Jay Electronica – Memories & Merlot Lyrics

 Jay Electronica – Memories & Merlot Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Candy coated memories of lookin' at the sky a lot

We used to laugh a lot, play a lot, cry a lot

My momma used to sit me down and get her Bible out

Two days straight, teach Revelations to me

Fruits of the spirit, love and patience to me

I used to wonder why she cried when she told me

That nobody in this world but God could console me

"The devil is lurking in the shadows, so pick your battles

Keep your on eye on the sparrow

And walk on the straight and narrow – 'cause

Pride and arrogance will swallow you in Pharaoh's blood

Looks after your sisters, I'm here 'cause you and Fal' are blood

You never know when thick land could turn to shallow mud

And if the shit hit the fan, the quicksand will lather up"

[Refrain]

Where there's no vision, the people perish

So these are the memories I keep and cherish

[Verse 2]

Sunny, lemon memories of laying in the grass

My head was spinnin' and my heart was beatin' fast

I opened up and start relaying you my past

"Una furtiva lagrima" was on the box, and Merlot was in the glass

I must admit, at first, I focused on that ass

Then we chilled and had a blast, so the waves had to crash

But the titans have to clash

We had a decorated badge, just forgot to pump the gas

Life is a storyboard, captured in a Polaroid

The memory's the jewel 'cause the camera is cold and void

Like a corpse, or C-3PO the golden droid

Vivid flashbacks will leave you real sad or overjoyed

[Refrain]

Where there's no vision, the people perish

So these are the memories I keep and cherish