Padded Room

Joe Budden Padded Room Lyrics
1.Now I Lay

'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)


2.The Future (Ft. The Game)

Everything got a future.(everything got a future)
How you gon' club or go hood to go back club on the same song
Yes I am a bad guy, I can see you like it
You can be the headline, if I can be your sidekick
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureee)
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureeeee)
Baby girl is addicted (it's okayy!)
OD, you can have any dude in this world but chose me
You can have any chick in this world but chose her
To play that back seat and direct a chauffer (uhhh!)
And that ain't just jazz ain't that with okir
I can play publicist and give an exposure
(I mean a) Keep in the lastest
(I mean a) Damn they waste less
Body like a porn star
Smile like a waitress
Now she turning me uh uh on, uh uh on
Uh uh on, I mean why not club bed of my mansion
We can just club in the bed of my mansion
Leave for the weekend, jet to the hamptons
Tats on her torso, I love how she ganglion
A shoe game, show off just frontin'
But baby don't blink cause you badly miss something' (C'monnn!)
Yes I am a bad guy, I can see you like it
You can be the headline, if I can be your sidekick
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureee)
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureeeee)
She wanna roll with a rockstar
Fuck I'm him
Coupe 1 air
7-5, 8 cent
California slim
501 blue
Jeans on trim
New York messed the rim
Lower than Manhattan
Lower than my pants saggin
Lower than my baby mama leanin in that Benz wagon
And you can be heard
Jerry bird slip ons
LV clip ons
Haters get shit on!
We roll up
24's so what
Haters all swell up
Haters want my ching, ke ke
Hold upI'm not that & that
I'm that & that
So jump off, it's jump off (uhhhh!)
Once enemies,
my nemesis & I
Was stuck in a genesis
free world of side reply
Let bygones be bygones
I'm Gone
let all your pain
Be champagne & patron!
Yes I am a bad guy, I can see you like it
You can be the headline, if I can be your sidekick
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureee)
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureeeee)
Look she stay back
My baby grown on
Little bit of cologne
Little bit of patron
That's how I got her home
(I mean a) now you say we spent mad hours on the phone
Like we both ain't grown
Wrist kind of heavy, I'm a lil well known
Matching crosses, different color stones see
In one line, I got her to come over
Tell her I'm done sober
But huuungggg over
She play the club sippin on ma mocha
I can fit ya whole crew in one rover
Just take your shoes off before you step in
(I mean) the cribs mine and I'm living like the Jetson's
Well let's let OT cop the runaway
Step off the runway like we on the runway
Have ya girlfriends thinking you a runaway
Never mind, I already know what you gonna say..
Yes I am a bad guy, I can see you like it
You can be the headline, if I can be your sidekick
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureee)
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureeeee)
Yes I am a bad guy, I can see you like it
You can be the headline, if I can be your sidekick
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureee)
Baby this can be the future (ture ture tureeeee)


3.If I Gotta Go

If i gotta go
can anybody tell me where
and if i gotta go
does anybody even care
lo look look
we gon party like its one nine nine nine
somethin triggers makin my mind design crime
when at times my minds fine inclinded to find dimes
resigned from primetime
i need my stars to align when signs say they benigne
tell whoever cares if a stray happens to hit me
i need to take all the money i made with me
if im heaven bound i'll put a hole in every turncoat
if hell bound im poppin shit thru the inferno
my jargon is im an arsonist
since 11 when i found out what arson is
look at me fully styled in that foreign whip
i get a high from it love that johnny carson shit
i got facsination for the aggrvation
shoot em or ????? I love the fabrication
waitin on a antedote but i lack the patience
on the second thought got my own vaccination
if i gotta go
can anybody tell me where
and if i gotta go
does anybody even care

problem is im smarter than everybody
but too numb to show it they too dumb to know it
eventually my a's turned into d's
eventually my o's made it's way to e
im tense im not at ease
theres niggaz with degrees
that aint never made it hot nor turned up the degrees
theres niggaz with credentials accolates paperwork
but couldnt figure out how to make they paper work
me i fight to stay alive everyday is work
especially when they say theres six million ways to murk
i wish the world was more like me
more likely to see thru the eyes that i see
or be tired like i be
lets hide our id's
theres holes in my arms
untied this iv
at times wish the world would comprehend like i do
know it sound like i dont wanna mend but i'd like to
if i gotta go
can anybody tell me where
and if i gotta go
does anybody even care
i wonder whats behind the clouds
flew all over the world still i couldnt find out
maybe im normal and everybody else isnt
apron on over the stove in hells kitchen
nails bitten failed livin
another derailed mission for a nigga jail smitten
enough to get the pound
if i dont like the shit around me
maybe i should change the shit that im around
how that sound


