"Break Me Down" lyrics - LLOYD BANKS

LLOYD BANKS

"Break Me Down"

[Pre-Chorus:]
Sometime the pain hurt so bad, things can get blurry
But you gon' have to pick one, say a prayer, worry
I ain't scared of death, feel like I already felt it
Forgive you for hating on me, I know you can't help it

[Chorus:]
The devil wanna take me now
But I can't let him break me down
I can't make no mistakes, he's 'round
Feel like I'm going crazy now
I'm paranoid lately now
Feels like nothing can make me smile
I know they wanna break me down
Everyone in my face seems foul

Motherfucker you want me locked up, cut up, shot up, came to fruition
I got popped up, knocked down, got up, back on a mission
Lost my grandmom two times, two aunts, I'm reminiscing
Took my best friend, grandpops and pops, now I'm trippin'
They would tell me "Don't take nothing for granted", I wouldn't listen
Signs ain't mean shit without understanding my premonition
Niggas'll rock you to sleep, cannibalism
His slip was already written, won't find a manual with him
Y'all ain't love a nigga, you just love the way I was living
That it's my fault, holding you higher standard, all's forgiven
Spent early years on the VI floor of the prison
Hoping you ain't leave for nothing and I inherit the wisdom
Want babies to make the best out of life with no supervision
Returning from neighborhood wars, tallying who went missing
It's your fault, it's the second time, I'd be a fool forgiving
Someone praying on my downfall, obvious you been wishing

Uh, murder's the realest shit I ever saw, it stuck with me forever more
The sight of lead down the emptiness spilled out on the floor
Don't doubt that I make a comeback, shit, I done came back before
Gave your ass to kiss, I watched ass kissers fall through the door
Only a bitch is concerned with who someone's nailing
Only a loser gon' laugh at a nigga failing
You lose a little, them so-called-friends'll be bailing
Fumbling words, apologizes coming off incoherent
Homies'll turn their back with consistency, I'm preparing
Losing a liability ain't shit to me, I'm apparent
You need a partner, respect for the one you paired with
Watch who you may welcome in, outsiders'll interfere quick
You cross the line, you getting all my time
I dedicate all of my days to drowning you, awaiting your funeral line
Just a suggestion out my beautiful mind
Had me standing still in my guilt, but now I'm doing fine

Yo, able to sense what you're thinking, another urban story
Hearing the voices of soldiers caught up in purgatory
Happy you left, fuck I need with another burden on me?
Hope you live to show off your scars, give all the surgeons glory
Avoiding discussions to shake off the suffering
Take some time, your problems mean nothing
You wanna convert 'em and make 'em mine
Playing a gangsta just to hope for the moment
Your favorite wine's horrible, picking friends
That end up with all the ungrateful kind
Envy'll warn you when they show an agenda to sink the king
Critical penning night and day, maybe I'm overthinking things
Niggas be on the fence, eliminate all of the links in between
Offer the drama they gon' take you up on it keep blinking, Queens
Lord forgive me, them dark spirits got in me
I'm smelling death in the air and now it's starting to get windy
When you isolate yourself, adversaries'll turn to many
If you could only get the chance to, you would end me