Big K.R.I.T., B.B. King - Praying Man lyrics

Guess I was on the road
Didn't know which way to go
I think I hear a praying man coming
A praying man coming
Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
My people done left me behind
I think I hear a praying man coming
I think I hear a praying man coming

Stumble along the path
He emerged from the grass
Stopped at me and asked why so sad
Perhaps because they had taken what I had
I'm sure it wasn't much to them but
It was all that I could grab
I was on my way to church
I was running late at first
But after all this riff raff here
I missed service and it hurts
But what's worse I'm not sure how long
I've been swaying in the breeze
Tired of talking to the trees and you
The first praying man that I've seen
I figured you'd lend a hand
But I see if you got some time
I'm glad you looked up because
Most people pay no mind
He smiled and said "Son well
I can do you one better"
He removed a pocket knife and cut
Me down from my oppressor, forever

Guess I was on the road
Didn't know which way to go
I think I hear a praying man coming
A praying man coming
Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
My people done left me behind
I think I hear a praying man coming
I think I hear a praying man coming

Boating along the sea
He emerged from the mist
Asked me how I got far from the beach
Cause they stripped me of my pride and
Put these shackles on my feet
I was stacked on top of my folk
And it was really hard to breathe
It was a little hard to believe that I
Had been caught up in this mess
And some of my own people would
Sell me to my death
It was a lot of us on the ride and
It was a lot of us that was lost
But some of us couldn't take it
So some of us jumped off
And I'm really glad you found
Me on your course
I been out here for a while and
There's no sign of the shore
He smiled and said "Son well I
Can do you one better"
He lended me his hand and picked
Me up from my oppressor, forever

Guess I was on the road
Didn't know which way to go
I think I hear a praying man coming
A praying man coming
Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
My people done left me behind
I think I hear a praying man coming
I think I hear a praying man coming

Driving along the road
He asked me what I was running from
And where I was trying to go
"Well I was working in the field and
One of my kinfolk just got killed
And I knew they'd come for me
And Lord knows I wanna live
See I heard there's people free
Not that far but far from me
To be running from these dogs with
No shoes up on my feet
I heard of this railroad
That ventures underground
And takes my kind of people to a
Place that we can't be found
And I been wounded for some miles
So I decided to rest my head
I guess they let me go cause
They assumed that I was dead"
Smiled and said "Son hop in
This wagon and get settled"
He offered me a ride and drove
Me far away from my oppressor, forever

Guess I was on the road
Didn't know which way to go
I think I hear a praying man coming
A praying man coming
Sometimes I couldn't read the signs
My people done left me behind
I think I hear a praying man coming
I think I hear a praying man coming