T.I. - Prayin' For Help lyrics

[Intro:] Our father Who are in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven Give us this day, our daily bread Forgive us for our trespa**es As we forgive those who trespa** against us Lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil God is tha kingdom, tha power, and the glory Foreva and eva, hmp amen [Verse 1:] Man Im prayin fo help While I lookin at the life I left Its kinda hard not to hate myself But quiet is kept Right or wrong its just tha way I felt I might be better off prayin for d**h On my knees I knelt, Still tryin ta find a way ta except That aint a way I can help nobody till I save myself Technically Im still a slave myself I gotta climb out tha grave myself Man, I played myself But when I look at all tha fans i touched I ask how can a man whos done so much, be treated so unjust Cause I tried to inspire tha folks You wanna condem cause they sell dope Well man, show em tha ropes Be a fatha or a football coach A role model lord asemble tha hope Take anotha approach Instead of testifiyin againt em in court Handcuffin em and closin tha doe, so they can be worse than befo Cant you see they only do what they know And you wonder why they don care no mo Life aint fair, I know But why Im hated everywhere i go Next time you wanna compare my flow just know [Chorus:] Im prayin fo help Askin somebody else to give me a hand, Im tryin hard but i am only a man Man, Im prayin fo help Hopin somebody else could see what I see, its like tha hood only matter ta me They got me prayin fo help Hopin sombody eles can carry tha torch, Im all alone wit no kind of support While I was prayin fa help Realized i'on need nobody else, If god wit me i can do it myself Tired of just prayin fo help [Verse 2:] I know its only one king, one thing, one being only somethin I believe without seeing And with all my faith I pray somehow, some way, regaurdless of what anyone say I believe one day That Ima change my life, get right, start livin like christ, to tha end of my fight Ima be defendin my strife Till somebody come and shut off my lights I aint neva gon quit No matta how difficult its gon get And you can bet whateva on this Im foeva gon spit Harder than n***as hatin on tip You can take away and place it on tip I double my load Carry it as tha trouble unfolds Hold yo'lls, and I bet I dont fold Put that on my soul If it take till Im a hundred years old Bet Im reachin everyone of my goals No [Chorus] [Verse 3:] Hah, just so many times I don wished I could change my mind Change my life and leave tha game behind And its been so many days I don prayed I could find a way Find tha heart and tha time to say Only so many are blessed Wit so many chances, So many checks, So many fans, Wit so many arrests And its been so many d**hs So many prisons wit n***as in there And tha system keep playin them to tha left Man, so many tests, So many hatas love seein ya stress But tribulations come wit being tha best Still its so many who flex Singin bout texts When they greener than shreks Sellin dreams, never seen in tha jets That's why Im seen as a threat So many stripes Off tha streaks of my vest When so many rappers get so little respect Now n***as faith on tha shelf Cause of tha cards that a n***a was delt Or tha heart that a n***a don delt So many n***as don left out of da hood Instead of givin back they stayed fo they self So many playin they self Instead of readin, educatin they self The ones that don even pray fo they self Got me [Chorus]