Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Prayin' lyrics

Title: Prayin' Artist: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Album: The Blue Album Mother Father Sister Brother Prayin' for the weak (huh) Prayin' for the meek Prayin' for the old, the helpless and the poor Prayin' for the hungry Why can't they eat Prayin' for the tired why can't they sleep You see every night before I go to sleep you gonna find me praying for my mother father sister brother everybody needs a pray ho ho and if you look in my heart you're gonna find one there prayin' for mother father sister brother See I know each and one of yall I know yall need a pray and as I look around I don't see a person that don't need one nowhere prayin' for my momma father sister brother alright I'm prayin' for the week I'm prayin' for the meek I'm prayin' for the old the helpless and the poor see Prayin' for the lame, lord knows why can't they walk Prayin' for the mute somebody tell me why can't they talk I pray for the rich man the poor man (every noght before I go to sleep) oh Every night before I oh I'm prayin' for my (mother) my my my my my my mother lord father sister brother I gotta say a prayer for my mother she's the first lady in my life and I'm gonna pray for my daddy, my daddy he made momma his wife huh and as I as I look around I don't see nobody there who can lay on back and say to yourself say I don't need a prayer Prayin' for you mother Prayin' for my daddy you see when I was a little boy we used to say a little prayer every night before we went to sleep and it went somthing like this Now I lay me down to sleep pray the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake (Every night before I go to sleep) I pray the Lord my soul to take I'm praying for my mama prayin' for my daddy, no daddy, no daddy, no daddy, no prayin' for my sister (huh) prayin' for you brother (brother)huh I gotta say a prayer for the rich man, poor man beggar man, thief The doctor, lawyer, and indian chief One for the lame why can't they walk another for the mute why can't they talk Somebody tell me, somebody please while I'm down here on my dog gone knees I wanna say a prayer say a prayer for my momma one for my sister, my little sister one for my brother