[00:13.60]Down with the shame
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[00:22.04]Down with the shame
[00:24.21]Used to walk traps in the rain with c*****e
[00:26.03]Used to write raps in the traps as
[00:27.99]I sat in the rain and I prayed that God gave me a lane
[00:30.78]Give me a lane
[00:31.88]Give me the fame
[00:32.93]Give me the fame and I promise to change
[00:35.15]Won't be the same Won't be the same type of man that puts c*****e in this lady's hand
[00:39.48]Heard she was pregnant I'm guilty I reckon cause I hear that good
[00:42.59]S**t can hurt baby's brains
[00:43.87]Heard he was normal 'til three and then he stopped talkin' Since then ain't nothin been the same
[00:48.13]Seen her some years later out in decatur Told her I'm sorry for causin' her pain
[00:52.73]Causin me pain
[00:53.91]Causin me pain
[00:54.69]She asked again and then grabbed my right hand
[00:57.02]Asked am I crazy Said look here baby
[00:58.86]I release you from all of your sins and your shame
[01:01.17]Cause I've been redeemed
[01:02.39]I found in Christ
[01:03.39]Whatever it take I hope you find it Mike
[01:05.54]The look on her face shown that glory replaced all the shame
[01:08.26]And the hate and that she wears a crown
[01:09.86]My late grandma Bettie had prayed with her heavy
[01:12.01]And told her to tell me lay my burdens down
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[01:21.15]Can't pick up no crown holding
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[01:33.91]Whats holdng you down
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[01:44.91]Down with the shame
[01:49.71]
[01:57.52]Down with the shame
[01:59.62]Carried the flag in some other men's name
[02:01.89]Loaded my weapon and swore to them vengeance an stepped with
[02:04.57]Aggression right in to the fray
[02:06.27]In to the haze
[02:07.36]In to the murk
[02:08.40]Told me to prove to them what I was worth
[02:10.47]We'll teach you to move without mercy and give you the tools to go after the causers of hurt
[02:15.01]You'll become death
[02:16.06]You will take breath
[02:17.13]This is for everything you've ever loved
[02:19.34]Use all the pain that you've felt in your life as the currency go out and trade it for blood
[02:23.71]You are not you
[02:24.82]You are now us
[02:25.92]We are the only ones that you can trust
[02:28.06]You'll become fear
[02:29.17]They'll become dust
[02:30.28]Before this moment you didn't mean much
[02:32.44]You are the smoldering vessel of punishment born to do nothing but justify us
[02:36.85]Give us your empathy we'll give you lust
[02:38.99]Let yourself go my son time to grow up
[02:41.13]Give up your childish obsession with questioning
[02:43.41]Anything we don't tell you is irrelevant
[02:45.50]Everything you've ever been is replaced by the metal and fire of the
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[03:08.92]Weapon you clutch
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[03:24.59]Can't pick up no crown holding
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[03:42.77]Whats holdng you down