4.Don't Make Me

Top down with the fresh cut
With A. Baker (Anita Baker) through the speakers, 'Best Of'
A crisp white tee, I'm still feelin' dressed up
Everythin' else healthy, don't get me messed up
A good pair of shades on, you gon always see me in disguise
Not for style, I don't want you to seein' my eyes
But for now, tell God hurry my plans
Cause I just had to bury my man
Us two was on some brother shit
But if I learned anythin',
if you take life for granted it'll grant you some other shit
I know I can't be the only one troubled with
I talk 'bout hard shit like I discovered it
Thought I had enough of it, still won't cut a wrist
I just wrote the book, he published it
Simply read holdin' back the years
Cause when I strayed,
it looked like he holdin' back some tears, he sayin'

Sometimes I feel like it's a ghost behind me
Nudge in my back, got the toast behind me
Clockin' my every move, takin' notes behind me
Crowd laughin', there must be a 'Roast' behind me
But the boy won't bend
Though the road to the riches is startin' to look like it don't
end
I'm on 9-5 speedin', truly love it
No idea where I'm goin', that's the beauty of it
But still I'm here waitin' on a sign
Or a F.Y.I. to be notified, cause (WHY)
Do it matter what he got it store for niggas if they too broke
to buy
I know I want heart, my back carryin' some tons ya'll
From the devil's bedroom on to his front yard
Pop up in the backseat and keys the chauffeur
Let em know before I hop out with him on my shoulder, I said

Wouldn't be smart to tangle wit ya guardian angel
Not when they got a strangle from every angle, head to ankles
Get mangled, so I don't got shit
My eyes everywhere, on my Stuart Scott shit
Tryin' to be fly every second that the clock tick
But there's a suicide bomber in the cockpit
See my intent is to be content
But that's contingent off fly hoe's usin' ??
Since mama concieved me
Me and dude been stuck in a melee
He's tellin' me I gotta ball like Beasely
But I could give a fuck how a nigga percieves me
So until God retrieves me
I'm followin' behind the nigga that misleads me
If need be, bounce from where he tryin' to keep me
But everytime I try he tells me that he needs me


5.Blood On The Wall

how many niggaz fell victim to the streets
rest in peace lil nigga this is heaven for a g
i'd be a liar if i told you i that never thought of death
my nigga we the last ones left
how many niggaz fell victim to the streets
rest in peace young nigga this is heaven for a..
i'd be a liar if i told you i that never thought of death
my nigga we the last ones left
but life goes on
and i aint gonna stop til a nigga see blood on the wall
maybe it started with the rims on the whip
i lost a hummer pushed the benz thru the strip
i'll swim with the fish before i lend niggaz shit
cuz personally they aint worth the phlegm that i spit
thats why sometimes i think the ends coming quick
my old ass father shot twins out his dick
so if they so happen to come up without an older brother
wont be alone cuz comin up at least they'll have each other
at least they'll have one another cuz lifes a motherfucker
but while im here my only job is not to see em suffer
thru dopeboys shootouts stickups and undercovers
the world is full of suckers but dont worry im your buffer
buffer like i shoulda been for bj
but he never listened to nuthin we say
it was half past 12 midnight on a weekday
not even 20 hours past his release date
this nigga hit him up four times
one hit the heart and that hit my heart
called his pops niggaz pick the phone up
so he come find his son lying in his own blood
on that block that we ran thru
house we grew up in corner we would post on
shot dead in front of niggaz we would be with
so how the fuck nobody see shit
and so im there to be a brother to his brother lucky
cuz in the belly of the beast i know this shit get ugly
get on my knees and have a convo with the lord above me
maybe sometimes i hear it wrong and think he's sayin fuck me
only he can judge me careless what they think about me
cuz honestly i'd be aight if noone ever loved me
i write i only fear joe in blood smeared slow on my brain by my
earlobe
and i aint gonna stop til a nigga see blood on the wall
all i tried do is raised the bar
see my weeks is scabbed up days are scarred
still i love to see a motherfucker hate from far
more they talk bout me the more i pray for yall
i mean i dont get how prodigy gon acknowledge me
when the nigga bout as big as an apostrophe
for him to possibly think that he as hot as me
its far from a prophecy more like a mockery
used to be hiphop to me 'fore you bombarded me
with everything ass like sodimy its gotta be
drugs four fifths and snubs whats that about
nigga you cant lift the guns that you rappin bout
real talk i cant front on your old shit
now you just old as shit, now old and sick
instead of holdin my dick heres a better way
nevermind me worry bout your medicade
shits so unfair nigga beefs carried your ass your whole career
wanna blog? heres a reason
how the fucks murda muzik
anybody ever dissed this nigga is still breathin
jayz saigon nas already peeled him
tupac he aint alive but you aint kill him
50 signs the bum only cuz where he was from
put his stamp on a nigga and still nobody feels him
not a murderer or gangsta robber
washed up 90's nigga now a gangsta blogger
me that underground flow strike like the pound blow
your sounds old, not even worth a download
i would have niggaz hunt you like a hounds nose
problem is you pussy the whole town knows
so why let the body count grow
for some fiended out nigga now starring in the clown show


