@ @ 'Pump it up, you came to get it krunk* A dame and shit 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 Fuck 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 nigga 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 nigga 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 nigga 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 nigga can't control* And I turned a def ear* To any nigga 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 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 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)