Down (feat. Kanye West) - Chris Brown

I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Way down, way down One day, they'd try to bring me down Always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Way down They'd try to bring me down We goin' to Mass today, we have to pray Besides what the pastor say? I have to say, since Pac passed away Most you rappers don't even deserve a track from me You see, if you ever wanted to ever be anything There'd always be somebody that shoot down any dream There'll always be haters, that's the way it is Hater niggas marry hater bitches and have hater kids But they gon' have to take my life 'fore they take my drive 'Cause when I was barely livin', that's what kept me alive Just the thought that maybe it could be better than what we at at this time Make it out of this grind, 'fore I'm out of my mind And get some leeway on the "He say, she say" Your girl don't like me, how long has she been gay? Spanish girls say, "Yo, no hablo inglés" And everybody want to run to me for their sing-le It's funny how these wack niggas need my help Wasn't around when I couldn't feed myself Dawg, if I was you, I wouldn't feel myself Dawg, if I was you, I'd kill myself Made a mil' myself and I'm still myself And I'ma look in the mirror if I need some help Now I'll speak from the heart, y'all all frontin' Everybody feel a way about K, but at least y'all feel something What you calling? I let all in for getting what some get will get ya What kind of dream we found? See, I'm often catching crosswinds Forgetting where the hell I met you And try to bring me down I always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Way down, way down Always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down Way down Oh-oh-oh-oh Always knew that one day They'd try to bring me down (oh yeah) Way down They'd try to bring me down No-no, no-no, no-no, no-no-no

With me, with me, with me, with me Oh, baby, ha-ha-ha-ha (down) Turn the motherfuckin' music up When it comes to being true, at least true to me (That's right, that's what I do, come on) One thing I've found (uh-huh), one thing I found Oh no, you'll never let me down (No, I ain't never let you down) Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down (G-yeah, G-yeah) Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Yeah, ayy-yo, first I snatched the streets, then I snatched the charts First, I had they ear, now I have they heart Rappers came and went, I've been here from the start I seen 'em put it together, watched 'em take it apart Seen the Rovers roll up with ribbons I seen them re-po'd, re-sold, then re-driven So when I reload, he holds number one positions When you hot, I'm hot And when your feet cold, mines is sizzlin' It's plain to see, niggas can't fuck with me 'Cause I'ma be that nigga for life This is not a image, this is God-given This is hard-livin', mixed with Cristal sippin' It's the most consistent, Hov Give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc and Nigga, I'm home on these charts, y'all niggas visitin' It's Hov tradition, Jeff Gordon of rap I'm back to claim pole position, holla at ya boy Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up I get down for my grandfather who took my mama Made her sit in that seat where white folks ain't want us to eat At the tender age of six, she was arrested for the sit-ins And with that in my blood, I was born to be different Now niggas can't make it to ballots to choose leadership But we can make it to Jacob's or to the dealership That's why I hear new music and I just don't be feelin' it Racism's still alive, they just be concealin' it But I know they 'on't want me in the damn club They even made me show ID to get inside of Sam's Club I done did dirt and went to church to get my hands scrubbed Swear I've been baptized least three or fo' times But in the land where niggas praise Yukons and gettin' paid It's gon' take a lot more than coupons to get us saved Like it take a lot more than durags to get you waves Nothin' sad as that day my girl father passed away So I promised to Mr. Rainey, I'm gonna marry your daughter And you know I gotta thank you for the way that she was brought up And I know that you were smilin' when you seen the car I bought her And you sent tears from Heaven when you seen my car get balled up But I can't complain what the accident did to my left eye 'Cause look what a accident did to Left Eye First Aaliyah, now Romeo must die? I know I got angels watchin' me from the other side When it comes to being true, at least true to me One thing I've found, one thing I found Oh no, you'll never let me down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down Get up, I get down, get up, I get down We are all here for a reason on a particular path You don't need a curriculum to know that you a part of the math Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious That's why I expose my soul to the globe, the world I'm tryna make it better for these little boys and girls I'm not just another individual My spirit is a part of this, that's why I get spiritual But I get my hymns from Him So it's not me, it's He that's lyrical I'm not a miracle, I'm a Heaven-sent instrument My rhythmatic regiment navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental That's why I'm instrumental, vibrations is what I'm into Yeah, I need my loot by rent day But that ain't what gives me the heart of Kunta Kinte I'm tryin' to get us "us free" like Cinque I can't stop, that's why I'm hot Determination, dedication, motivation I'm talkin' to you of my many inspirations When I say I can't let you or self down If I were on the highest cliff, on the highest riff And if you slipped off the side and clinched on to your life In my grip, I would never-ever let you down And when these words are found Let it be known that God's penmanship has been signed with a language called love That's why my breath is felt by the deaf And while my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind I too dream in color and in rhyme So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house 'Cause whenever I open my heart, my soul or my mouth A touch of God reigns out Take 'em to church When it comes to being true, at least true to me (yeah) One thing I found, one thing I found Oh no, you'll never let me down Get up, I get, get up, I get Get up, I get, get up, I get Get up, I get, get up, I get down Who else you know been hot this long? (Oh yeah, we ain't finished) Started from nothin' but he got this strong (The Roc is in the building) Built the Roc from a pebble, peddled rock before I met you Pedaled bikes, got my nephews pedal bikes because they special (woo) Let you tell it, man, I'm fallin' Well, somebody must have caught him 'Cause every fourth quarter, I like to Mike Jordan 'em Number one albums, what I got? Like four of them More of them on the way, the eighth wonder on the way Clear the way, I'm here to stay Y'all can save the chitter chat, this and that This is Jay, dissin' Jay will get you maced When I start spittin' them lyrics, niggas get very religious Six Hail Marys, "Please Father forgive us" Young, the archbishop, the Pope John Paul of y'all niggas The way y'all all follow Jigga Hov's a livin' legend and I'll tell you why Everybody wanna be Hov and Hov's still alive Down, down, down, down, down, down