6.In My Sleep

Baby girl told me in my sleep I was talkin
So it's only natural I asked her 'what I said?'
She said she woke up when she heard
But she was so damn tired she couldn't make out a word
She said she was trying to see if eventually
if I would scream the name of a bird
I told her 'that's absurd'
And then gave her the face like 'word?!'
And then she replied 'yeah'
Said 'it was quite weird', said she was type scared
I said 'that's the side effect
that you get when you trade bad dreams for some great
nightmares'
When I close my eyes, I escape the poltergeist
My escape from reality just what I needed
Brings me to a place where shorty never cheated
And even if she tried and succeeded
In this other world I wouldn't even get heated
Fuck the details, I don't care about why
I'm chillin with my grandmother, she aint die
I was browsing online and seen Mike on that banner
And said 'you can be like me and beat cancer'
Anything I touched I feel
Know its fiction but it seems so real
Was leaving out the casino with a nympho
Yes Ray it can be so simple
Here's how I avoid problem with my kin folk
Learn how to build me a house with no win
dows.. and that's when I think I saw a ribbon in the sky
but it wasn't from an in
tro... cuz where I'm at there's no rumors or gossip
but still got love for Miss In
fo... she said in my sleep I be laughing,
but shit seem funny to me
My ice cream was 200 degrees
If it dripped I'd get a hole in my dungarees
See my animinoty is my protection
And me and hip hop have no connection
Which got me to reflecting
Is that why the mirror don't show my reflection
When I close my eyes there's no dollar
So we can stretch that one as an excuse
Of why folks do the things they do
Or why people act so brand new?
I had wings on flying outta prison with a ratchet
Was only there cuz someone snitched
No ones poor but no ones rich
Just my way of creeping if life's a bitch
Took a walk on the ceiling just to get my mind right
That was yesterday... so in hindsight
Since I was able to haul off
I took it as God telling my I'll never fall off
Got rid of the name brands and the jewelry
Most people just use it as medicine
Like it takes them somewhere they ain't never been
But here you better off not better then
Stuck in the room with an elephant
Open the closet and dapped up my skeleton
Had a convo with a man with no ears
And all of a sudden everything became so clear
Have no fear
I just bought a first class trip to nowhere, everybody goes
there
But they don't stay the whole year,
Me I got 365 shows there
My girl said in my sleep I be walking, so I ask baby 'where I
go?'
She said I be walking slow,
She don't ever wanna get outta bed so she don't know
I went to see a man walking on water
Asked if he'd ever get things back in order
I been there two years over a quarter
But every time I open my eyes it's like torture
He said 'please I gave you a whole other world for you
to go do with as you please
Just so you appeased mixed with a couple of signs
bout real life while you make believe'
So I teleported outta there with a grin
Met a bum with a mansion that invited me in
Then we politiced about politics
He mentioned def jam but I ain't acknowledge it
I went to see a virgin with AIDS,
yea I thought about smashing that
Yea her ass was fat, so appealing
Tattoo on her inner thigh that said
'she was doin better then she was feeling'
I think I seen shorty before, maybe in the club or something
Maybe in VIP, but wasn't nobody there but me
And the club was all red, and she started playing with my head
And then I came
Then I asked shorty whats her name and it was weird
cuz she fucked around and disappeared
Like what a cruel joke
Cig lit but from it was no smoke
Flicked in the ashtray and seen Stack's face
Slashed to a school hallway on a half day
Was getting chased, couldn't tell by who
Then the hallway turned into a cliff
Screamin 'piff' before I was dead
Somehow I jumped my ass up out that bed
Then baby girl told me in my sleep I was screaming
So I said 'that's a lie'
She put her right hand in the sky
And said 'you was but I don't know why'
Gotta go, goodbye..


