It's a cold, cold world
That we walk in through
Lay down the burden of your heart
But it's warm as toast
Walking two by two
Lay down the burden of your heart
Lay down the burden of your heart
I know you'll never miss it
Show your daddy where it hurts
And let your daddy lift it
It's a fine, fine line
Betwixt love and hate
Why, it's tough to tell the two apart
But you know it's love
That he offers you
Lay down the burden of your heart
Lay down the burden of your heart
I know you'll never miss it
Show your daddy where it hurts
And let your daddy lift it
Lay down the burden of your heart
I know you'll never miss it
Show your daddy where it hurts
And let your daddy lift it
Show your daddy where it hurts
It's a cold, cold world, that we're walking through,
Lay down the burden of your heart.
But it's warm as toast, walking two by two,
Lay down the burden of your heart.
[Chorus:]
Lay down the burden of your heart,
I know you'll never miss it.
Show your Father where it hurts,
And let your Father lift it. it's a fine, fine line between love and hate,
Why, it's tough to tell the two apart.
But you'll know it's love that He offers you,
Lay down the burden of your heart.
[Repeat Chorus] (x2)
Show your Father where it hurts,
(Safka)
We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all caught the same disease
We all sang our songs of peace
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Oh raise the candles high
'cos if you don't we can't stand black against the light
Oh raise them high again
'cos if you do we can stand dry against the rain
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all caught the same disease
We all sang our songs of peace
Some came to sing some came to pray
Some came to keep the night away
Oh raise the candles high
'cos if you don't we can't stand black against the light
Oh raise them high again
'cos if you do we can stand dry against the rain
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
Lay down, lay down, let it all down
Let your bright face smile up at the ones who stand and frown
There was time now it's far away
I didn't know you, but I knew your name
We would talk, I got nothing to say
But hear me now
You're like an angel that is just for me
Bless your heart, let your mind go free
And it's too loud on the Earth today
So let's go home and lay down
Lay down and rest here in my arms
Lay down the universe is ours
Catch a teardrop, bleed the heart
Masquerade in a world apart
From a mass that got more to lose I'm making a run
So blessed angel that is just for me
Catch the dream, there's a lot to see
But it's too loud on the Earth today
So let's go home and lay it down
Lay down and rest here in my arms
Lay down the universe is ours
I never seen a body move the way you do
Rocking steady and you know it too
You had to come down from Heaven above and tease the world
So listen good, cause I'm telling it straight
I don't got no more time to waste
I got a trip planned past the Sun
Taking you home
To lay down and rest here in my arms
Lay down the universe is ours
I bought a planet for you
I planned it for you, my dear
There's no one above you
I purchased a room with a view
And we can fly away to outer space
We'll be alone just us two
And you know it's all for you
All for you
All for you
There was time now it's far away
I didn't know you, but I knew your name
We would talk, I got nothing to say
But hear me now
You're like an angel that is just for me
Bless your heart, let your mind go free
And it's too loud on the Earth today
So let's go home and lay down
Lay down and rest here in my arms
Lay down the universe is ours
Catch a teardrop, bleed the heart
Masquerade in a world apart
From a mass that got more to lose I'm making a run
So blessed angel that is just for me
Catch the dream, there's a lot to see
But it's too loud on the Earth today
So let's go home and lay it down
Lay down and rest here in my arms
Lay down the universe is ours
I never seen a body move the way you do
Rocking steady and you know it too
You had to come down from Heaven above and tease the world
So listen good, cause I'm telling it straight
I don't got no more time to waste
I got a trip planned past the Sun
Taking you home
To lay down and rest here in my arms
Lay down the universe is ours
I bought a planet for you
I planned it for you, my dear
There's no one above you
I purchased a room with a view
And we can fly away to outer space
We'll be alone just us two
And you know it's all for you
All for you
Speechless, but the answers in my mouth
Breathless, the emotions seeping out
Beyond my control
You spoke to my silence, and asked
Why so cold?
