First We Pray Lyrics - G-funk Classics (disc 1) - Nate Dogg

Black people don't have no, no where to go 

You know, all we got to do is kick it 

We gonna kick it in our hood, you know 

What we gonna do? 

We might we go kill a couple of niggas, man 

You know, go in they hood and do a drive-by 

Then come back in the hood and laugh about that stuff 

You know, it's just a thing 

Only thing you really gonna get deep into it 

Is when one of your friend die 

Just like when my partnas died 

We got some problems 

How do you solve those? 

First we pray then we ride 

First we pray then we ride 

He was my brother, loved him like no other 

To top it off, I introduced him to this game 

I knew his mother, loved her like my mother 

A part of me is gone, 'bout take my brother home 

What're ya gonna do when the trials come 

Are ya gonna run? Are you gonna run? 

What're ya gonna do? First, I'm gonna pray 

Are ya gonna run? You muthafuckin' right 

First we pray then we ride 

First we pray then we ride 

I ain't got nuthin' but love for you locs and hogs 

And I ain't got nuthin' but love for my muthafuckin' dogs 

In the midst of the war zone, it's on, on site 

Daylight tonight, the heat held close and tight 

Beware, here I come with the DPG on my chest 

Heat gonna spit like Elliot Ness 

In the darkest zone, you feel alone and on your own 

And after I bust, niggas call me Kurupt Corleone 

All I'm about is money, loot and cash 

Homies in the DPG, Nate, Snoop and Daz 

Now with these emotions, how you approach yourself 

Knowin' you all about your wealth and as it is to health 

First I pray, get my thoughts intact 

Ask for forgiveness 'cause I'm 'bout to lay this nigga flat 

Can you adapt, can you feel me? I doubt it 

'Cause the closest you see it is when niggas write about it 

I can't live without it and it ain't shit I could do 

But stay down with the homies in gray and blue 

So just keep the heat close in hand 

'Cause I done see niggas get shit while they homeboys ran 

Heavenly Father, shine Your light on me 

I know I promised to slow down on this weed 

Seems I remember someone used to say 

One life gets taken if you take one life away 

What're ya gonna do when the trials come 

Are ya gonna run? Are you gonna run? 

What're ya gonna do? First I'm gonna pray 

Are ya gonna run? You muthafuckin' right 

First we pray then we ride 

First we pray then we ride 

First we pray then we ride 

First we pray then we ride 

First we pray then we ride