Artist: Joe Budden Album: Padded Room Song: Now I Lay Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com I'd like to welcome everybody, to the Padded Room [Joe Budden] Uh, pump it up, you came to get it crunk A dame to get her drunk, you came to get it uhhh That's when it all got started (I mean) Back then I wasn't so cold-hearted (c'mon) 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 Death's around the corner, I can hear his footsteps Does he think that I'm 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 [Chorus: Joe Budden] 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 what?) 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 I pray the Lord my soul to take [Joe Budden] 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 (nigga) Just know I got a loved one near me (nigga) 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 [Chorus] [Joe Budden] 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 [Chorus] [Outro: Joe Budden] 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