Lord Have Mercy

If I gotta burn in fire
 Feel the flames
 For my loved ones to excel in this game
 Then let it burn
 Let it burn
 As I lay me down to sleep
 I pray to the Lord that my soul he keeps
 Nobody weeps when a G dies
 But like Maya Angelou still we rise
 Mama tried to keep me home at night
 But despite her attempts
 I hung with the macks and the pimps
 Sidin' with the Rip's
 Not cuz I like blue if you like red
 I did it cuz I never did like you
 And it said the good die young
 I don't recognize myself what have I become?
 Can you tell me why am I headed for a dead end?
 Why I got another dead friend?
 Why they surround me- dead men?
 Everywhere I look right and left
 Flip another page in the book of life and death
 It's comin'- I feel it breathin' down my back
 It got me runnin' Grim Reap ain't cuttin' no slack
 What can I do where can I go
 Lord forgive me for all I did cuz I didn't know
 And when my heart beats it's last tick
 Somebody sat these three words in my casket:
 Lord have mercy
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 Lord forgive me for all the wrong that I did
 All of the pain that I inflicted as a kid
 On Judgement Day consider this before you curse me
 I was only a child so Lord have mercy
 Forgive me for all the wrong that I've done
 All of the pain I inflicted when I was young
 On Judgement Day consider this before you curse me
 I was only a child so Lord have mercy
 Should I die before I wake
 Don't she'd a tear Mama cuz I finally escaped
 No more drama no more blood sweat and tears
 No more pressure from my peers
 And no more fears
 I rest in peace- how long will it last
 Fore I have to answer for what I did in the past
 Illin' - willin' and dealin' cops always after me
 I call it survival and you call it misanthropy
 But let the record reflect circumstances were suspect
 But you couldn't care less- mann
 While I struggle to survive
 You turned your eyes- plugged your up ears
 Ignored my cries
 Now Ms. America sayin' we scarin' her
 But she can give me Liberty or Death- I'm darin' her
 Either one'll set me free- that's all I wanna be
 But that aint what y'all wanna see
 You'd rather see me killin' up my own in the ghetto
 Or sellin' blow to anybody Black, Brown, or Yellow
 But forget that- I'm tryin' to get my head right
 Even if it mean I gotta get dead tonight
 Lord have mercy forgive me
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 Forgive me for the blood that his body bled
 And all the tears that his Mommy shed
 Book says 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
 But I done seen more blood spilled
 Than the vets on Hamburger Hill- it's real
 Post War Syndrome- went to see my homie
 But his Mama told me that the homie been gone
 Everytime I turn around it be another body on the ground
 With fresh gunshot wounds but he didn't hear a sound
 When he came out the room
 Nobody told him he would be dead so soon
 But the gauge went boom Ms. America,
 I know you got a cure for AIDS
 But we need a cure for Raid who on a rampage
 Can you feel it- the tensions in the air thick
 Hate got me so high I'm gettin' airsick
 Got my people broke lookin for a buck to borrow
 Doin it one day at a time fuck your sorrow
 Fuck tommorrow I want revenge
 I got a Beretta named Vendetta
 Time to answer for your sin- man
 When you meet your creator- tell him I apologize
 But I gotta ride Lord have mercy forgive me...
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