Our daily bread and forgive us for our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
Forever and ever, amen
Man I'm praying for help, while I'm looking at the life I left
It's kinda hard not to hate myself, but quiet is kept
Right or wrong it's just the way I felt
I might be better off praying for death, on my knees I knelt
Still tryna find a way to accept
It ain't a way that I can help nobody till I save myself
Technically I'm still a slave myself
I gotta climb out the grave myself, man I played myself
But when I look at all the fans I touched
I ask how can a man that's done so much be treated so unjust
Cause I try and inspire the folks you
Wanna condemn cause they sell dope
Well man show 'em the ropes, be a father or a football coach
A role model or a symbol of hope
Take another approach, instead of testifying against 'em in court
Handcuffin' 'em and closing the door so they can be worse than before
Can't you see they only do what they know
Then you wonder why they don't care no more
Life ain't fair I know, but why I'm hated everywhere I go
Next time you wanna compare my flow, just remember
I'm praying for help, asking somebody else to give me a hand
I'm trying hard but I'm only a man, man
I'm praying for help, hoping somebody else can see what I see
It's like the hood only matter to me
They got me praying for help, hoping somebody else can carry the torch
I'm all alone with no kind of support
While I was praying for help, realized I don't need nobody else
If God with me I can do it myself
I know it's only one king, one thing, one being
Only something I believe what I'd seen
But I want all my faith, I pray somehow, some way
Regardless of what anyone say, I believe one day
That I'ma change my life, get right, start living like Christ
Till the end of my fight, I'ma be defending my stripes
Till somebody come and shut off my lights
I ain't never gon' quit, no matter how good it's gon' get
And you can bet whatever on this, I'm forever gon' spit
Harder than niggas hating on Tip
You can take the weight and place it on Tip
I double my load, carry it as the trouble unfolds
Hold yours and I bet I don't fold, put that on my soul
If it take till I'm a hundred years old
Bet I'm reaching every one of my goals
I'm praying for help, asking somebody else to give me a hand
I'm trying hard but I'm only a man, man
I'm praying for help, hoping somebody else can see what I see
It's like the hood only matter to me
They got me praying for help, hoping somebody else can carry the torch
I'm all alone with no kind of support
While I was praying for help, realized I don't need nobody else
If God with me I can do it myself
So many times I done wished that I could change my mind
Change my life and leave the game behind
And it's been so many days, I done prayed I could find a way
Find it hard any time to say
So many are blessed with so many chances and so many checks
So many fans with so many arrests and so many deaths
So many prisons with niggas in there
And the system keep playing them to the left
Man there's so many tests, so many haters love seeing you stressed
But tribulations come with being the best
Still it's so many who flex, singing '
Bout checks when they greener than Shrek
Selling dreams, never seen in the 'jects
That's why I'm seen as a threat
So many stripes off the streets I'm a vet
But so many rappers get so little respect
Now they just fake on the shelf
Cause of the cards that a nigga was dealt
Or the heart that a nigga done dealt
So many niggas done left
Out of the hood, made a way for theyself
Instead of giving back, they stay for theyself
So many playing theyself
Instead of reading, educating theyself
The ones who won't even pray for theyself
They got me praying for help
I'm praying for help, asking somebody else to give me a hand
I'm trying hard but I'm only a man, man
I'm praying for help, hoping somebody else can see what I see
It's like the hood only matter to me
They got me praying for help, hoping somebody else can carry the torch
I'm all alone with no kind of support
While I was praying for help, realized I don't need nobody else
If God with me I can do it myself
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