Pray Lyrics - Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse

Lord 

Please continue to guide, direct, and protect my niggaz 

From the world, and from themselves 

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Lord can you please shine that light on your sons 

They sent you a million prayers, you ain't answered near one 

{"Ohh, it's a shame, baby baby"} It's a shame 

I'm down on both knees, Father talk to 'em please 

All you put 'em through is pain, but will it ever cease? 

{"Ohh, it's a shame, baby baby"} What a shame 

Yowwa! What up world? I'm Joell 

Sixth floor, project door, broke bell 

Only child, no brother, no sis 

Moms runnin out the door to go sniff 

My highwater pants don't fit 

Afro growin all wild, no pic man 

{"Ohh, it's a shame, baby baby"} 

Is what my teacher said for class pics 

My pops? I don't know where he at 

He left one day, he said he'd be back 

The stove keep me warm in the winter 

I'm tired of Beefaroni for dinner 

My grandmoms got a bad liver 

I'm just watchin' her fade away 

Man, I don't know what else to say 

So at the end of every day I pray, I say 

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What up world? I'm the shit 

I'm headed to Hell in a hand-basket 

I pop pills, abuse liquor and kill niggaz 

When I die, God ain't gon' judge, he gon' deal with us 

That's why them reckless quotes come with my drama 

My pops while coke-infested, cum in my momma 

{"Ohh, it's a shame, baby baby"} 

I know, right? 

For those nights that I was havin' them seizures 

For those mornings that I was havin' trouble breathin' 

C'mon listen; I was only a fo'-pound baby 

So I grew up into grown and went fo'-pound crazy 

Daddy was gangsta, mommy was passive 

Boxin' gloves for Christmas, I needed classes 

My daddy beat our ass, that's probably why we assassins 

But he'll do anythang for me; Joey pray for me 

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What up world? I'm a lost soul 

Challengin' the devil standin' at the crossroads 

I just shot a dirty snake with my .38 

He shot me too, now I'm waitin' at the Pearly Gates 

I seen the angel Gabriel and I came real 

A lame tried to kill me, so I aim steel 

{"Ohh, it's a shame, baby baby"} 

Ask God is that somethin' that he can't feel 

I had a six-shot popper and I brought it with me 

I put his thinkin' cap somewhere he never thought it would be 

I didn't son him, he's a daughter to me 

Instead of hangin' with thugs he's slangin' drugs, shoulda got a college degree 

But growin' up in the hood'll leave your mind baffled 

We put haters in the past like time travel 

That's my murder story, I'm past purgatory 

I need prayer though, Joey put a word in for me 

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