Dave Matthews Band and Dave Matthews - Lover Lay Down lyrics
Intro
PsssshhI guess niggaz don’t realize a good thing til it’s gone
You know what I’m sayin man?
Runnin around in these streets trickinshit’s hard man
You know? but sometimes man
Fools be bringin that shit on they God damn self
Verse one
Nappy headed nigga stigmatism at birth
Born to a family of four and so that makes me one-fourth
Of a dysfunctional home
I had a father who only stayed to see me grown
When I turned twelve he was gone
Aloneno role model
I used to watch my granddaddy and uncle hit the bottle
And then hit each other
Granddaddy beat grandmotherbut that’s before my time
But I still see how it affected her mind
As a child I introvertedand drew pictures
While my mother prayed to jesus reading king james scriptures
She used to take me to church so I could put money in the basket
Tell the preacher how she used to get her ass kicked
And meI mastered the art of hatred
After pops left ran with my niggaz tryin to take shit
Petty theftI got caught a few timesbut bust it
Life is a bitch so fuck it
In eighty-one I remember the night
I covered myself with baby powderso my black ass could be light
Cause God is whiteand bo derek is a ten
I hate my black skinit’s just a sin to be a nigga
Then againI’m like the frenchmancause granny’s creole
And thereforewe’re black french people
So I think it’s best if I go to catholic school
And study under nuns and then I’ll be a catholic fool
Cause none of these cults want none of us up
And don’t none want to see none of us live to be adultssheeit
No wonder brothers take lives for red and blue
It’s the evil that men do
Chorus
But every nigga on my block
Can’t stopand he won’t stopand he don’t stop (repeat 4x)
Interlude
Nigganigga wake yo’ punk ass up nigga!
Nigga *smack* *smack* wake yo’wake yo’ punk ass up!! *siren*
(where the fuck we at? ) *helicopter*
Niggaone time nigga
(man I feel strange manand I’m fin to go man)
Shiti’ma get you outshitbitches man)
(fuck that shit mannigga what the fuck am I gonna do man? ) *siren*
We go make another gold lp nigga stop trippin nigga
Nigga we own a gold lpnigga stop trippin!
Verse two
By the time I hit adolescence and found hair on my nuts
I grew twelve inches so now it’s time to fuck sluts
Never respected womenjust had to keep my dick wet
Fucked this virgin named lenaI made a bet
With my homies I could hit it firstthen kicked her to the curb
Til next yearI got a call from my man kurt
Since I never used jims I left a seed in the earth
That left a nigga feelin like dirt
Cause now I’m a fatherand got a two-week old daughter
Ironicallydon’t even know her name it’s a damn shame
And ol girl never told me she was havin my baby
The more I thought aboutshe fuckin played me
Cause the family’s lookin at me like I raped her
Plus with another fuckin mouth to feed I need paper
Did a caperand took my guinness stout to the head
September 1990drunk drivinthe light turned red
Somebody hit from the rearI hit the brakes
Then lost control of the steering wheel
Hit a black camaro and that’s all I remember that night
I woke up to a five-oh flashlight
The car that I hit had exploded on impact
One woman escapedbut the driver was trappedhe burned to death
Manslaughteroff to c-y-a
Liftin weights in the yard and playin spades all day
Now I’m eighteenhit the county in the mix
"name and last three!" austinoh-six-six
By now grandpa went crazy and my uncle had died
And me I’m at the ranch makin pruno in wayside
In ninety-threeI got probation
Searchin for an occupationcause now I’m pickin restitutionconfusion
I’m lookin at myself and seein every other nigga I knew
It’s the evil that men do
Chorus
Chorus (to fade)
