John River - Show Me The Way lyrics

(Verse 1) Open up my eyes, ‘member what my mother say “Wake up in the morning, thank the lord for another day” From where brother's spray, and her lover lay Sellin' crack to the kids, gotta be another way But a n***a still broke and sh** Resumé said I'm a hopeless kid I'm stressin' on my dome, and pressin' for a loan ‘Cause payin' for your school ain't like payin' for your phone I'm aimin' for the throne, say it then it's stone Praying that these brothers don't go sprayin' with the chrome ‘Cause I show you what I'm ‘bout, out my city still breathin' Pour some liquor out ‘cause my n***a's still leavin' Cops still thievin', pops still grievin' n***as on the block with the Glocks still squeezin' Shell toe season, gats still sneezin' Young black male k**ed still no reason (Chorus) I said oh lord, show me the way ‘Cause I've been hopin' you hear me pray I say girl, tell me you'll stay ‘Cause I've been tryin' for you and me, for you, for you and me Rat in my stable but I just can't clasp it Stats on the table but I just can't grasp it Blacks mixed with ignorance, guess we ain't past it Its like we shoot a basket, or end up in a casket Sweetie, only nine She try'na make that a** fit Stevie hold the nine, he heard it in that rap sh** Please, little n***a just addicted to trees Whatchu stealin' for n***a, you addicted to free Oh sh** you lookin' pissed ‘cause you ain't get your degree But that ain't little n***a's fault, he ain't know how to read Truly shamed, who to blame? The student or the teacher? Sometimes I play the sinner man, sometimes I play the preacher Try'na reach ya with my sermon or my verdict or my script When I get my plane I'm taking all my n***as off the strip Or a boat or a whip, Lambo or a ship Put it down for my town John 4-1-6 I said oh lord, show me the way ‘Cause I've been hoping you hear me pray I say girl, tell me you'll stay ‘Cause I've been trying for you and me, for you, for you and me