Joe Budden - Intro (Pray For Them) lyrics

Pray for me, need y'all to just pray for me Pray for me, somebody just pray for me Somebody pray for me, need y'all to just pray for me Somebody pray for me, need y'all to just pray for me Now if it goes to the wire I will never fall, I got the soul of a fighter Walk barefoot over the coals through the fire I thought the toll would be lighter Make sure that blunt is rolled a little tighter I tell 'em I'm just looking for some piece of mind But they say I'm only working with a piece of mine If I'm a do it it be on my own accord, no crutch Swear to god I've never called upon the lord so much Play the corner of the club, laughing at the wanna-bes It's ironic cause they everything I wanna be Would light a ton of reef But that's gon' unleash Everything I'm trying to hide underneath Then I'd lose all I've earned And if there's two things that I've learned Is I'm the only thing at stake And when you the only thing real Really you the only thing fake It must be time to escape from that And f** rhymes, might be time to escape from rap Why should I be the only n***a to escape from the act? So I lie since everybody just escapes from facts Yo that s**a sh** n***as be on I can't dig it Joe – won't lose even if you plan to rig it Yeah, nothing to prove, with no fear of how I'm depicted I'm here, won't move, I don't care to be evicted You don't like how I move? Well I ain't gonna keep still Any n***a want me k**ed Wanna leave me in the streets peeled Well if it happens it happens, I believe in free will Just know that ain't how we built I'll call n***as that'll dead you for a cheap thrill When the clips empty, they gonna try to refill And I'm a be the dude to try and stop 'em like, "please chill." Y'all know all I'm about They keep putting up roadblocks I keep finding alternate routes Now success seems likely everybody wanna try me I'm all for it, can't trip me up I won't fall for it I'm just a man without a care Neighbor to heartache, roommate with despair Reminded my past is darker Cause when A.M. died I was staring at Travis Barker Wishing it was something I could say to make him cheer up And so I prayed – he teared up I ain't wanna see him go through that The same sh** that I feel, never showed you that Cause it's none of nobody's business And it just makes you look weaker Every joke is just smoke Look deeper, nevermind, don't bother Some of y'all smarter Enough ain't got sense that if you try harder You'll get a glimpse of everything that I harbor We all ain't got the strength to be a martyr So to everyone who ever loved me: I apologize and I'm sorry Wholeheartedly, can't change it's just part of me Not music, sh**'s art to me Too f**ed up to drive, here's the car keys I don't care where we go, get it far from me Choices I don't wanna make I know I have to Worlds going faster So my ride or die chose the latter I'm looking for a rush out of habit Truth is, there is such thing as too much for a addict Ain't the n***a I'm belittled as, riddle that, n***a come from middle cla** If you speak to me, show a little cla** Dropped out of school, a n***a couldn't sit through cla** Learned to fall asleep through the sound of a pistol's blast I come from where dad taught mom to get high She's strong so we still got by When I picked up the drug why the f** was they surprised? If it wasn't for your genes I wouldn't lust the supply I come from a whole hood, telling me that I'm next Handed me a mag, must've known that I was Complex They say that you a wild individual You just not getting my style, you too typical Now everybody got a word for me sh** y'all deem important ain't pertinent to me Put your opinion with a feather, balance that Grab medicine, when the success and the talent match Now pray for them, somebody please pray for them Pray for them, need y’all to pray for them Pray for them, somebody pray for them Somebody pray for them, need y’all to pray for them Pray for them, pray for them, somebody pray for them