Run The Jewels, Diane Coffee - Crown

[00:25.15] Down with the shame [00:26.15] Down with the shame [00:27.13] Used to walk traps in the rain with cocaine [00:28.68] Used to write raps in the traps as I sat in the rain and I prayed that God gave me a lane [00:33.14] Give me a lane [00:34.69] Give me the fame [00:35.73] Give me the fame and I promise to change [00:37.64] Won't be the same. Won't be the same type of man that puts cocaine in this lady's hand [00:41.98] Heard she was pregnant. I'm guilty I reckon cause I hear that good [00:46.35] Shit can hurt baby's brains [00:47.43] Heard he was normal 'til three and then he stopped talkin'. Since then, ain't nothin been the same [00:49.43] Seen her some years later out in decatur. Told her I'm sorry for causin' her pain [00:54.88] Causin me pain? [00:56.25] Causin me pain? [00:57.35] She asked again and then grabbed my right hand [00:59.27] Asked am I crazy. Said look here, baby. I release you from all of your sins and your shame [01:03.52] Cause I've been redeemed [01:04.91] I found in Christ [01:05.91] Whatever it take I hope you find it, Mike [01:07.95] The look on her face shown that glory replaced all the shame. And the hate and that she wears a crown [01:12.46] My late grandma Bettie had prayed with her heavy and told her to tell me lay my burdens down [01:17.12] Can't pick up no crown, holding [01:19.62] Whats holdng you down [01:21.43] Down with the shame [01:53.51] Down with the shame [01:54.77] Carried the flag in some other men's name [01:56.52] Loaded my weapon and swore to them vengeance an stepped with [01:59.23] Aggression right in to the fray [02:00.93] In to the haze [02:02.18] In to the murk [02:03.35] Told me to prove to them what I was worth [02:05.29] We'll teach you to move without mercy and give you the tools to go after the causers of hurt [02:09.44] You'll become death [02:10.89] You will take breath [02:12.07] This is for everything you've ever loved [02:13.88] Use all the pain that you've felt in your life as the currency go out and trade it for blood [02:18.08] You are not you [02:19.41] You are now us [02:20.73] We are the only ones that you can trust [02:22.67] You'll become fear [02:23.97] They'll become dust [02:25.06] Before this moment you didn't mean much [02:26.61] You are the smoldering vessel of punishment born to do nothing but justify us [02:31.04] Give us your empathy we'll give you lust [02:33.32] Let yourself go my son time to grow up [02:35.57] Give up your childish obsession with questioning [02:38.12] Anything we don't tell you is irrelevant [02:40.05] Everything you've ever been is replaced by the metal and fire of the [02:43.19] Weapon you clutch [02:44.53] Can't pick up no crown, holding [02:57.89] Whats holdng you down [03:26.35]