You ask for peace, I give you war
While you let go, I hold too tightly
I take my aim, you hit the floor,
I'm not ready to,
Lay down my arms
Cracking, my defences breaking down
The unravelling, of a rope I put around me
You wont take no for an answer
[Chorus]
I didn't know I was missing out, 'til you lost and I, I
You made me realise my incompleteness alone
Can no longer live by candlelight
When you show me the sun
YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF LUCK
I KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE FOUND
EACH TIME I GET A HOLD ON YOU BABY
YOU KEEP ON KNOCKING ME DOWN
THIS TIME COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE BABY
SO DON'T BE MESSING AROUND
LAY DOWN LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE
LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE ON ME
LAY DOWN LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE
LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE ON ME
I?VE NEVER BEEN STOOD UP SO DON'T BE LETTING ME DOWN
THIS WEEK I'M ON A ROLLOVER BABY
SO DON'T BE PLAYING AROUND
YOU MIGHT BE DRIVING A FAST CAR BABY
DON'T DRIVE ME OUT OF THIS TOWN
LAY DOWN LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE
LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE ON ME
LAY DOWN LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE
LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE ON ME
verse one: U-God/Golden Arms)
It be the Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang
I got control drop a load
Time to rip shit
Time to rock and roll
I play the block and stroll
Stop and go, cop an old up town choppin
Choppin for dough, prophecise
Monopolize ingrown, pull back with no remorse
The horse power cross bow
Soundin dope we off done the boat felt the flow
Under my belt plenty live
Twenty five in the front row
Just felt the glow, they melt wit in oxin
Rumble in the Bronx
Slugs out start buggin out
Thugs out, tuck the heats in you fuckin seats
Honeys suckin me, sweets
Do a 90 in the jeep
Red glorious, might stand victorious
A hundred story high in story in
Poor men of the street
Jammed the game, to the poor again
Slanted the Wu branded name it's war again
It's war again
(chorus)
"gun cocks back"
Lay down
"bullets fire"
Mothafucka lay down
Lay down
Spray sounds
Spray sounds
Spray sounds
(verse two: U-god/Golden Arms)
Subject to sing like the slasher slither
Better through a guy's status
Apparatus tied to your liver
Melanin never whither
Mount St. Helens swellin
Refreshin fearsome rebellious sellin death to ya eardrums
I'm never tellin, diary, just a firey felon
Coffins I'm nailin
All your frail men on a scale
Your deep space maybe's
Inject your offsprings wit the rabies
It's gravy train on the remy, dirty glass
Sponge kidney bath real pissy
Rendevous, wit the fisheys stats
Demolition derby, attourney to rap
Before the jury
A thirty six word remix
Firey phoenix turn tables wobble
Out the precint shake the ground decent
Still waiting for impeachment I'm sea sick
(chorus)
"gun cocks back"
Lay down
"bullets fire"
Mothafucka lay down
Lay down
Lay down
Lay down
Spray sounds
Spray sounds
(verse three: U-God/Golden Arms)
Editah, sexual preditah
In the burn centah
Tempah, pepper salt
Hashish master piece
Out the vault
Twenty seven years of hysteria, bury ya
In the gaea of North America
Placenta crackin it's crisis
Kosovo tae-bo flow blow out the fo'
World trauma, who got the virus?
Pearl Harbor casino classic free loader
Weed smokin bastards
Gambinos on amino acid
Bio-hazards
Faster the groover the hoover vacume
The child spark remover sag em'
Passionate wars wit U-God Nebraska to Alaska
Pipe line the right by a massacre
Thought racial barriers
The air craft carriers severe
Spill your mascara dear
The skin lab
Tear your flesh everywhere
Soon your words, scum dogs of the universe
When will you learn
You'll get burned
(chorus)
"gun cock back"
Lay down
"Bullets fire"
Mothafucka lay down
Lay down
Lay down
Lay down, spray sounds
Spray sounds
Lay down
Lay down
Mothafucka lay down
Don't get up lay down
Lay down
Lay down
Here we go
You could get popped; it's a possibility up in my vicinity
Poppin off with that hostile energy
In a hospital with a doctor getting in
When adrenaline is mixed with an obnoxious temperament
Honestly I got a monster pistol gripped
And I commence to spit, none of y'all exempt from it
Spit, spit, passes from it
You get stiff from it, church man see your box plummet
And I will never let 'em give it to me
I gotta live to be one hundred and three
Gotta reach my epitome, wanna seize my enemy
And receive my penalty nigga
LAY DOWN! (Lay down..)
I'm a man, man
I ain't runnin, I'ma stand wit my gun in my hand
I got plans and a place to BE!
I ain't tryna cocky wit it, but I'm a nigga from the block that did it
Got a nine that's livid, I ain't tryna see the box in prison
Getting knocked outta my position
Now I got a pot to piss in, pissed off motherfuckers' mouth off - bitchin
Probably cause he lack ambition, so his wack decisions
Get mad at the nigga that's getting 'em
That's when he see the next nigga that's hittin him
With a vigorous pistol over this ridiculous issue
Dismiss you, in attempt to
Take me out my motherfuckin tempo nigga
LAY DOWN! (Lay down..)