7.Exxxes

You look familiar
I swear seen you some where before are you sure
Are you sure we never meet
Naw I'm not using it for some cheap pick up line
I really think you look familiar
Look she be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my
She don't gotta a name
So for now lets call her Ashley
Had her gym close on
Seen her when she pass me
Met her up in Exxon
Body was the nicest
Cursing up a storm
She complaining bout the prices
She just left Toronto for Jerz brough a condo
Know everything about her though we never had a convo
Pops wasn't around much
Her mother raised her
Got so much in common that
I don't like to face her
Her parents are dope heads
She dropped out of school to
Got the same tat's at me and I find that unusual
That I smoke cigs stay they're bad for my own health
Said I'll never love me cause I don't love my own self
Gave me the ass the first night and I gladly tossed it
The best part was I didn't even have to ask for it
Her period don't ever come
And when I dick her down she always run
She be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my
She like to scream so the neighbor's might hear her
For some reason like get in front of the mirror
Let me make it clearer
She be making strange request
And I'm not talking bout just pulling on her hair oooooonn
She be saying choke me like I lost all respect
And every time I do marks show up on my neck
She say punch
her smack her
Like I'm an attacker
I say you a fool
I say just do what I asked ya
I be going slow until she tell me do it faster
Every time I'm out with her these nigga just harass her
I don't understand it
She so unattractive
Shorty looking terrible
Plus she come with baggage
I tap it
Though she below my average it deceives me
She be talking marriage saying she'll never leave me
I say I'm gonna bounce
But I say I don't believe me
She fucks me every time she sees me
She be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my
I be wanting ta
Strangle her
Throw her off the balcony
Dangle her
Mangle her
How long have I carried this anger for
How come when we argue
We have to get physical
We crucial conflict
She ends up in critical
Habitual
Happens daily
It's our ritual
But show your face bitch stop being invisible
Is it just my mental
Is she just a symbol
There for me to look at everything that I resemble
Sometimes during sex I blurt another name
Do that mean I look at me and be ashamed
I'm cheating on me
With a hottie
with a body
Who so happen to embody
Everything I so happen to not be
I be tryna leave her
But then I get lenient
And since I'm in this room alone
She become convenient
Then we lie together
Cry together
I swear I hope we die together
She be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my
I finally grew the balls to tell shorty we should separate
Save your breathe nothing you can do to make me hesitate
There no room for me and you to grow
Don't love me then leave me alone do both
Then she apologize for anything that she did
Said with out me she can't think of no reason to live
Said she'll miss getting piped down
The she picked up a shank
I to tell the crazy bitch to put the knife down
Crying
I shadow on her face
Filthy
Feel me if you kill you
It's gonna kill me
Really
She said you neglect me
I said we the same
So whatever you do it's gone affect me
You know I can't let it be
So if we have to stay together just to co-exist then so it is
She said I loved you then hugged me
Took her pants off and proceeded to fuck me
She be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my name
Screaming real loud I would think she's pain
Nigga's tried to tell me her head was insane
Everything she do it takes a toll on my brain
It seems a little strange but she be calling my


8.I Couldn't Help It

We had a beautiful relationship at one point
But then, that shit changed with the quickness
Maybe cause I was fuckin' other bitches
Or maybe we had no busniess havin' busniess
Not the girl that I would want to raise kids with
But still that shit happened regardless
I was so young, back then so heartless
And the shit I was thinkin' could of caught me some charges
Listen, I tried to talk to her normally
That shit didn't work for one second, she was on to me
I tried to explain, how I ain't have a dollar to my name
Pursuin' this rap shit, chasin' fame
Young dude stressed in the hood like Je-sus
I ain't ready for no child but she was
When you, piss poor get to havin' sick thoughts
While the chick probably sittin' there thinkin' bout marriage
I'm thinkin' abortion like a savage
On purpose accident to have a miscarriage
Her a mother of mine I couldn't end up seein'
Plus what type of mother would you end up bein'
You already a physco, I wouldn't let that pass
I ain't think lifetime bond, I thought fat ass
All them times you were pregnant and miserable
All them fights we had that got physical
Everytime I sent you packin', pissed at you
Like I ain't want to live wit you, yeah I kind of planned that
Ain't considerate, sounds just like me
Then you put someone out that looks just like me
I grabbed my little dude up, looked 'em in his eyes
And you can't understand right now I apologize
How could I not want you here, be that selfish
Fuck was on my mind at the time, my bad I Couldn't Help It

Now this is how you know we go through phases
Cause he done sold millions of records
Plus they done been together for ages
I don't really know how to say this
Me and old boy done shared a couple of stages
But he wasn't around when I saw her in Vegas
She said 'remember me?', I thought I should lie
I looked baby up and down and said 'should I?'
Maybe she my old broad, maybe she a singer
I looked down seen a chunky rock on her finger
She said I'm 'blanks' wife, how you been and what you doin'
here?
I should of asked her that same shit
Snoop had already told me that bitches ain't shit
And the industries so small, that's how the game is
When you famous, everybodys a bilingual plaintiff
And the defendant speaks one language
But we exchanged numbers like fuck it
All we gon talk about is music
Neither one of us will ever use it
But shorty she ain't hesitate to use it
Four A.M., where do I begin?
She's leavin' the club, I'm about to win
She's so aggressive like 'what room are you in?'
I ain't answer, she said meet her downstairs in ten
Now we totally disrespectin' his star
I'm with his bitch, and she in his car
She said hop in let's head to the strip bar
Bad ass friend with her, and then she kissed ma
And now I'm so confused
She starts tellin' me about how she's so abused
How he beats her ass, how he takes that figure
And I'm in my head thinkin' 'I don't blame that nigga'
We hit the club like everythin's wonderful
She touchin' me, I'm feelin uncomfortable
And then the DJ threw on somethin' slow
I'm grindin' on her friend, now she wantin' to go
Dude's wife started whisperin' in my ear
I'm startin' to see it clear, she don't care shorty's down with
whatever
She said let's go to your room all together
I'm sure the two of us'll make it worth your wild
Now your friend looks great and I really want to fuck her
But I can't be your side dude, can't be your lover
Caught on my old school shit just to thug her
We got to the room, told her I ain't have a rubber
I thought it worked at first
One looked disappointed and one looked hurt
But her trifelin' ass went and made shit worse
She reached down pulled a few of those out her purse
Got on her knees started playin' with the head
All her dudes lyrics started playin' in my head
Her friend I'm sayin', probably feelin' left out
I'm filled with guilt because all I can think bout was
He have her on TV with your kids
I got her on the TV in her ribs
Please God forgive, regret what I did
That ain't the lifestyle I want to live, just then I Couldn't
Help It


