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Down with the shame |
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Down with the shame |
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Used to walk traps in the rain with ******* |
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Used to write raps in the traps as I sat in the rain and I prayed that God give me a lane |
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Give me a lane |
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Give me the fame |
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Give me the fame and I promise to change |
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Won’t be the same |
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Won’t be the same kind of man that puts ******* in this lady’s hand |
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Heard she was pregnant, I’m guilty I reckon cause I hear that good *******t can hurt baby’s brain |
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Heard he was normal 'til three and then he stopped talkin' |
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Since then, ain’t nothin been the same |
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Seen her some years later out in decatur told her that I’m sorry for causin' her pain |
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Causin' me pain? |
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Causin' me pain? |
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She asked again and she grabbed my right hand |
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Asked am I crazy, said look here, baby, I release you from all of your sins and your shame |
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Cause I’ve been redeemed |
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I found in Christ |
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Whatever it take I hope you find it, Mike |
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The look on her face shown that glory replaced all the shame and the hate and that she wears a crown |
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My late grandma Bettie had prayed with her heavy and told her to tell me lay my burdens down |
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<Hook> |
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Can't pick up no crown, holding |
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What's holding you down |
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Can't pick up no crown, holding |
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What's holding you down |
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Can't pick up no crown, can't pick up no crown |
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<Verse 2: El-P> |
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(Down with the shame |
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Down with the shame) |
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Carried the flag in some other men's name |
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Loaded my weapon and swore to them vengeance and stepped with aggression right into the fray |
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Into the haze |
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Into the murk |
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Told me to prove to them what I was worth |
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We’ll teach you to move without mercy and give you the tools to go after the causers of hurt |
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You'll become death |
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You will take breath |
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This is for everything you’ve ever loved |
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Use all the pain that you’ve felt in your life as the currency go out and trade it for blood |
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You are not you |
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You are now us |
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We are the only ones that you can trust |
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You’ll become fear |
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They’ll become dust |
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Before this moment you didn't mean much |
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You are the smoldering vessel of punishment born to do nothing but justify us |
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Give us your empathy we’ll give you lust |
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Let yourself go my son time to grow up |
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Give up your childish obsession with questioning |
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Anything we don't tell you is irrelevant |
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Everything you've ever been is replaced by the metal and fire of the weapon you clutch |
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<Hook> |
| [02:45.27] |
Can't pick up no crown, holding |
| [02:46.75] |
What's holding you down |
| [02:49.20] |
Can't pick up no crown, holding |
| [02:51.02] |
What's holding you down |
| [02:52.75] |
Can't pick up no crown, can't pick up no crown |
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Can't pick up no crown, holding |
| [03:04.33] |
What's holding you down |
| [03:06.21] |
Can't pick up no crown, holding |
| [03:08.09] |
What's holding you down |
| [03:10.74] |
Can't pick up no crown, can't pick up no crown |
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Can't pick up no crown, holding |
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What's holding you down |
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Can't pick up no crown, holding |
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What's holding you down |
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Down down down down down |
