[00:25.13]Down with the shame [00:26.01]Down with the shame [00:27.26]Used to walk traps in the rain with ******* [00:29.39]Used to write raps in the traps as I sat in the rain and I prayed that God give me a lane [00:33.64]Give me a lane [00:34.38]Give me the fame [00:35.74]Give me the fame and I promise to change [00:38.11]Won’t be the same [00:39.54]Won’t be the same kind of man that puts ******* in this lady’s hand [00:42.92]Heard she was pregnant, I’m guilty I reckon cause I hear that good *******t can hurt baby’s brain [00:46.79]Heard he was normal 'til three and then he stopped talkin' [00:49.71]Since then, ain’t nothin been the same [00:51.26]Seen her some years later out in decatur told her that I’m sorry for causin' her pain [00:55.55]Causin' me pain? [00:57.07]Causin' me pain? [00:58.12]She asked again and she grabbed my right hand [01:00.18]Asked am I crazy, said look here, baby, I release you from all of your sins and your shame [01:04.30]Cause I’ve been redeemed [01:05.63]I found in Christ [01:06.67]Whatever it take I hope you find it, Mike [01:08.61]The look on her face shown that glory replaced all the shame and the hate and that she wears a crown [01:13.55]My late grandma Bettie had prayed with her heavy and told her to tell me lay my burdens down [01:17.88] [01:18.23]Can't pick up no crown, holding [01:19.86]What's holding you down [01:21.40]Can't pick up no crown, holding [01:23.67]What's holding you down [01:25.65]Can't pick up no crown, can't pick up no crown [01:28.35] [01:48.32] [01:53.12](Down with the shame [01:54.08]Down with the shame) [01:55.01]Carried the flag in some other men's name [01:57.04]Loaded my weapon and swore to them vengeance and stepped with aggression right into the fray [02:00.81]Into the haze [02:02.30]Into the murk [02:03.58]Told me to prove to them what I was worth [02:05.54]We’ll teach you to move without mercy and give you the tools to go after the causers of hurt [02:09.49]You'll become death [02:10.94]You will take breath [02:11.95]This is for everything you’ve ever loved [02:13.74]Use all the pain that you’ve felt in your life as the currency go out and trade it for blood [02:18.34]You are not you [02:19.49]You are now us [02:20.77]We are the only ones that you can trust [02:22.98]You’ll become fear [02:24.13]They’ll become dust [02:25.70]Before this moment you didn't mean much [02:27.39]You are the smoldering vessel of punishment born to do nothing but justify us [02:31.43]Give us your empathy we’ll give you lust [02:34.01]Let yourself go my son time to grow up [02:35.74]Give up your childish obsession with questioning [02:38.36]Anything we don't tell you is irrelevant [02:40.39]Everything you've ever been is replaced by the metal and fire of the weapon you clutch [02:44.73] [02:45.02] [02:45.27]Can't pick up no crown, holding [02:46.75]What's holding you down [02:49.20]Can't pick up no crown, holding [02:51.02]What's holding you down [02:52.75]Can't pick up no crown, can't pick up no crown [03:02.22]Can't pick up no crown, holding [03:04.33]What's holding you down [03:06.21]Can't pick up no crown, holding [03:08.09]What's holding you down [03:10.74]Can't pick up no crown, can't pick up no crown [03:20.71]Can't pick up no crown, holding [03:22.10]What's holding you down [03:24.22]Can't pick up no crown, holding [03:26.41]What's holding you down [03:28.17]Down down down down down