don't compare me [01:33.94]But I'll, blame God this is where he steered me* [01:36.11]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I) [01:38.41]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I) [01:40.52]If I should die before I wake (Then I) [01:42.53]I pray the Lord my soul to take [01:44.93]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I) [01:47.08]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I) [01:49.13]If I should die before I wake (Then I) [01:50.96]I pray the Lord my soul to take [01:53.14]They tell me that eyes is the window to a mans soul [01:55.54]So what you happen to see a nigga can't control* [01:57.79]And I turned a def ear* [01:59.96]To any nigga anybody that'll get my head clear [02:02.28]Why shake the dice if you never gon roll [02:04.26]I told em, that the straight-jacket can't hold em [02:06.37]I ain't phsycho, don't belittle me now [02:08.59]It's just a title cause they couldn't figure me out* [02:10.83]If you give a damn when shit hits the fan [02:12.96]Please know anything I ever did a nigga planned [02:15.23]Tryin' to better, high as ever* [02:17.42]Since I learned how to lie to a lie detector [02:19.27]Still I'm damaged [02:20.17]They say if you stay in that boat long enough you'll see where the land is [02:24.06]So I'm right where I need to be [02:26.08]Please believe it believe it please, let's get on our knee's [02:28.48]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I) [02:30.57]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I) [02:32.74]If I should die before I wake (Then I) [02:34.63]I pray the Lord my soul to take (Follow Me) [02:37.13]Now I Lay me down to sleep (And I) [02:39.20]I pray the Lord my soul to keep (If I) [02:41.39]If I should die before I wake (Then I) [02:43.64]I pray the Lord my soul to take (Follow Me) [02:46.50]