I'm a man, man
I ain't runnin, I'ma stand wit my gun in my hand
I got plans and a place to BE!
Niggaz get nauseated, a artist made it
Had it hard against odds and emancipated
To the floor I spit cause, god damn they hate it
To see the lady they dated caterin to the latest
Shadiest artist, up in my radius
Get faded with a plated revolver
Rated me R, haters get faded with horror
Erased, no fate for tomorrow
All cause he think he hard tough
Got a car cause, he was runnin at the mouth, hush
I will never let 'em give it to me
I gotta live to be one hundred and three
Gotta reach my epitome, or decease my enemy
And receive my penalty, that'll be the end of he
Tryna seize my entities, finna be the end of his identity
Lay down lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
On the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down
Lay it all down
Let your white birds smile up
On the ones who stand and frown
We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
We all sang the songs of peace
chorus
What if I told you were stupid destructive soulless
callous, murderous, malignant, belligerent, ignorant
Would you believe me would you like that
Or would you prove me wrong and fight back
I'd like to take the sunshine right from the sky
And let it shine on you through my eyes
You see we all in the same boat trying to float
So everybody grab a oar we can make it to shore
chorus
We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
We all sang the songs of peace
Some came to sing some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away
So raise the candles high
'Cuz if you don't we could stay black against the night
Oh raise them higher again and if you do
we could stay dry against the rain
chorus
It's exciting when you come 'round
Something special is going down
You provide me my rousing highs
Make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Give it up, give it up
I prefer to be on my knees
It's the only way to receive
To my lips you come liquefied
So make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Give it up
I can't help but emphasize
Heaven lies between your thighs
Call me shallow but I don't lie
So make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Give it up
Make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Make me, make me
Lay down and give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Hold on and sit real still
Thru a driving rain
That turns my wheel
Why, you sure do turn me on
Turned on and sure do feel
Like a long, dark road
Dirt got no hill
My heart done gone and lost its will
Lay down, find comfort in
Strong arms that
Hold you to till the end
Steal a kiss, then, thrower into the wind
And then go back
Where you come from
Safe and warm to the only one
One who truly yearns for you
Hold on, lie real still
Smell the rain
Top the hill
Why, you sure do turn me on
Turned on in a field of green
Sweet blades of grass (Removed with)
Rain washed clean
And my heart is so filled with will
Lay down, Lay down
Lay down, Lay down
Lord, you know you make it easy
And I see how hard you try
Pretending everything is all right
And I can see it in your eyes
Boy, I never meant to go wrong
And this is hard for me to say
He wants me to go with him
But if you want me to, I'll stay
Don't let me go, 'cause it's breakin' my heart
See down, see down, now once again, I'll be playin' my part
Lay down, lay down, I want you forever, lay down
Well, I know you saw it comin'
You could see me goin' blind
From the light that shines from your eyes
From the mirror behind mine
Don't let me go, 'cause it's breakin' my heart
See down, see down, now once again, I'll be playin' my part
Lay down, lay down, I want you forever, lay down
I'll love you forever, lay down
Ohh, I want you forever, lay down
I'll be there in the mornin'
When you can see some light
I'll be just like your angel
I'll be your guidin' light
Gonna wake you up and connect your dots
And make it all seem worthwhile
I'll be there just for you girl
I'm gonna make you smile
Must be love
What are we thinkin' of?
Must be love
Just because
Yeah
I'm gonna catch a fast train
I'll be there overnight
You can meet me at the station
And give me a kiss, tell me it's alright
Been countin' every moment
I'm walkin' in my sleep
I'm gonna stir you up real deep girl
Stir you up for keeps
It must be love
What are we thinkin' of?
Must be love
Just because
Lay down your love for me
Why don't you
Lay down your love?
Baby, lay down your love
I get a good connection
Right through your fingertips
Every time you look me in the eye
I swear I go on a trip
I've been around the world so many times
And you're such a lovely thing
I don't wanna lose this good thing that we got
You know you make my heart sing
It must be love
What are you thinkin' of?
Must be love
Just because
Lay down your love to me
Why don't you lay down your love?
That's right
Baby, lay down your love
Lay down
This time
What do we want to say?
