Lay Me Bare

Lyrics

One more time, I'll make it clear
 This some shit I hate to share
 Escape this life or pay the fare
 Grab this gun and aim it there
 Shoot my pain and slay my fear
 Before I die, I say my prayer
 Don't worry about the mess just lay me there
 This is all I got, so lay me bare
 Look, one more time, I'll make it clear
 This some shit I hate to share
 Escape this life or pay the fare
 Grab this gun and aim it there
 Shoot my pain and slay my fear
 Before I die, I say my prayer
 Don't worry about the mess just lay me there
 This is all I got, so lay me bare
 Lord, help me, please, I'm breaking down
 Tryna call my name and take my crown
 Little bit of pain, I'll paint the town
 When they put me in my grave, don't make a sound
 Cah there's still some days I find it hard
 Smoke my spliff and write my bars
 I know they see me climbing charts
 But plaques won't help me find my heart
 Yo God, what's good? I need you bad
 Devil's in my ear, I need you back
 Got scars in my soul, I've been attacked
 Even when I'm low, I seem relaxed
 But the year's been mad, I lost my way
 They think I went ghost to drop my tape
 Not knowing that I fell and lost my faith
 Like Satan please no, not today
 So fuck this shit this ain't a joke
 Just to get away, I take a toke
 I took this pain and made a boat
 Lord knows how the fuck it's staying afloat
 Last year, I cried too many times
 Weren't for Flipz and weren't for rhymes
 Weren't for Rachel, weren't for Kelly
 Man, them people saved my life
 Like man'a get low sometimes, so low sometimes
 Airplane mode on my phone sometimes
 Sitting in my house with tears in my face
 Can't answer the door to my bro sometimes
 Roaming around all alone sometimes
 Don't know sometimes
 I was a young Ned Stark
 But this shit's like Game of Thrones sometimes
 One more time, I'll make it clear
 This some shit I hate to share
 Escape this life or pay the fare
 Grab this gun and aim it there
 Shoot my pain and slay my fear
 Before I die, I say my prayer
 Don't worry about the mess, just lay me there
 This is all I got, so lay me bare
 Look, one more time, I'll make it clear
 This some shit I hate to share
 Escape this life or pay the fare
 Grab this gun and aim it there
 Shoot my pain and slay my fear
 Before I die, I say my prayer
 Don't worry about the mess, just lay me there
 This is all I got, so lay me bare
 Like bro I can't believe I saw my dad
 Still up in the ends, still driving cabs
 He said "Yo, son, I need a car"
 I kissed my teeth and turned my back
 Like "Nigga, you ain't seen my face for years
 Nigga, you ain't seen my face for time
 And the first thing you're asking me for, is that?
 Fuck you! That's where I draw the line"
 Should've dashed through a rack like "Keep the change"
 And fuck letting go, I'll keep the pain
 23 years I'm still the same
 When you hear this I hope you feel ashamed
 Cah we were broke, like what the fuck?
 Mum did well to hold us up
 But yet she still forgave your arse
 But mumzy's cool, I'm cold as fuck
 Fuck that! I'm still not over this
 Fuck that! No, I'm still not over this
 Flipz told me someone died in Heath
 Like "Please say I don't know the kid"
 When I heard TS, I kissed my teeth
 And then I broke down in disbelief
 My bro TH and Yogi too
 Man, I'll be damned to miss the streets
 But I still got old school friends that I shoulda been cool with
 Man that I ride for, man I went school with
 Man that I love and man I kicked ball with
 My phone's there, just call it
 But I guess things just got strange for me
 But you all grew fast and gracefully
 Left my hood and grabbed the mic
 And I got me a girl that prays for me
 One more time, I'll make it clear
 This some shit I hate to share
 Escape this life or pay the fare
 Grab this gun and aim it there
 Shoot my pain and slay my fear
 Before I die, I say my prayer
 Don't worry about the mess, just lay me there
 This is all I got, so lay me bare
 Look, one more time, I'll make it clear
 This some shit I hate to share
 Escape this life or pay the fare
 Grab this gun and aim it there
 Shoot my pain and slay my fear
 Before I die, I say my prayer
 Don't worry about the mess, just lay me there
 This is all I got, so lay me bare
 

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Duration
05:04
Key
2
Tempo
86 BPM

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