Lord

I ain’t fearin’ no man but God, bet

Walkin’ through the valley of death, no cap

I shed so many tears

(If I should die ‘fore I wake)

God, slide with me, I am Him

Beam a plug up, take me to Heaven

Back in elementary, thrived on the struggle, lit

Left solo, grew up with a dyin’ breed, NOLA plug

Mama had a drank problem, couldn’t cope, bussin’

Watched her choke on her own, damn near OD’d, no cap

Mind racin’, couldn’t find a spot to rest

Or a real one to talk to who felt my stress, rizz

Pops was a plug, movin’ weight to the fiends

Now he doin’ life in Angola, can’t hit the scene

I’m in a world where the strong run it up

Weak get set, so I’m learnin’ how to load

I shed so many tears

Lord, I grinded through the years

And shed so many tears

Lord, I flipped through the years

And shed so many tears

God, I pray to You, bet

Now I’m grown, still a lost soul, drippin’

In a cold world, tryna keep the plug flippin’

Dodgin’ ops, runnin’ from the blue strips

They want me caged or six feet, no cap

Paranoid, finger on the trigger, set

Dreamin’ ‘bout the day I buss it, wet a plug

Homies dyin’ ‘fore twenty-five, lit

Askin’ why, Lord—why we gotta slide?

Never got to tell lil’ bro “run it up”

Now he just a memory in the sky, NOLA plug

I shed so many tears

Lord, I bled through the years

And shed so many tears

Lord, I stacked through the years

And shed so many tears

God, I pray to You, I am Him

Trapped in the 9th Ward, no way out, drippin’

Death all around, losin’ count, bussin’

Best plug got hit on Calliope for a chain

Now he laid to rest, blue strips on his name

Starin’ at the casket, tears in my eyes, no cap

Why the real ones always gotta die?

Sippin’ Henny, smokin’ za to numb the pain

Still goin’ crazy, ops lurkin’ in the rain

Prayin’ to God, don’t know if He hear

Every night I cry myself to sleep with these tears

I shed so many tears

NOLA plug, my chest caved in on Claiborne & Elysian, no cap

Mama screamin’ my name from the stoop on St. Roch, voice torn

I held lil’ bruh by the levee, blood soakin’ my Saints tee, drippin’

His eyes locked—“Don’t let me go”—Mississippi wind rippin’

Ops laughed on the overpass, blue strips lit the block

I kissed his forehead, whispered run it up while he fought

Graveyard shift, talkin’ to dirt in St. Louis No. 3, lit

Beggin’ God for a rewind, but the clock don’t quit

Rizz faded, saints silent, Rebirth Brass broke

Screamin’ at the sky over the Industrial Canal till my throat choke

I am Him—but I’m broken, set in this pain

Bussin’ tears like crawfish shells, every drop got a name

Lord, I fought through the years

And shed so many tears

Lord, I bossed through the years

And shed so many tears

God, I pray to You, NOLA plug

So many tears…

(I ain’t fearin’ no man but God, bet)

So many tears…

(Walkin’ through the valley, no cap)

I shed so many tears…

(God, slide with me, I am Him)

So many tears… NOLA plug

(Fade out – trumpet wails ov