9.Adrenaline

L-look look look look look
I can't call it,
I always seem to take one step backward and five steps forward,
nothing to gain, its like everything mortgaged,
ya'll can love me or ya'll won't, go ahead talk shit,
cautious, report shit, live out of hell,
since all my dudes either alive or outta jail,
won't fold, won't curl, no wonder all this weights on my
shoulders,
i'm sitting on the bottom of the world,
they say, tears are words that your mouth can't speak,
rubber on every arm could fire but cant reach,
I say, streets learn you what the schools can't teach,
my job is to get a gospel that the church won't preach,
something like a rock star, keep the live band,
just sub my true religions for they're skin tight pants,
ass on my wife, no nice implants,
i mean no accessories, the crime's been an accessory,
it's a thinking man's world, shit is chess to me,
so let the king move mean time, let it be
(Chorus)
It's the Junk Yard Gang, Drew Hudson repping Jersey,
revers the psyche on life and do the mic dirty,
tired, hungry and thirsty, motherfuck fame,
matter of fact, when this verse ends forget my name,
it's the message, not the man,
the vision, not the plan,
no glits, no glam, just pure connection with the fans,
half your downloads get deleted with the spam,
these dudes keep it so real they come across fake,
straight boring, ignore these wack bastards,
approaching to forwards(?) as frauds(?) is ass backwards,
i just vividly spit it to pick it differently,
rip all the vodka, swig it then pissing on negativity,
the pen is mightier than the trigger,
strike em when I spit,
real catchy huh?, I don't even like that shit,
what I like, a rock flow that's lava, melotic
with a high dose of more(?) fire(?),
the fire and the rain, the fire in my veins is hot,
can't be stopped with fire brigades,
UUUHHHH!
no image, im livin every synonym twisted in this syllable spliff
six a them hits ill' leave u lifted
all heart and gut,
feeling the hunts adrenaline rush, come on,
the shits heating up,
(Chrous)
L-Look look
I wear a K as a weapon,
eye in through scope 'case my foes at the top of my stair way to
heaven,
and I, pop a big step, dressed in my fly shit,
ipod, headphones on bumping my shit,
i never cared, i was careless,
fear being afraid, OR maybe im afraid to be fearless,
OR fear being fearless but fearful,
so even in my carelessness, got to be careful,
I'm like, who's that looking threw my peephole?,
when did my alter-ego get a ego?,
he wants the rims chrome,
me im trying to push the pedal till my foot's on the ground like
a flintstone,
bluetooth, my girl on the horn bickering,
but even though when she scream, i hear it like whispering,
i been around noise all my life,
i've been poised baby all my life,
just let me live my life,
live yours, make your own highlight,
then, meet me at the top like a butterfly knife,
then, learn how to see without eyesight,
if, at first you don't succeed then try twice,
see I don't write it I will it, reel it, real shit,
paint a masterpeice then unveil it.
come i'm 'bout to reveal it,
destroy it, rebuild it,
conceal it, before another nigga steals it,
milk shit, not a pessimist, im a realist,
when you think you on, I go and hit the killswitch,
Drummer rockin, he's ill bitch,
if they sleep dont wake em just drill shit(?)
see i'm something they got to deal with,


10.Happy Holidays (Ft. Emanny)

Everyday's the same to me
Seven days in every week
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Just for the holiday
You can have your Christmas tree
Go get drunk on New Years Eve
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Cuz everyday's a Holiday
Cuz everyday's a holiday
Cuz everyday's a holiday
If they ain't tell me tomorrow was my birthday,
I would never know
Understand I'm kinda bad with dates
I don't need a party but a nigga need cake
I got too much on my plate to celebrate
Whole family unemployed so income now a void
Foot in everybody's bills so naturally im annoyed
It's like the year kinda flew by
And like a fool I, sat back and scrutinized
I'm high beaming on a dark road
All my goals now ashes on charcoal
I spark stoves, disregard cars
just cause my heart's cold, carrying cargo
No offense, I don't need a phone call or present
Honestly I don't want none of y'all present, look
I won't pretend like my everyday struggles gone away
see i'ma treat this like any normal day
Everyday's the same to me
Seven days in every week
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Just for the holiday
You can have your Christmas tree
Go get drunk on New Years Eve
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Cuz everyday's a Holiday
If they aint tell me tomorrow was Halloween,
i'd have never known
I never been the type to keep up with dates, so while
Everybody is puttin they mask on
Nigga I rock mine all year
Just to avoid stares
To come across as like nigga who cares, so to my peers
I could look like i'm really sincere
Yeah, everything's not what it appears
I fear being rare my costumes aware
I swear, I wont take it off like nair
Its weird, even when i take it off shits near
To some my outfit is sheer, so out of spite they jeer
Cuz they know I see 'em all as mere
Don't love yall enough to let u see me bare
Let you see how he's impaired
Nah, i'm not there
We tend to run from anything weird
At least on halloween y'all will stay right there.....
Everyday's the same to me
Seven days in every week
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Just for the holiday
You can have your Christmas tree
Go get drunk on New Years Eve
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Cuz everyday's a Holiday
If I didn't read it was Christmas, I'da never known
Maybe I'm wrong? I don't give a fuck about dates
So while everybody's unwrapping gifts,
im trying to capitalize off mine
Just to get some shine
Or to recline while im still in my prime
Too many times when the date came, I ain't have a dime
So I look at my friends with envy
Like for some reason them getting gifts would offend me
Like they home was perfect, mine felt empty
They say that it's the thought that counts, I had plenty
Like why on thanksgiving my family would never visit?
Even when they did it always seem so scripted
Like they was forced too
Like small talk would resolve the 364 days they aint call you
I should act like ya'll someone I'm close to
Holidays don't make me social!
Everyday's the same to me
Seven days in every week
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Just for the holiday
You can have your Christmas tree
Go get drunk on New Years Eve
Some look forward to it, but I don't change
Cuz everyday's a Holiday


