JAY-Z, R. Kelly - Don't Let Me Die lyrics

Ohhh, ohh, oh, oh, oooooh
(Dear God, bring our POW's home)
Ohhh, ohh, oh, oh, oooooh
(And bring our brothers on lockdown
Home - amen)

Whoa oh oh ya ya yah whoa oh oh ya ya ya ya!

He's a nigga from the back block
On everybody laptop who used
To slang crack rock
HOV'! And this nigga from the Chi'
Who hold a note like the guy
Who said the British is comin
My nigga Kels! Oh yeah the niggas is comin
Get out your good dishes or
Somethin like it's Thanksgiving nigga
It's HOV'! And none other than the R
And without further adieu
Like Freddie get ready it's

Whatever happen Lord, don't send me back
And whenever I did wrong it
Was your name I cried
I heard you forgave over and over again
But when I found that out I
Became immune to my sins
Lay wide awake in the middle of my sleep
"I see dead people
" and sometimes it's me Lord
I never wanted to be a Thugfather
I only wanted to be a son of a father
RAHH, that's how it sounds, it's sad
Worse than the war in Iraq
When it's me against I
I gave up the weed and somehow I'm still high
Three years
Still seein the weed in my eyes Lord
Sometimes I don't know what you want from me
But, I do know you know what I want from you
GIVE IT TO ME! C'mon, take away this Hennessy
Take away me runnin the street
Stop people from HATIN me
Take away all of this jealousy and prejudicy
Thought you said it was a better place
I grew up around pimps
Hustlers hoes and project gang-sters
Hard to BELIEVE in what I can't see
I gotta get this money and feed my family

Whatever deity guides my life
Dear Lord, don't let me die tonight
But, if I shall before I
Wake what shall I say?
It's been a good run from
Hoodlum to Island estates
How could one who made such foul mistakes
Still be allowed to have a smile on my face?
Hell, whatever the case
I'm glad it wasn't murder
In a town you never hearda
From a nickel-plated burner
Now my life's straight like a perm
Try to take the spot I
Earned muh'fucker better learn it's HOV'!

Hey boy hear me out
Got a few mo' things to say
These niggas be chasin me like everyday
C'mere - NO! My life on crutches, devils say
I'll never walk again
But the devil is a liar
Cause, I believe within
You're the reason that I'm still here
Even though I don't act like it
Even though I hear my calling and fight it
Fools do me so wrong
It's hard to stay righteous
If pimping was a mountain to heaven
I'd hike it believe me Lord, I want you
Got money and fame
And still it just won't do
Sometimes I don't like who I am
When I look in the mirror
My reflection is Uncle Sam
And every night I have these weird dreams
That a creature's right beside me -
Wake up and can't breathe
I feel like it's twenty of me
Goin 20 different directions on
A one-way street Lord
I got houses, money and cars and met
Every single superstar I
Got the whole music industry sewed
But it still don't matter, when I'm
Gone and my casket closed, go!

Whatever guillotine guides my life
Dear Lord, don't let me die tonight
But, if I shall before I
Wake I'd accept my fate
I did what I did my heart
Was in the right place
I did so I could live to put food on my plate
You musta loved me not to let
It end by 3 that day
Well, whatever the case
I'm glad it wasn't murder
In a town you never hearda
From a nickel-plated burner
I guess I'm not finished with my journey
Please forgive me for my sins
Shit I'm still trying to learn meet HOV'!

Wrap your arms around us God
Let there be peace, and no more war
And bring our soldiers home, let us pray