Coming up again to meet the day
Souljah ranks give praise & thanks for another way
Another chance to find that fabled shore
Another wonder waiting behind an unlocked door

I used to think that I was all alone
Then I saw the million marchers making their way on home
I saw the holy rising when the dust it settled down
It comes and goes, it comes and goes

Lay it down, go on and lay it down
It won’t hurt nobody and it won’t make no sound
Oh, oh come lay it down
Oh, oh come lay it down

Saw my reflection in the people come and gone
I saw sister in her solitude and a picture that we’d drawn
Where no one had to make it with nowhere left to lean
No shelter from the fallout of a broken human dream

Lay it down, go on and lay it down
It won’t hurt nobody and it won’t make no sound
Oh, oh come lay it down
Oh, oh come lay it down

Messenger might ride a lonely mile
He’s out there in the wilderness
He’s been gone awhile
Well, he’ll keep riding, he’ll keep on riding
He’ll keep on riding all night long

Lay it down, go on and lay it down…