Royce Da 5'9" - Pray lyrics

[Intro] (Let us pray) Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for watching over us today. I pray for the sick and [shut in] and for those who have lost loved ones. Lord, I pray for the homeless. Lord, I pray for our soldiers and their families. I pray for everyone here today... [Verse 1] God taketh away, and God giveth The clock's tickin' away as the plot thickens today Cause I'm sippin' hard liquor We couldn't suffer the same amount of losses Cause my supply's bigger Don't a**ociate me with nothin' but that dopest child star sh** That Lindsey Lo', that Todd Bridges Hit your block with a tickin' bomb that'll Leave the competition in hospital I'm the product of foolish pride I'm a speeding bullet who responds to the pull of God's trigger Jumpin' out the barrel, like "Excuse me, Nas. Move aside, Jigga" I'm hard as proving ground bricks Groundbreaking each time I spit words and they hit the street You don't like the game, you can google my dick, b**h [Chorus] And that goes to everybody I pray for foes, I pray for hoes I pray for everybody But you can pray for them If you gon' pray for somebody, pray for them [Verse 2] Don't pray for me, pray for Paris Pray for Nigeria, pray for peace Pray for your marriage Pray your horse don't sway far away from your carriage Why you put all of your eggs in one basket? Blowin' dumb cash on Wraiths and karats Your daughter ain't an heiress, I hope she's taken care of More importantly, I hope this gun in your face don't end up in your mouth I'll make you taste the terror of the kickback of this gat that could break the barrel More court cases, hate betrayal If I approach thee, boy, please take me serious Cause if I say that I shall, then I shall proceed I don't cry wolf cause I don't enjoy wasting tears any more than I enjoy wasting shells I looked at the state of my health and asked the reverend 'bout it I didn't just pray for myself, I prayed for everybody [Chorus] But you can pray for them They need you more than me, pray for them Pray for everybody [Bridge] Look around, look around, look around, look around Pray for everybody, tell me exactly what you're seeing I'm seeing children being murdered by police and then acquitted on all charges It's like they're all targets, pray for them Pray for everybody [Verse 3] Live from the gutter, my father's a drugger The block is my mother, 2Pac got it on lock in my suburb I got dope double-wrapped up in bubble wrap on top of my cupboard Old ladies watching from shutters Tellin' all the children keep watching out for us Bad influences, we the gumbo that you see inside the pot Swimming 'round in all the saddest, truest sh** Addict in the coolest whip Riding 'round my city lookin' for the baddest newest b**h Hammer in my stash, feeling too legit 90 on the dash, slammin' on the gas Pa**enger mad, saying that the break pedal do exist I'm saying "I'm late man, I got school to skip" Introduce me to your chick, I turn this sh** to a Skip to My Lou a**ist I don't talk too much sh**, I discuss sh** by throwing hands I'm a s**er for hoes in yoga pants Tell my queen I'm in this sh**, like kissing and holding hands I keep my flings on the other end of a string with swollen glands I'm a player, I've been to every hotel and every lobby Every time I pray, I send up a prayer for everybody [Chorus] Don't pray for me, n***a Pray for them You gon' pray for somebody? Pray for them [Verse 4] Don't pray for me, pray for respect Pray to get something different from rich and away from your debt n***a, I'm straight to ca**ette Y'all digital, y'all about as physical as finger under some balls, coughin' while taking a test Too many artists get mistaken with best Cause they on the charts, you sleepin' on me, I'll come and wake you to d**h While I pray against all the violence and shootin' ISIS got Obama sittin' down with Vladimir Putin I saw a child online ask his father "Why did they do this?" His father then replied to him, "We gotta fight 'em with flowers growing out the ground" I look at violence the same way I look at slavery It's never ending in light of abolishment These are my finest hours, then I pray for everybody [Bridge] Look around, look around, look around, look around Pray for everybody, tell me exactly what you're seeing I'm seeing children being murdered by police and then acquitted on all charges It's like they're all targets, pray for them [Outro] (Let us pray) Lord, please keep Your arms around us, and protect us from harm and danger. In your son Jesus' name, amen. (Amen!)