Valley of Death - Joel June

I tried to warn you We all did And now my curse will stay with you as you descend Descend to madness Curse you and your sons The valley of darkness Valley of darkness The valley of darkness

The meek shall inherit the earth That's what the bible says Walk like a giant, talk like a tyrant Faith of a mustard seed, destined for a triumph David and Goliath, hate me or admire Kush burns slow as I chase my desires Embrace my empire, batta boy eat fire Guns like choirs when they sing, keep quite Will I get to Heaven? Turn to Psalm 27 Lord knows when I see this monkey I'm gon' be the devil Be him 'cause I'm clever, beat him at whatever You never was a G, nigga, Unit ain't together New York's unified down south, love dat When we get to shine, muthafuckas where the love at? Real niggas gettin' money, betta log on Think da games dead now? Imagine when ya dog's gone Imagine when this song gone When ya phone off, there's only one to call on I mean if I die today I could honestly say, thank you, Lord Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord I'm bigger than a title, bigger than a name You could label me the biggest title in the game Put food on the table, fed the whole city Tell me who be the fool if the Feds come get me Better years are better when you call it trendsetter The world so cold hope you got a lil' sweater Caught a lil case but he had a lil' cheddar Planned out the 15, poured his life in a letter Very first line he called, trick daddy stupid Say he got aids, tellin' people that it's lupus Not the one just to jump to conclusions I'm gettin' money, small talk can be a nuisance Broke chains, reminiscent to them nooses Sittin' on deuces, new land cruisers Who the fuck you callin' losers, you niggas losin' Look like you could use us When I bought my first Run DMC vinyl And my first 2 Live Crew cassette I woulda cried if I knew I would be where I'm at today Took me 40 minutes to walk there to buy it Call ya boy, A C.O. but if I really was When all these niggas undercover, fuckin' niggas up Keep it trilla, nigga never had a gun and badge Kept a nice, watch smokin' on a hundred sack Back in the day, I sold crack for some nice kicks Skippin' school, I saw my friend stabbed with a ice pick Young nigga 15 with 3 C's From that very day I carried on the 3 C's Can't criticize niggas tryna get jobs Better get smart, young brotha live yours Only live once and I got 2 kids And for me to feed them I get 2 gigs I shuffle shit, I ceo so we can bow our head And pray over the meatloaf I'm lookin' at the big picture Keep a bitch with cha, tryna get a bit richer I remember prayin' for, for me to just get the The opportunity to just get a record deal And now I sign artists Thank you, lord

We have no future, heaven wasn't made for me We burn ourselves to hell as fast as it can be And I wish that I could be the king Then I'd know that I am not alone Maggots put on shirts, sell each others shit Sometimes I feel so worthless, sometimes I feel discarded I wish that I was good enough Then I'd know that I am not alone Death, it is policeman, death, it is the priest Death is the stereo, death is TV Death is the Tarot, death is an angel Death is our god, killing us all She put the seeds in me Plant this dying tree She's a burning string I'm just the ashes She put the seeds in me Plant this dying tree She's a burning string I'm just the ashes She put the seeds in me Plant this dying tree She's a burning string...

Last night I lay all in my dreams, when a rap At the door it startled me. And I heard those footsteps on the stairs, And I bade her; please come in. Come in, come in, my roving friend. Come in and rest awhile. For you've been gone so very long, It's nice to see you smile. Come in, come in, my wandering friend. Accept my welcome home. I hope you can stay a long, long while before you have to go. And she walked across the room to me, And then she sat right down with me, And told me that she had to leave. She could not stay for long. A child he held in his arms, a child that I Knew well through time, and told me that he had to leave. He had to take him home. She crossed the floor and moved away, And my heart said, "Stop her. Maker her stay." But I just showered myself in tears, for I just let her go. When I awoke I cried and cried, And went to sit by his graveside, And visit the child he left behind. Because he had to go. You must come back to me again. Accept the welcome I extend. I will not let you go this time, If only in my dreams. And yeah, though you walk ever on, May your heart be not weary but strong. And yeah, though you walk ever on, Through the valley of the shadow of death.

Dying's so rock and roll Stretching out into forever I said I don't know Could anybody even survive it? Oh, she said we're never gonna die Wait, wait, wait, woh-oh-oh She said we're never gonna die Wait, wait, wait The leather seats are gettin' hotter by the minute I can't believe we could take it She taps her feet and then she just spits a melody out I used to love it till it killed me Oh, she said we're never gonna die Wait, wait, wait, woh-oh-oh She said we're never gonna die Oh, oh Oh, oh Sang twenty songs on rotation You know that everything goes bad on occasion Take me away on vacation So I barely even know that you're fakin' Oh, tell me the war was it for Oh, baby this year or the ours Woh-oh-oh, woh-oh-oh Oh, oh Oh, oh She said we're never gonna die Wait, wait, wait, woh-oh-oh Oh, she said we're never gonna die Wait, wait, wait, woh-oh-oh Oh, she said we're never gonna die Wait, wait, wait, woh-oh-oh Oh, she said we're never gonna die Wait, wait, wait