Pain, my middle name Lord please have mercy on my soul, I can't maintain Pain, my middle name Lord please have mercy on my [Z-Ro] I haven't smoked a
religions We praised bridges that carried us over The battle front of Sudanic soldiers The task put before us [Chorus 2x] [Nas: Verse 2] Who are we today? The slums
a man, hope you understand Even when shit goes wrong it's part of God's plan, Amen [Chorus] Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep
a man, hope you understand Even when shit goes wrong it's part of God's plan, Amen [Chorus:] Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep
the way it's supposed to be Chains that binds him are hard to see Unless you take this walk with me Place where he lives is God plenty of names Slums
gonna fall tryin to ball While my team win the pennant I'm about to be in it For a minute Then run for senate Make a slum lord be the tenant Give his
look at, nothing posh Nothing that you'd call up to scratch. This is my school, my high society Here in the slums of Saint Michele We live on crumbs
for Prada beaver For cold winters, tattoos got my summer's sleeveless To my g's on the flee from the coppers Stiff bodies on freeze in funeral parlors From the slums
the planet, not to get too religious, but who decides when and if your life is finished? If Christ is in this, for the sake of your name, oh Lord may
I even blessed it, forty-dash-ten inspect it (Already checked it Dunn, near his ankle you could see his gun) Peep, he parked his Jeep in the back of the slum
Even twenty little children, they had to die And the fire of '91 that razed the Bella Vista slum There was the biggest shit-fight this country's ever seen Insurance companies ruined, land lords
numero uno stunna Then snuck up on ya, Lord what has become of us The Boy hold the "D" down, like none other Up comin since slums, can't knock them mothafuckas
Hope we might chill the heights real Still we got fire that will melt your ice grill Know the deal once we hit record Hit the floor New era this is war Lord