Mayday Lyrics - Gravity - Lecrae

Awakened from my slumber by the thunder, lightning clapping 

Raining on my window pane and praying I make something happen 

A preacher's prophecies never bothered me when I was younger 

Sitting on my Grandma's lap, as she cried I often wondered 

What was her tears for? Could it be for my grandfather? 

Or maybe she felt for me cause I'll see more of those cold tomorrows 

Then she see the world will up and turn on me 

Cause the morals that she often spoke were meant for 1923 

I fall asleep off in her arms, a Psalm was spoken 

The Lord is surely my shepherd, he lead me to the water 

Thought that often stuck with with me 

Amongst the wolves that run the streets 

Out here paying dues to lose 

I pray your angels come for me 

A non-believer I never have or could be 

Lord give me time to peep the signs I should see 

Sipping got me feeling like a player riding clean 

Bending corners hoping I might find my saviour on the curb 

I rarely go to Church 

False prophets rocking Prada so I rarely feel the word 

Jezebels lurking in the pews on the first 

Preacher's weaker than the deacon cause it's hard to fight the urge 

It's hard to live and serve when you on the Devil's turf 

Sell your soul for the low with no sense of what it's worth 

Don't get it twisted, I ain't no saint, I ain't no pastor 

I pray just for cloudy days and natural disasters 

Aware of what comes after, I bet you ain't for sure 

I was warned that Heaven ain't the only place to go 

I'm doing what I can cause there really ain't much time 

I leave this in the Lord hands 

I'm tired of crying 

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Man down 

Hope and pray and 

Don't you be another (Man down) 

Hope and pray and say (Man down) 

Help is just one prayer away 

Don't be afraid to say 

"Mayday" 

Father forgive us for we know not what we do 

Am I bias? I been pious put my nose up in the pews 

Like Paul I bear good news 

They think I'm pall-bearing 

My message sounds like death to these humans as they perish 

Scaring to think we on the brink of death 

But no one stops to look for answers on what happens next 

Got a couple scriptures from my grandma 

Sayings from a preacher 

But can't live out these standards that we heard it takes to reach 'em 

But when I look at Jesus 

He live the life I couldn't 

Suffered for my crime so I wouldn't 

I used to have to sneak into movies cause I couldn't afford to pay 

Explain to me how someone paved my way 

When I hear K.R.I.T. confessing I respect him 

Cause most of us be lying like our lives don't need perfecting 

Nothing that we can muster, nothing that we can change 

Admitting that we're imperfect, offending God with our games 

Look I'm just being honest so don't take me for no lame 

I seen it for myself, I'm a product of this thing 

Now I found true religion, and it's not inside a denim 

And those overpriced shades are never giving us vision 

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Man down 

Hope and pray and 

Don't you be another (Man down) 

Hope and pray and say (Man down) 

Help is just one prayer away 

Don't be afraid to say 

"Mayday"