Beanie Sigel, Raheem DeVaughn - Prayer lyrics

Masha'Allah

As I wake up in the morning
Stretch my arms wide
Before I even yawn or wipe
The cold out my eyes
I say Al Humdulillah, giving praise to my God
Allowing me another day, blessing me to rise

Know at any given time, it could be my demise
Cause you only get a minute to pray
(And a second to die)
And realizing that I've come
To terms with that
One day I'm gonna burn for
All my heinous acts
I know a sincere prayer can
Only change my fate so I drop
Prostrate and pray it ain't too late
For me to ask for forgiveness
And increase my faith
And guide me on the path that's straight
And never lead me astray

Cause, I know I can't walk this alone
I'm in fear of that fork in the road
The devil there, waiting to claim my soul
So I pray that You hold my hand
As I follow your footprints in the sand

Now I know I done did some wrong
And I ain't been to talk to you in so
So long
So I'ma hit my knees and extend my palms
And send this up to you
And hope you hear this

I'll be prayin' (Prayin')
I'll be prayin' (Prayin')
I'll be prayin' (yeah)
I'll be prayin' (Ayee yeah)
I often find myself stuck
Just staring in space
Feel like hours at a time
My mind drifting away
Can't quite collect my thoughts or
Put 'em in place
And I grab a glimpse of my momma
With a head full of grays

I know they shouldn't be there (Nah)
Not for her age and then I think of how I
Stressed her and shortened her days
Her long sleepless nights
Not knowing if I was safe
Or was my name on the list
Of the reaper that day

I sink deeper as I feel a
Tear creep down my face i wipe it away
Now my thoughts on life in the grave
I know on that day that three
Things gon' go wit ya ya family
Ya wealth and ya deeds but two gon' leave

And when that last person leave that site
The grave gon' squeeze so tight
Ya ribs gon' overlap till every bone crack
I drop my head in despair
Imagine going through that

I smell fire then I notice
The hole in my pants
I drop my cigarette butt and brush off my ash
I'm still stuck but I notice a car pass
I hear the driver cussin' me
Out over his horn blast
Damn, this can't be right
Let me snap back to life
How long I been stuck
Day dreaming at this light?
Wondering if that's a sign of
How I'm moving through life
A reckless abandon, a accident
Just waiting to happen

A reckless abandon, a accident
Just waiting to happen

Now I know I done did some wrong
And I ain't been to talk to you in so
So long
So I'ma hit my knees and extend my palms
And send this up to you
And hope you hear this

I'll be prayin' (Prayin')
I'll be prayin' (Prayin')
I'll be prayin' (yeah)
I'll be prayin' (Ayee yeah)