Can't let 'em take your spirit Never let 'em take your soul Sister don't let your guard down You know there's more out there waiting for you Hell naw, no, sister don't let your guard down You've come way, way too far now Lesson learned, lesson learned Lessons learned, lessons learned, lessons learned May your future last long, past, present Faith strong, hold on to heaven One hand up, hold onto heaven God bless us with every second on earth Same as the legend was told To my ears at 5 years old Sister don't let your guard down You've got too much shit goin' on yeah But I know you've been workin' through all that Know you, I know you've been goin' through it your whole life And I say, brother don't let your guards down Body's starting to rot now Know you've been workin' that body all night But it's 3am and we bout to go up again It's 3 am and we're just starting again It's 3 am and we're just starting again Sister don't let your guard down I know you've been working hard now Brother don't let your guard down Nah, nah, nah And the fight not over, the fight just beginning The last kid exposed, soon as he went it The devil is smiling The guy keeps on sinning Don't let them take over the heart within Sister don't let your guard down It's 'bout to get hard now And brother don't let your love go Support her in the best way you know how Love on your woman, step by your brother Hold on to your loved ones I know we've all lost some Pray before rain falls, cause the [?] are coming They don't share the love but they're up to something (I know it, I know that they're up to something I know, I know it, that they're up to something) So, sister don't let your guard down Shit's about to get hard now Brother don't let them on now Protect them the best way you know how (The best way that you know The best way that you know The best way that you know how) Brother, (protect her the best way that you know) (The best way that you know The best way that you know how) Sometimes when you have something, it's like you take it for granted. And sometimes something loves you and you don't love it back. See right now wish you was here. I wish you was here so I could hold you down. I wish you was here so you could hold me down. This to my brother, this to my sister, this to my Queen What y'all smoking on though? Ty Dolla $ign: That's a little OG, that Dolla $ign OG. This shit flight nigga Hey you bleeding? God damn Ty Dolla $ign: I got the Wiz Khalifa erm... Khalifa kiss kk Ty Dolla $ign: Nah the Wiz Khalifa little cones and shit