Royce da 5'9" - Pray lyrics

(Let us pray)

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 associate me with nothin' but
That dopest child star shit
That Lindsey Lo', that Todd Bridges
Hit your block with a tickin' bomb that'll
Leave the competition in the 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, bitch

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

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

But you can pray for them
They need you more than me, pray for them
Pray for everybody

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

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 shit addict in the coolest whip
Riding 'round my city lookin' for
The baddest newest bitch
Hammer in my stash, feeling too legit
90 on the dash, slammin' on the gas
Passenger mad
Saying that the break pedal do exist
I'm saying "I'm late man
I got school to skip"
I don't talk too much shit
I discuss shit by throwing hands
I'm a sucker for hoes in yoga pants
Tell my queen I'm in this shit
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

Don't pray for me, nigga pray for them
You gon' pray for somebody? Pray for them

Don't pray for me, pray for respect
Pray to get something different from rich
And away from your debt
Nigga, I'm straight to cassette
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 death
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

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

(Let us pray)
Lord, please keep Your arms around us
And protect us
From harm and danger in your son Jesus' name
Amen (Amen)