Jay Electronica - Memories & Merlot lyrics

Candy coated memories of lookin at
The sky a lot
We used to laugh a lot, play a lot, cry a lot
My momma used to sit me down
And get her Bible out
Two days straight, teach Revelations to me
Fruit's of the spirit
Love and patience to me
I used to wonder why she
Cried when she told me
That nobody in this world but
God could console me
"The devil is lurkin in the shadows
So pick your battles
Keep your on eye on the sparrow and
Walk on the straight and narrow
Cause pride and arrogance will swallow
You in Pharaoh's blood
Looks after your sisters
I'm here cause you and Fal' are blood
You never know when thick land
Could turn to shallow mud
And if the shit hit the fan
The quicksand will lather up"

Where there's no vision, the people perish
So these are the memories I keep and cherish

Sunny memories of layin in the grass
My head was spinnin and my
Heart was beatin fast
I opened up and start relayin you my past
'Una Furtiva Lagrima' was on the box
And Merlot was in the glass
I must admit at first I focused on that ass
But then we chilled and had a blast
So the waves had to crash
But the titans have to clash
We had a decorated badge
Just forgot to pump the gas
Life is a storyboard captured in a polaroid
The memories the jewel cause the
Camera is cold and void
Like a corpse or C-3PO, the golden droid
Vivid flashbacks will leave you
Real sad or overjoyed

Where there's no vision, the people perish
So these are the memories I keep and cherish