Pain Relief Lyrics

We need something

We need something to alleviate the pain

Something to alleviate the pain

We need something to alleviate the pain

With a purpose to live before we're leavin this thing

I want life brighter than my dreams coulda been

For me and my friends

I'm just tryin to put checks on my bucket and wishlist

There's no telling how long we got here to live this

So much evil in this world only God could forgive it

When I was young it was trouble to live

Mom had to work to exhaustion - doubled the shifts

Besides doe my father had nothing to give

Grandma passed, I'm on my own, getting drunk than a bitch

Too much pain made me drown out my thoughts with a drink

With a blunt or a splif

Coulda chosen a coffin

I was ready to die, willing to kill those that I brawled with

Went to school doped up more often

Put my plight in my rhymes

Music was all I had to keep my mind occupied

9 11 I was confused when I turned on the news after school

I thought I was choosin a movie

Can you relieve our pain God?

Do you hear our prayers God?

We need a helpin hand down here

I heard you came down here

Can you come back though?

Can you come back though?

Cause people still need healing and some are just plain broke

Some just can't cope

And wanna give up on life

Some people shoot and kill us on sight

Some ain't given no rights

Some just give up the fight

We need strength to hope for the better

God that's why I wrote you this letter

That's why I wrote you this letter

We need pain relief

We need pain relief

God that's why I wrote you this letter

That's why I wrote you this letter

We need pain relief

Can you relieve our pain God?

Do you hear our prayers God?

Relieve our pain God

Can you relieve our pain God?

Do you hear our prayers God?

Do you hear our prayers God?

We need something to alleviate the pain

A purpose to live before we're leavin this thing

I want my life brighter than my dreams coulda been

For me and my friends

I'm just tryin to put checks on my bucket and wishlist

There's no telling how long we got here to live this

So much evil in this world only God could forgive it

You need a certain degree of craziness

To make it in a world of shadiness

That's crazy like lettin a convicted rapist babysit

I used to be a pessimist

But I became optimistic cause being too realistic

Means denouncing your dreams and wishes

Don't wanna grow old too quick without really livin

But sometimes it's like I need assistance

Sometimes life is too much to handle for us

We can't get along and share some stuff

Can't seem to respect one another, I pray for love

We walk dark paths and corridors

Overlookin the weak, outsiders and foreigners

We need to accept the difference in all of us

Majority interests are not a good moral standard - just think of the holocaust

Can you relieve our pain God?

Do you hear our prayers God?

We need a helpin hand down here

I heard you came down here

Can you come back though?

Can you come back though?

Can you relieve our pain God?

Do you hear our prayers God?

We need a helpin hand down here

I heard you came down here

Can you come back though?

Can you come back though?