In you
I won't stand in your way
Lay down your love for me
(Ooh)
Why don't you lay down your love?
Because I need you
Lay down for me
Why don't you lay down your love?
This must be love
Baby, what you're thinkin' of?
Baby
Lay down your love
I'll be there in the mornin'
Lay down your love
Lay, lay, lay, lay, lay
Lay, lay, lay, lay, lay
Baby, lay down your love
Lay down your love
Baby, lay down your love
Down your love
Hey baby
I feel good today you know?
(Lay down)
Lets just...lets just lay down
(Lay down)
Spend some time you know?
Laugh, joke
(Lay down)
Just be silly
(Lets just lay down)
How are you?
Well I'm just fine
I missed your call, around five
I'm getting back to you, cause you are on my mind
I wanna know, can I see you tonight?
If you cant, I'll understand
Ain't gonna front, I wanna take ya hand
And show ya baby, that I'm sincere
I want you to be here
Let's just spend a little time,
Do a little more
Share what's in our hearts
Give each other all
Nothing more to do,
Lying right here with you
Let's just lay down
I'm so happy that we're here together
(Lets just lay down)
(Lay down)
This kind of reminds me of forever
(Lets just lay down)
How am I?
I cant complain
I'm really happy
That you're here with me
Again, it's been awhile
I'll tell you what,
If you have got a minute,
We can lay until the sun, comes up
I'll understand
If its much to early to determine
If we can, stay together
This way together
Let's lay together
Lets just...let's stay in today
(Lets just lay down)
(Lay down)
I wanna just love you in that special way you know?
(Lets just lay down)
(Lay down)
This is all we need
A little time to just,
Chill back and be...
Together
So much going on outside of these walls
But...I just wanted to share with you,
The truth
All I do is think about you...
My love
Maybe we could, stay home today
I just wanna...share
I just wanna...care
We should take the time (Time to be in love)
We just have to...choose (Choose)
What we wanna...do (Do)
I miss you (Yeah)
Can I kiss you? (Yeah)
Let's spend some time
(Spend a little more time)
Yeah, can we just focus on us?
(Lets just lay down)
(Lay down)
Right home to your heart, it's never too much
(Lets just lay down)
(Lay down)
Wherever you want,
The bathroom, the living room,
We can
(Lay lay lay down)
(Lay down)
The kitchen, the bedroom
We can just
(Lay lay lay down)
(Lay down)
Lay down baby
Please just
Let me
Let you
(copied exactly from the album liner notes)
chorus*
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chrous
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain
chorus
Lay down, sleep my little darling
I'll be nothing when you're gone
Lay down just like in a coffin
Then I'll have nothing but a song
I'll leave you in a coffin for real
And I'll leave you in a church
Lay down, leave, you'll be lonely
I know I won't go
Lay down, sleep, you'll be lonely
I know I won't go, it's not my turn
Lay down, this pain will be long gone
With the absence of your breath
I know, I know that you loved me
But I can't love you when you're dead
So I'll leave you with this coffin for God
And I'll leave you in the dirt
Lay down, leave, you'll be lonely
I know I won't go
Lay down, sleep, you'll be lonely
I know I won't go, it's not my turn
Lay down, leave, you'll be lonely
I know I won't go
Lay down, sleep, you'll be lonely
I know I won't go
Lay down, before me
I know I won't go
[Streetlife]
Sniff on this good shit, that got your eyes swollen
Your nose strippin', what's that shit you sippin'
My mind's trippin', sometimes I feel I'm slippin'
I feel like slippin' a clip in and start flippin'
I figured you out (yeah) I got reasonable doubt
You'se a loud mouth, that's not what a thug is about
You'se a homo nigga, that just caught a deal
Just because you got money, don't make you real
I tell it like it is, because, this is how I feel
Just because you got guns, don't mean you kill
Just because your top drop, don't make you hot
Braggin' about what got, might get you shot
[Chorus: Streetlife]
Yo-yo-yo-yo, yo, fuck 'em! Leave 'em face down
Yeah! Side up, from the waist down
Yup! He's sized up for the grave now
Lay down, nigga, just stay down
[Killa Sin]
We like four steps ahead of you, dick
You small claims court, we federal
Style's want investibles, quit actin' like you never knew
Bitch nigga vegetable stew, no beef
All this procedes, for the gold teeth and more grief
Man I told you they was gonna sleep, Street
Never mind heat for these freaks
Catch Cooley on High like Cochise
Make 'em scream, going from yelling O.G. to Oh Jesus
Can't believe this muthafucka knocked out my gold teeth
Just pardon me, god, for using your name in vein
