[Chorus: NLE Choppa]
Pray to the Lord, protect my son while I ride through the night
Keep my daughter aura shining bright like a light
It's a hard life, mm, it's a hard life, yeah
Make my son grow old and be a gentleman to people
Pray that my daughter becomes the humblest of divas
Hard life, yeah, it's a hard life
[Verse 1: NLE Choppa]
Mm, lookin' in my kid's eyes, it's an innocent soul
Blind to the fact that the world so cold
Evil whispers in the wind if you listen
Some days, I be trippin', but I got they best interest
I gotta give and take, I can't bend, nor break
This world full of hate, gotta love it anyway
It'll eat you up alive without sayin' it's grace
Hit my knees when I pray that my children okay
Safety ain't just for me, I gotta make sure we all straight
Pearly gates ain't nothin' but a wrong choice away
Stayin' high in my frequency, can't let the devil get to me
My kids, they depend on me, so I can never rest in peace
Lord knows, gold souls need the most ways to cope
Chosen under oath, feel like a rope be tied around my throat
Wrong quote, wrong road, lost heart, broken souls
No hope or on dope, my kids can't be none of those
[Chorus: NLE Choppa]
Pray to the Lord, protect my son while I ride through the night
Keep my daughter aura shining bright like a light
It's a hard life, yeah, it's a hard life
Make my son grow old and be a gentleman to people
Pray that my daughter be the humblest of divas
Hard life, mm, hard life
[Verse 2: NLE Choppa]
Two rose pedals that grew from concrete
In the reflection of me, it was destined to be
Who am I without me? I was lost, now I'm found
Contemplatin' sucide before Clover came around
That lil' girl be my world, hell and back 'bout you
Owe you everything, would've been dead without you
Kiss her forehead, remind her every day that she an angel
When daddy feelin' low, see her face, cure the anger
To my son Chozen, man, words can't explain
How you reverse my pain when your smile grow in vain
You got gold in your veins, innocence
In the purest form of something heaven-sent
My soul, you blessin' it with the small acts of bliss
Even in my absence, man, I still feel your presence
Days with you sometimes feel like seconds
Heart turn blue whenever we not connected
Apart from you, sometimes, I be—
[Bridge: NLE Choppa]
Can a real man stand up?
That baby boy need a father
Real woman put your hands up
That baby girl need a mother
[Chorus: NLE Choppa]
Pray to the Lord, protect my son while I ride through the night
Keep my daughter aura shining bright like a light
It's a hard life, yeah, it's a hard life, yeah
Make my son grow old and be a gentleman to people
Pray that my daughter becomes the humblest of divas
Hard life, yeah-yeah, it's a hard life
[Outro: Carey Washington]
I pray for strength in this world and the riddance of evil
I pray for energy obtained from the sun above me
I see a light through the clouds as a silver linin'
Where I grew up, the world was cold, had to change the climate
I carried burdens on my soul from the shit that I've witness
I grew up surrounded by fire fights that never extinguished
I had to rise from the ashes to the clouds like a Phoenix
That's why my tears bring healing for a reason
