Lay It Down Songtext
von Sa-Roc

I can count all of my blessings on a stretch of night sky
Pops told me never question any good that life supply
′Cause any fair weather come with heavy shares of downpours
And I've drowned more times than I′ve ever bathed in light's spot

Kept tryna sugar heart, from the pressures of the market
Held the album up, triggered, now I'm aiming my shot
80′S baby, crackhead cops and ADA′s crawling the block
And now I turn that damage into scribble canvas, Basquiat
Double dutch off the fort, dope boy crushes galore

That was 'fore I found that they was serving base to the door
Basically that was when my childhood shattered, vase to the floor
′Cause for my folks cocaine and vodka held a persuasive allure


I ain't never had a trust fund, gold that wasn′t plated but
Ever since the new moon the globe been reinstated
'Cause my legacy rich, ain′t got the bag yet
Just some baggage and a closet full of skeletons, crypts
The kind of blues that don't fade 'cause the stain too deep
Went from sharecrop to murder cap, the range too bleak
Generation gap shrinking as the pain increase
So I′m tryna translate my trauma to whatever slang you speak

It′s my life on shine, cameras on record
Memory banks is full of gems, might as well pay it forward
If that sheet music ain't been bleeding
I don′t believe what you score
Signed, your friend, the tortured artist, that's the plight of a poet

I′m 'bout to lay it all down
Before it falls down
I never had no diamond rings or the finer things
But I′m still rocking my crown
And everybody got something with 'em
Had to let it burn to get rid of 'em
And if you wanna fly right quick
Gotta give up that shit tryna wear you down

Don′t know if some of this shit should be shared to be fair
Keeping it bum is how the worst of y′all assumptions are fed
And let the lyrics tell it, some of these rappers functionally dead
That's where I come in, hella late, but I ain′t punctually led, see
And times ain't always been kind to my branch of the pear tree


Son of Virginia sharecroppers, dad tried to spare me
Went from seeing white hoods late night on the family land
To live in redlined hoods, four babies, a family man
Street gig 24/7, we feared for his protection
Bullet scars still on his back, but an ab was a guinea stand, Lord

Lord knows that they done tested the kid
Didn′t believe in demons 'til I saw Pops wrestle with his
No cap, started wearing this stress like a hand-me-down
That′s why I'm addressing these emotions on record to find it clear
Get freedom from these bars like Joanne Chesimard
Tryna sing unburied like I'm Jessmeen Wall

See the crown ain′t as heavy when the load laid bare
Heir to love unburdened, that′s the light of a poet
Rock

I'm ′bout to lay it all down

Before it falls down
I never had no diamond rings or the finer things
But I'm still rocking my crown
And everybody got something with ′em
Had to let it burn to get rid of 'em
And if you wanna fly right quick
Gotta give up that shit tryna wear you down

I′m 'bout to lay it all down

Before it falls down
I never had no diamond rings or the finer things
But I'm still rocking my crown
And everybody got something with ′em
Had to let it burn to get rid of ′em
And if you wanna fly right quick
Gotta give up that shit tryna wear you down