But it's like these salt watered card niggaz spoiled the game
Your money and fame, won't bury all the worry and pain
When I hot rock pop and rock the side of your brain
[Chorus]
[Streetlife]
Microphone check, I got dough to get
I never sweat, I approach the mic like a seasoned vet
Auto death, threat you send, I haven't seen 'em yet
When we step on the set, y'all be quiet as kept
When we come through, y'all just move through the left
All that 'rah-rah' talk, you keep it under your breath
I suggest y'all show the Street nigga respect
I'm not a rap cat, I just rap for the check
And I will tap that chin, if you get out of text
If you feel that, you can disrespect what I rep
I'm from Shaolin (what) you better watch your step
Remember what the Wu told you, Protect Ya Neck
This the Jump Off, I'mma show you how they really get wreck
You get knocked off, when I black eye, to smash the specs
Your best bet is just to cop out, put down the tech
That's not gangsta, I don't care how much you slept
[Killa Sin]
Yo, I got a head full of time and nigga
Fuck around, you be heading for the Chimer Center, messin' with mine
Keep a closet full of hammers, I ain't stressin' your nine
So keep them pea shooters to yourself, study your wealth
You gonna need some of that money, to fuck with your health
I'm trynna front for me, dummy, you'd rather front for yourself
(Have you leakin', runnin' from the scenes screamin' for help)
Knowing your shit trash, last to sell, the worst on the shelf
Lay down imagine and it will be
All you are you'll see
People thought they knew
But your spirit grew
Dance with me...time follows
I'm so high I can't sleep
I'm so high I can't speak
I'm so high with you
Maybe they'll come and take away
Even as the song still plays
The words...they might fade
But the spirit remains
[chorus repeat]
So lay down imagine and it will be
You're here with me
To set fire our effigy
The spirit belongs free
It's just a beating
Oh, it feels like you want it
A taste of living
Oh, just a drop in the water
And I'm trying to will myself against a better path
And I'm finding the way you groove is just another way
of trying
Lay down, lay down on me now
Stay down, stay down with me now
And I'm trying to live my life in a better way
Lay down, lay down on me
Tired of living
Oh, it feels like a warning
Instead of giving
Oh, it seems like you want it
And I'm fighting to live my life in a better way
And I'm finding the way you move is just another way of
dying
Lay down, lay down on me now
Stay down, stay down with me now
And I'm trying to live my life in a better way
Lay down, lay down on me
Since you're living
Oh, sure you want it?
It's why you're missing
Oh, why you want it?
You're coming with me
Oh, you should be there
We're a part of
Oh, something greater
You're coming with me
You're coming with me
You're coming with me
You're coming with me
Lay down, lay down on me now
Stay down, stay down with me now
Lay down, lay
Oh, lay down, lay
Oh, lay down, lay
In the waters flowing by
Faded flowers in the years
I sat by the water side
And dreamt of you my dear
I lay down
I lay down again
Sad woods I've lost the road
No hand to lead the way
No lantern I'm all alone
Under the winter rain
I lay down
I lay down again
Come and speak of love
Bring the secret from above
In the morning, when I get out of bed,
there is something I would rather do instead
I wanna lay down by your side,
where everything is gonna be alright
I wanna lay down lay down by your side and feel alright
In the evening when I go to bed,
I wanna lay down my worried head.
I wanna feel you close to me
and hold you tight and "Let it be"
You're keeping one eye over your shoulder
But I tell you there's no looking back
Would you trade the gifts you're blessed with
For the precious things you think you lack?
Come on lay down
And search no more
Tunes
words
and medicine
Won't mend your soul
Come lay
come down
Come search
no more
You wonder, have you done the right thing?
But I tell you there's no right or wrong
What you see as all-important
I'm afraid it's just another song
Tunes
words
and medicine
Won't mend your soul
Come on lay down
And search no more
Come lay
come down
Come search
Live learn and let it die
Skip to the end and wonder why
I lay down
Here, you'll find that we are blossoms
That bloom to fall apart
And I lay down
So abba, father are you sleeping
As we toil through your gardens keeping?
I'll lay down and begin to grow
Right beneath your garden window
Keep your tired hands to the ground
As blood feeds the dirt to which you're bound
And I'll lay down
Here, you'll find that we've all been dead men
Who've learned to speak again
