《Pray》歌词

[00:00:20] Mind state of a gangster from the 40's,

[00:00:22] Meets the business mind of motown's Berry Gordy,

[00:00:25] Turned crack rock into a chain of 40/40's,

[00:00:27] Sorry my jewerly is so gaudy, slid into the party with my new pair of Mauri's,

[00:00:32] America, meet the gangster Shawn Corey, hey young world,

[00:00:36] Wanna hear a story,

[00:00:38] Close your eyes and you can pretend you're me,

[00:00:40] I'm cut from the cloth of the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra havin' dinner with the Genovese',

[00:00:45] The is the genesis of a nemisis,

[00:00:48] Mother America not witnessed since,

[00:00:51] The harlem renaissance birthed black businessman,

[00:00:52] This is the tale of lost innocence,

[00:00:56] And the incense burns and the turntables turn,

[00:00:59] And that Al Green plays,

[00:01:02] I see my mothers afro, as mama taps her toes,

[00:01:04] As she rolls her j's,

[00:01:07] And my papa just left the house,

[00:01:08] In search of a killer of my uncle Ray, and she's trying to calm her nerves,

[00:01:13] As i observe this is just one day,

[00:01:17] And what tomorrow has in store,

[00:01:18] We can never be sure, so all we can do is... pray

[00:01:32] As i head to my home-room,

[00:01:33] I observe the ruins, d**e needles on the ground,

[00:01:37] I hear a car go vroom,

[00:01:39] Drug dealer in the bm with the top down,

[00:01:41] As the girls start to giggle,

[00:01:44] I ask why you laugh??

[00:01:45] They say you're to little,

[00:01:47] One day you'll understand,

[00:01:48] When you become a man,

[00:01:50] Bout things you have to get you,

[00:01:52] Fast forward freeze frame,

[00:01:53] On my pistol fistful of dollars,

[00:01:55] Ignorance is so blessful,

[00:01:56] I ain't choose this life,

[00:01:58] This life chose me,

[00:01:59] Around here it's the sh*t,

[00:02:01] That you just do,

[00:02:02] I just left school, the same bm is pulled over,

[00:02:05] By the boys dressed in blue,

[00:02:07] They had their guns drawn,

[00:02:08] Screaming "just move",

[00:02:09] Or is there something else you suggest we can do?,

[00:02:12] He made his way to the drunk,

[00:02:13] Opened it like "huh", a treasure chest was removed,

[00:02:17] Cops said he'll be back next month,

[00:02:19] What we call curpt, he call's payin' dues,

[00:02:23] Now when rules is blurred, as they were,

[00:02:25] What am i to do but ....pray.

[00:02:28] Pray the lord forgives me,

[00:02:29] Pray he guides me for what i'm 'bout to go through.... pray

[00:02:33] Anywhere there's oppression,

[00:02:44] The ** profession, flourishes like beverages,

[00:02:47] Refreshing, sweet taste of sin,

[00:02:50] Everything i seen made me everything i am,

[00:02:52] Bad ** dealer or victim, i beg,

[00:02:55] What came first, moving the chickens or the egg?,

[00:02:58] This is why i be so fresh,

[00:03:00] I'm trying to beat life, 'cause i can't cheat death,

[00:03:03] Treat shame like shamelessness, aim,

[00:03:05] Stainless at anuses,

[00:03:06] You know the game this is,

[00:03:09] Move coke like pepsi, don't matter what brand name it is,

[00:03:14] I stand behind mine, everything i do i'm a man behind mine,

[00:03:17] I'm not an angel, I'm sure,

[00:03:20] But every night before i lay, I drop my knees to the floor,

[00:03:23] And I pray.