11.Do Tell

Tell my mother I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt her
& Even when I did I never meant to take it further
Tell my father I love him, dot dot excetera
He used to give me advice like a plethora
I tried to find myself but I was your replica
I mean I only tried to be what you never was
Tell my older brother I'm bad at being a brother
I know I never told you just how highly I think of ya
Tell my grandmother she always been a friend to me
I would have visited more if I wasn't into me
Tell Trey I think his mother is an asshole
When you get older you might understand how that go's
Tell the hood I left, not for greed or wealth
I did it for my own sanity & keep my health
I tried to bring a few with me, hoping we could cash in
But all they said is that I aint do it in a timely fashion
Tell... music she saved me when shit was adverse
My first love I give my life so she can have hers
Tell my friends, each one, they taught me how to be one
I owe them part of everything I've become
Tell fame I aint want it, nah I'll keep it a hunnid
I try my best to go and get it but the nigga fronted
SO! I lie dormant, living through torment
Tell cops I've got warrents I don't warrent
Tell the therapist 'look I never thought I'd get here'
Somebody ask love why she aint wanna live here
So in it's place is a lot of pride
Anybody thinking they know me, I apologize
Grandpa is eighty plus still being strong
Tell the fake niggas 'keep on keeping on'
Faithfully tell anybody who hated me
Hastily, all it ever did was motivated me
They say I'm difficult, so to put it simply
Tell the world I never cared it was against me
Tell god to be there in case I fall
Tell fans I never gyped em I always gave them my all
Tell my girl she put me through it
But if I had to go through it with anybody I'm thankful it's her
Tell every member of my family
For too long I hid behind my own insanity & got me caught up
& then Somebody tell currency I chased him to the death
I thought I'd catch the nigga until I ran out of breath
Tell my bruises 'I'm fine, I'm good, I normally heal quick'
Tell the rain come down, I need to feeeeel it
I told a nigga give me a hand but he wouldn't
I kept telling myself I can't until I couldn't
If niggas wanna kill me tell em I already died
Tell anybody that will listen I tried
Til the water ran dry
Tell the water to get the fuck out my eyes
Tell the crust it tastes great but I much rather the pie
Ask success what I got to do to succeed
Then tell my twin brothers I look at em like my seeds
Ya'll will be the mouths I feed
If a nigga ever tell me how to rid myself of some of this greed
I tell them that I'm grown, really I aint finish growing
Look, tell failure I aint wanna get to know him
Tell the stick up kids to come and get me
Tell the stereotypes, look I tried them shits on...they didn't
fit me
Tell whoever I wronged I apologize
& Tell me though it's bumps in the road, still I gotta ride
They tell me I got a lot of pride
I tell them how the FUCK you gon' tell me what I got inside
Then they wanna lecture a nigga
Tell me life is what you make it
That when I tell them I beg to differ


12.Angel In My Life

Let's look behind the Swarovski crystals
Behind the .50 calibers and the pistols
Misused, pardoned self got to excuse, my issues
For me to have you a ritual
But, I ain't as crazy as I seem to be
It's just that nothin' is the way that is seem's to me
Im feelin' less then, druggin' him up with anti-depressents
In essence im threatenin my character asessment
Truth told, I figure a few hoe's
Mixed with some new clothes should cover my loop holes
If I'm misundersttod or mis-guided
Started when they passed the L' said 'just try it'
When I don't wanna get out of bed I just fight it
Sometimes I don't eat for days I just diet
Only live once so if I just like it
I aint even checkin' the price, I just buy shit
I'm thinkin that will just hide it
But all it takes is life to ignite shit
I'm thinkin' bout death wonderin' how I'm gonna go
I can't be insane for just wantin' to know
In my head I die often, I used to think of suicide often
Good suit on and a nice coffin
But, that ain't somethin' I would try myself
Still they lock me in this room all by myself
I need a... think I need a.....

