Crown of Thorns - Emilio Rojas

I used to believe if I played by your rules

I’d win, I’d win, I’d win

All these thorns in me proves our gods are feared

By men and I ain’t gonna save you now

I’m from a small town, small minds, trouble fittin' in

When I skated through my city, it was different then

And I ran with gangstas that was on parole

Or students on that honor roll

Left catholic school in seventh grade

I can’t believe in god no more (Amen)

'Cause they told me Emilio, follow your dreams

And you could be gettin' whatever you want

And you could be anything that you believe

I got on my knees and prayed to beat it, it was futile

We never had males around us growin' up

I learned to tie a tie on Youtube

Tryna find out how to sue them, only smoke until they stupid

Doin' harder drugs, if it was put it front of them, they’d use it

There was aliens in my family but me, I’m only human

I’m what happens after Jesus learned his only friend was Judas

Everybody who’s around me, they really wanna con me

They really wanna drown me

Wanna get slick with a little bit of bread

But they gonna get it right when I hit 'em with accountin'

Everyone that I trust dead or they locked up in that county

So it’s time to take these fuckin' thorns and crown me, amen

I used to believe if I played by your rules

I’d win, I’d win, I’d win

All these thorns in me proves our gods are feared

By men and I ain’t gonna save you now

I ain’t gonna save you now, I ain’t gonna save you now

I ain’t gonna save you now, no, no no, no, no, no, no, no

I ain’t gonna save you now, I ain’t gonna save you now

I ain’t gonna save you now, no, no no, no, no, no, no, no

Say a prayer for me, dear god, say a prayer for me

If hell is freezin' over, tell the angels send some flares for me

Gave these dudes careers, it’s like I ran a fuckin' charity

Why they mentionin' my name with all these lames that don’t compare to me?

I shoulda been blown by now, I should been known by now

But I guess that it coulda been worse, I coulda been gone by now

Everything coulda been over now

Whey coulda been rippin' the posters down

But I hold my ground, crushin' the world in my hands

I am shruggin' it off of my shoulders now

We wasn’t supposed to make it

We wasn’t supposed to break in

We wasn’t supposed to get all this dough

We wasn’t supposed to rake in

I’m sittin' in first class with a leather duffle

I’m thinkin' fuck 'em, they never got dirt on they hands now

'Cause they never hustle, I came from nothin' man

I came from nothin', they wanted to crucify me

But I broke the nails they tried to hang me up with

You better believe I’m makin' 'em pay for all the pain and sufferin'

We not the ones that they should fuck with, amen