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