They say my symptoms are aggressive
They titled me a compulsive obsessive slash manic depressive
They trying to tell I'm a con and I game niggas
That's one reason I dont even entertain niggas
Not important who they are I won't name niggas
They like to say I got a tendency to blame niggas
I keep fuckin' shit up but keep tryin'
If ya'll would just trust me I wouldn't just keep lyin'
If I had bread I wouldn't be in debt
Let me clarify get in Def
I feel like every time I been less
When ever I invest whenever I inset I feel I'm innept
I try to make them understand but they just won't incept
I tell them four million others I am the templed
There ain't no book that tells a story there ain't no index
We got some different type of cuts and no they ain't princess
All this indigest seemingly in less
How I take in stress when I always went best
Aching in my chest and yet it still won't break me
They say the room is padded for my own safety
But the cushion don't soften shit
They locked the door but still they let my thoughts in it
And no one can tell me why I'm here
I can't even see the sky from here
I guess my time is near


13.Pray For Me

I woke up without a heart beat
But, I remember we was just in the car deep
Was at a light, and got approached by a car thief
He pulled out but didn't ask for no car keys
A loud noise without a voice but i'm tryna scream out...shit is
not fair
I can't tell you where i'm at or how I got here
Surrounded by all white, maybe it's just cloudy
Escorted by two men who knew everything about me
Both of 'em so strong, kept sayin' hold on
Feel like my soul's gone...naked no clothes on
I know this can't be my fate, I scream wait
As they drop me in front of a gate
They left no trace...I can see my every breath
Like a cold day, stood in front a man with no face
He said to me 'please dont make this any harder'
Who the fuck is you? 'my child i'm your Father'
I only got one dad 'is that a fact to you?'
'He left you when you was young, I brought him back to you'
'You're real close to heaven, few get to step in'
'Now tell me what you've done to deserve to be let in'
Look i'm far from a Christian, not big on religion
But ain't done too much wrong my entire time livin'
Never killed, never tried to...though I been lied to
Was once suicidal, never read the Bible
I always been a caretaker, tried to nurse people
At times it back fired...hurt people, hurt people
Plus I never used your name in vain
But you should know everything I'm bein' asked explained
'I know you stole from your mother's purse'
You can't count that, that was way back when
'It's still a sin' ...but I was ten
'You robbed peoples' stores' Yeah, and YOU made me see jail
'But I also seen you lay your hands on a female'
'Sold drugs to parents, none of that was needed'
'Abandoned your child, on every girl you cheated'
'Done wrong to people that only want the best for you'
'Anytime you thought you were alone, I was next to you'
When it comes to baby moms...God you gave me the worst one
'But that was your second child Joe...you shouldn't have killed
the first one'
I ain't have a job...ain't have a pot to piss in
'Look I gave you a gift, and you made the wrong decision'
'Held on to resentments, even in doin' business'
'I lead by example, I teach forgiveness'
'Your entry...cannot be guaranteed'
'Not when you live with anger, envy, greed'
'Pride, sloth, lust even glutony'
'Everything you shouldn't if you would've joined my covenant'
Look i'm only human, I ain't perfect 'That I understand'
'When I take you out a jam, you don't even think to worship'
'And when you do...you never talk about what...
'...You can do for me, it's what I can do for you'
'I blessed you with health, family and wealth'
'But all the blessings you've received...you still always want
help'
Yeah there's been times in my life I needed help to make money
But why everything I love, you manage to take from me
Yet you stand there and question a nigga that tries hard
And finds a way when you keep dealin' him fucked up cards
You make mistakes like me, far as I can see
I think it's a mockery whenever rich niggas win the lottery
Gave us Bush twice, God I hate to be rude
But you let skinny niggas starve, give obese niggas food
The nerve of you tellin' me I dont deserve to stay here
When you gave us drugs and guns, you put AIDs here
Take a look at chu, your actions are cold hearted
The harsh shit is you bring babies in the world retarded
I know most my actions put me in a cell
Now how you mad at me when you put me in the Hell?
'See my child, you need gratitude, maybe just a sample'
'I never give a person anything he can't handle'
'Don't tell me 'bout everything you had to go through'
'There's reasons for my actions even if I never showed you'
'Kept tryin' wit chu, all you did was hurt me'
'Still gave you chances to prove that you was worthy'
'And so I sat wit chu on a train'
'I asked you for change, you kept callin' me names'
'Prolly didn't notice, I was a store clerk'
'You put the gun to me, get money for more work'
'My child, I know you have it in you to indeed stop'
'This is not your final calling, just a brief stop'
'Hope you heed my words and understand'
'So when I see you back, you should be a better man'
'Look at life different, the next time we see each other'
'There'll be no need to talk, whenever we meet each other'


14.Family Reunion (Bonus Remix)

