So I′m want to be
I'm really doing this for, like my people
My family and the ones I look up to and the ones who look up to meAnd I have a lot of motivation to do this
And I really, I really just really want to make something of myself and provide for the people I love
1,2,1,2,1,2
Pray for people
Pray for each other
Let′s be free
Pray for people, pray for all the ones you know
Pray for all the ones who's close and for all the ones you don't know, huh
Pray for people, watch each other
Look over your brother′s shoulder
Bring your loved ones closer till it′s over, I tell 'em
Pray for people, fighting battles when no one is watching
In the shadows suffering and no one knows about it, huh
Pray for people, put ya hands together
Make it special, love is the only thing that′ll last forever, please notice
I pray for people all around living lost lives
Going through the motions, high and low through all tides
The story's different when you looking close with both eyes
Seeing both sides, and I wonder just how bad it get through hard times
Cause it get difficult, I′ve seen it and what meant the most
Is the strategies on how to treat it, it get rocky on a soon to be sinking boat
Thinking you're so close but you′re so far from the coast
They say the sky is the limit, that's just as high as my hopes and it shows
I been through pain but who hasn't
Hard times might feel everlasting
At times my life′s electronic
My CPU steady crashing
See to you, I′m always happy
Making jokes and always laughing
To tell the truth, that ain't always what happens
See what a camera could never capture is inside sadness
Or madness fueled by insanity′s passion
Same thing once again expecting something different
Life's another cycle, one that can′t be broken and since I understand that I'm living in it
I might as well tell my children the same thing my mother mentioned
When I was a kid and can I expect them to listen
Pay attention and get it when I never did and hope that I can show them how to live
I feel I′m caught up in lessons I never learned
Got the wheel I'm my hands, not really sure if I should turn
I've been curving, ducking depression round the corner lurching
I pray for better days, I hope to have those wished heard
Pray for people, pray for all the ones you know
Pray for all the ones who′s close and for all the ones you don′t know, huh
Pray for people, watch each other
Look over your brother's shoulder
Bring your loved ones closer till it′s over, I tell 'em
Pray for people, fighting battles when no one is watching
In the shadows suffering and no one knows about it, huh
Pray for people, put ya hands together
Make it special, love is the only thing that′ll last forever, please notice
Please notice and recognize how you feel inside
I wanna feel good just as much as the next guy
Don't worry ′bout me and my crew cause I take care of mines
And when I die, I hope to see you on the other side
Where our ties will remain as tight as bondages on slaves
Grateful for their sacrifice and everything they did
Through insanity they lived tryna find ways to escape
Just to get carried back, punished with whips and getting lynched, damn
Separated from their families, momma's from kids
Fathers from kin, all of these families and friends, it really don't make no sense
The great amounts of sin, the shit I can accomplish cause of them
Despite it all, they never gave in
You see insanity ain′t always as bad as you think
When I′m chasing dreams, imma fall to get back on my feet, just to repeat everything
Over and over, the grind is cold as October
I'm high enough to be sober, look
When the path gets hectic and hefty
Imma make sure that I′m ready
Hoping that when I start falling
Hands will reach out to come catch me
Knowing there's people that get me
Will reassure the fact that I have to be learning these lessons
I do this shit for my brethren
And that′s why I say
Put ya hands together like it is the end of a play
Close your eyes and bow your head, remember what is at stake
Spill your heart out and pray cause it'll all be okay, okay
Promise
Beauty At It′s Brightest
Yeah, I promise
Spill your heart out and pray cause it'll be okay
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And despite all of our differences
You ain't at my table but I still want to see you winning
