Run The Jewels, Diane Coffee - Crown lyrics

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 kind 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 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

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

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

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

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
Holding what's holding you down
Can't pick up no crown
Holding what's holding you down
Can't pick up no crown
Holding what's holding you down