Pour One Out

Please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep The sun will go about its business I hope it has some light for me Oh, please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep Lord, take me up into Heaven Where I can abide in peace But I can't abide in peace I can't abide in peace I can't abide in peace I'm grateful that I saw the dawn Even just briefly I thank God that the earth still beneath me I'm prayin' that my mama never have to grieve me A lotta figures would give anything to be me And prolly walk a mile in my shoes real easy Whenever my motherland knows war My mouth goes dry and my gut's so sore Peep the news, but the twitter feed shows more I scream all the pain away, behind a closed door Scared that my soul is pickin' up and bad omens Eyes get exposed to so many last moments Homies ask how you doin' and how you copin' I don't even know, just pop that thing open Then I just think 'bout how we on stolen land And who got robbed for my phone in hand? Who worked to death my clothing brands? And how the can you own a man? I hear 'em callin' There's pain in the atmosphere The rain just keeps falling Where can we go from here Please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep The sun will go about its business I hope it has some light for me Oh, please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep Lord, take me up into Heaven Where I can abide in peace But I can't abide in peace I can't abide in peace I can't abide in peace I can't abide in peace Listen I never really been afraid to get real Never layers that I wouldn't let peel Never had to trip about the next deal Never had to think of how to get steel And steal cos my kids are worried bout the next meal Yo, don't get it twisted This ain't a flex It's a nod to my privilege Stayin' in check Some weaponize And muzzle the claim of debt Some fetishize the struggle and pain instead But I hear 'em calling There's pain in the atmosphere The rain just keeps falling Where can we go from here Please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep The sun will go about its business I hope it has some light for me Oh, please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep Lord, take me up into Heaven Where I can abide in peace Lord, please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep The sun will go about its business I hope it has some light for me Lord, please pour one out for me If I don't wake up from sleep Lord, take me up into Heaven Where I can abide in peace But I can't abide in peace I can't abide in peace Lord, I can abide in peace