"Crown" lyrics

Run The Jewels Lyrics

(feat. Diane Coffee)

[Killer Mike:]

Down with the shame

Down with the shame

Used to walk traps in the rain with cocaine

Used to write raps in the traps as I sat in the rain and I prayed that God give me a lane

Give me a lane

Give me the fame

Give me the fame and I promise to change

Won't be the same

Won't be the same type of man that puts cocaine in this lady's hand

Heard she was pregnant, I'm guilty I reckon cause I hear that good shit can hurt baby's brain

Heard he was normal 'til three and then he stopped talkin'

Since then, ain't nothin been the same

Seen her some years later out in decatur told her that I'm sorry for causin' her pain

Causin' me pain?

Causin' me pain?

She asked again and she grabbed my right hand

Asked am I crazy, said look here, baby, I release you from all of your sins and your shame

Cause I've been redeemed

I found in Christ

Whatever it take I hope you find it, Mike

The look on her face shown that glory replaced all the shame and the hate and that she wears a crown

My late grandma Bettie had prayed with her heavy and told her to tell me lay my burdens down


[Hook:]

Can't pick up no crown, holding

What's holding you down

Can't pick up no crown, holding

What's holding you down

Can't pick up no crown, can't pick up no crown


[El-P:]

(Down with the shame

Down with the shame)

Carried the flag in some other men's name

Loaded my weapon and swore to them vengeance and stepped with aggression right into the fray

Into the haze

Into the murk

Told me to prove to them what I was worth

We'll teach you to move without mercy and give you the tools to go after the causers of hurt

You'll become death

You will take breath

This is for everything you've ever loved

Use all the pain that you've felt in your life as the currency go out and trade it for blood

You are not you

You are now us

We are the only ones that you can trust

You'll become fear

They'll become dust

Before this moment you didn't mean much

You are the smoldering vessel of punishment born to do nothing but justify us

Give us your empathy we'll give you lust

Let yourself go my son time to grow up

Give up your childish obsession with questioning

Anything we don't tell you is irrelevant

Everything you've ever been is replaced by the metal and fire of the weapon you clutch


[Hook]


Writer(s): TORBITT CASTLEMAN SCHWARTZ, JAIME MELINE, MICHAEL RENDER, SHAUN MICHAEL FLEMING