To Da River (from "The Fighting Temptations" soundtrack)

Ahh, for shiggity
Mr. Boney Bone Corleone, Lil Zane
And the one and only busta Javiggadink
(Lil Zane, ahh ahh)
Yo, holla at em Zane
Let em know how we do pimping

Wasn't for him, I wouldn't be alive
Chastised for telling lies, since then baptized
Look in my eyes, can you see the pain?
Why does the sun shine when it rain?
Hard times got me feeling daddy never did a thang
I'm God's chosen he put me in a Rolls and
Keeps my wrists frozen, never brown nosing
Like an explosion, I cause a commotion
Spit the truth like a prophet, I talk to the ocean
People fear what they can't understand
I thank God that I can, I stay focused keeping him in my plan
Never losing my faith, haters gonna try to degrade
Gotta be in my state of mind or relate
Gotta know this is the end and ain't no time to waste
Time to face your fate and I pray you don't end up in a lake
Do whatever it takes, so many mistakes we made
But we gon' all get it right once we down by the riverside

Going down
(We going down to the river, take it to the river)
Going down, baby
(Yo, down to the river, take it to the river)
Going dow-ow-ow-own
I'm going down, baby
(We going down to the river)

I'm gonna lay down...
All of my Glocks and automatics
I'm charismatic like crack addicts
Ya wreak havoc like road ragers in bad traffic
It gets drastic but he's fantastic in attracting
No more packing, now we're fasting
[?] passion
How can I get this life everlasting
Sick of blasting and dashing
Flashing like Charles Manson
He payed the ransom
Now I'm glory, holler, dancing
I'm flipping and ripping and coming with lyrical styles y'all never heard
Tryna reach them partners that be on them covers flipping birds
Forget the English spit rhymes para mi gente
Buster and Javanni bringing beats like Tito Puente
Salsa, merengue, ritmos calientes
Azuca sabroso para ti y para mi
Heading down to the riverside so I can let the old man die
When I come out of the water a new man finna come alive
Revived with the Holy Ghost and tears in my eyes

Going down
(We going down to the river, take it to the river)
Going down, baby
(Yo, down to the river, take it to the river)
Going dow-ow-ow-own
I'm going down, baby
(We going down to the river)

We so hot
We don't stop
We take it to the river
You know we go down, down
'Cause
We so hot

I'm sick of packing all these nines, slinging dimes
And smoking on the marijuana
Chilling with pretty mommas from Havana in the Bahamas
Plus demons trying to see me hot like I'm in the sauna
And I'm just trying to get ya loose kinda like Madonna

Everybody I know, tell em it's time to go
Me and T-Bone in the '64 sitting real low
'Bout to roll to the riverside
Put that liquor to the side
Ain't no need for getting high; stay alive, paying tithe

Plus, El Shaddai, Eloyhim got me tripping y'all
Never really laid down my burdens
'Cause I don't wanna be left and burning
Flirting with death and ain't promised my last breath
Dressed in prison blues, Holy Spirit got me under arrest

I used to be a thug, sold drugs, might assault ya
Stepped up in the church, got converted at the altar
And I don't fault ya, fell back and he caught ya
Out trying to floss better live what he taught ya

Going down
(We going down to the river, take it to the river)
Going down, baby
(Yo, down to the river, take it to the river)
Going dow-ow-ow-own
I'm going down, baby
(We going down to the river)

We so hot
We don't stop
We take it to the river
You know we go down, down
'Cause
We so hot

We going down to the river, take it to the river
Yo, yo, down to the river, down to the river