Ain't nobody tryna rap or play me
I'll be at they crib wit a couple hammers and a black OAV
Black gon pay me still get the smack on Baisly
Cause I'm touchin more diesel than Shaq old lady boy
You did it I done it I get I punish
The shit that I come wit'll separate a rib from a stomach
I'm the boss when I spit it you love matta fact I'm a Viking
I need a whole village to plumage yea
The nigga is here the city is scared
You got the throne then I think I need to sit in ya chair
We could really get physical here and the sky's the limit nigga
I'll put the whole clique in the air baby
So quit playin fore the clip spray em
And have his ass M.I.A. like Nick Saban
His whole shit caved in my whole clique cave men
Hardbody nigga my whole shit pavement
You can't spit if you dead in the ground
In the woods where ya head'll be found
And its good that you getting it now in the prescient confessin
it now
I can't fuck wit the rest of you clowns faggot
I am the silence before the storm Lincoln Park to Audubon
Slang rock on the same block that the water on
I be more than gone run and get your order form
Next time I record a song gon put my daughter on
Cause she realla than most niggas I tote trigga
For you broke nigga and gold diggas wit no figga
That's why I palm the heater for all you non believers
I'm on ya ass like white on rice on Condoleezza
Betta con the preacher you tryna get on a feature
Betta get ya casket bastard I'm gon eat cha
We ain't in the same weight class ya fake ass
Couldn't stop a nigga wit brake pads I'm way pass
Anything that you ever did I'm betta kid
And we never sweat a bid it's easy to get a sig
In the bing I'm like Ving Rhames I bring pain
I sling cane off the wing like I'm King James
Yall doubtin who when I spit the whole lead
They be callin code read like Mountain Dew
Fore I count to 2 you can get cha back blown
Cause ya gimmicks out of minutes like a track phone
Get back holmes im back on my shit
I don't mangle I'm like Pringles stackin my chips
Clappin my fifth you the test me types
Comin out wit a blade and get Wesley Sniped
So the cops could arrest me right it's not happenin
You ain't never gon get on so stop rappin
H2O comin this summer so stop askin
All heat like wall street ya stock crashin
Now the fed wanna read his rights
Lord have mercy Jesus Christ I got passion
Im blackin all my niggas getting this fetti
We in the chevy and ready to pop tags in
So whatever you tryna do lil niggas I already done
And since you wanna live by it lil nigga then die by the gun
See whatever you tryna do lil niggas I already done
So how the fuck you gon win lil nigga when I already won
Ayo money is the root of evil I thought
But when I'm broke is when I usually have the evilest thoughts
That's when the arms come out like sleeves when it's short
Wit more bullets than ya favorite wide receiver has caught
And that Randy Mossberg ya Steve Smith and Wesson ya
The shoes pop up like instant messenger
You've got mail nah nigga you got shells
And my mac you can't use for iChat
A guy that confused that will lie flat
And my gat is on leg like thigh tap
I that nigga who you dudes
Some broke niggas who tryna get some youtube views
Unless you wanna point blank boy ya too close
Bails in pocket this is Lawyer Lou Los
I'm pretty sure more hotties see me in that 4 door roddie
Double pipes like a sawed off shotty
I flow sickly ridin bumpin old biggie
Roll wit me or lose wait Nicole Richie
Fuck plat if I don't reach diamond fame
Ill treat a nigga face like that old simon game
I figured out why men try us cause we o-d on rims and thin tires
For that we Len Bias
All it takes a punch he ain't brave he a punk
I'll put his family in boxes meet the Brady Bunch
How yall feel yall selves Shaquille yall selves
Us cowboys don't need you you Bill Parcell
And you ain't gotta empty ya pockets when the K's out
Whatever you holdin is mine you my Paypal
See I don't get how this guy is a treat
I'll make his life a net por pie to the neck
Ride or die or do both nigga ride to the death
I'll acapella the whole left side of his chest
Not retiring still got that pension pendin
Tryna pop the hood and see the engine messin
Double barrel shotgun how ya men get missin
She got pretty brown eyes and she in mint condition
Or the sig in the car you dissin muah
Get the ratchet go home and just Chris Benoit
I tell a bird like it is you promise the broad
I one line her you Isaiah Thomas the broad
I can send a clip cartridge at a nemesis target
And catch a R.O.R. on some Jena 6 charges
Nah I put the thing away
I don't even need a whole handle to flip em all it takes is one
finger wave
But in the bing for days show you how I'm real
Come home to the truck with the Optimus Prim grille
Handin out crack got the scene poppin off
They not sleepin on em the fiends is noddin off
For real tell me how you a thug and you Superman (Nigga)
I just seen you in the club doing the Superman (I Said Nigga!)
A bunch of clowns holmes all
I need in this world is the pound chrome Huxtable brownstone
Major paper cake by the layers
If these dudes is live I'm the created player
They callin em kings when they so so hot
Somethings wrong wit that picture must be photoshopped
I don't promote violence but when sparking the flame Blam
Arms start waving like the Carlton Banks dance
When them tools go pop it move whole blocks
Come around wit cha dog or get Kujo shot
These emcee's is lame I tryta be an emcee wit brains
These niggas is M.C. Brain
Yeah nice rapper just far from bein nice
Im on the rooftop recordin and niggas is bein sniped
That's light
So whatever you tryna do lil niggas I already done
And since you wanna live by it lil nigga then die by the gun
See whatever you tryna do lil nigga I already done