now i lay

i'd like to welcome everybody

to the padded room

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

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

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

now i lay me down to sleep

i pray the lord my soul to keep

if i should die before i wake

i pray the lord my soul to take

now i lay me down to sleep

i pray the lord my soul to keep

if i should die before i wake

i pray the lord my soul to take

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

just know i got a loved one near me

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

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

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