River

No matter what you go through in life
No matter how hard it gets
You can never give up
You got to learn to dig deep
There's gon' be some times when nobody believes in you
When you feel like the underdog
But you gotta push

Come take me down to the river
Wash away my sins with liquor
Mama told me Jesus got me
But some sins can't be forgiven
I been down from the start
I got payback in my heart
Every time I walk away
I end up right back where I start

Lonely days, cold nights
A broken dog, ain't got no fight
They all bark, they got no bite
I feel like they got me up under their thumb
And suppressing the words that I'm gon' write
I'm caving in, yeah, determined if there is
A change in me, yeah, you want it? Your actions
Have taken me there, confronted what they had me
Facing my fears, praying you bitches
Are tasting my tears, blood on my shirt [?]
[?] maybe I'm scared
The feeling you're backed in the corner
With no other option has got me embracing the fear
A lot on my mind, I'm probably fine
There's moments I feel like I'm talking to God
I gotta unwind, just give me a second
To think, to deal with emotions and anger
That's bottled inside, I been denied
My mother is sick and I'm out of my mind
Pretend that I'm calm but I'm quietly not
It switch at the drop of a dime

Come take me down to the river
Wash away my sins with liquor
Mama told me Jesus got me
But some sins can't be forgiven
I been down from the start
I got payback in my heart
Every time I walk away
I end up right back where I start

Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river
Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river
Oh, take me down (to the river
To the river, to the river)
Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river

Heart filled with guilt but I pray repentance
For the time I let the '45 vent with vengeance
Bad decisions, good intentions
My family suffered when I did my sentence
Raised different, descendant of the sinners, oh
They out my dogs in the kennel, oh
Mama cried and sang songs in the rain
Of this pain to a instrumental
Granny told me that only God saves
Chip on my shoulder like Rod Wave
But I felt, abandoned I crash landed
Blinded by the shine of the dark ways
Felt heartache 'cause they all fake
When I speak love, they just talk hate
No rats round here, we play quiet mouse
They wait to throw gas when my fire's out
Just 'cause I'm tired don't mean I'm retired
If I said I ain't with it I'd be a liar
I don't need a choir, just some holy water
Set my soul on fire hallelujah
What's it to ya if I'm doing good
Walked through the flames so my kids cool
Speaking wise words to a simple fool
Baptized myself in this Clase Azul

Come take me down to the river
Wash away my sins with liquor
Mama told me Jesus got me
But some sins can't be forgiven
I been down from the start
I got payback in my heart
Every time I walk away
I end up right back where I start

Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river
Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river
Oh, take me down (to the river
To the river, to the river)
Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river

Come take me down to the river
Wash away my sins with liquor
Mama told me Jesus got me
But some sins can't be forgiven
I been down from the start
I got payback in my heart
Every time I walk away
I end up right back where I start

Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river
Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river
Oh, take me down (to the river
To the river, to the river)
Oh, take me down to the river
To the river, to the river