Intro (Pray For Them)

[Intro]

Joey

Four

Uh, let's get in the mood now

[Chorus]

Pray for me

Pray for me

Pray for me

Just pray for me

'Body pray for me

Need y'all to just pray for me (Joey)

'Body pray for me

Need y'all to just pray for me (uh)

[Verse]

Now if it goes to the wire

I will never fall, I got the soul of a fighter

Walk barefoot over the coal, through the fire

I thought the toll would be lighter but make sure that blunt's rolled a little tighter

I tell 'em I'm just lookin' for some peace of mind

But they say I'm only working with a piece of mine

If I'ma do it'll be of my own accord, no crush

Swear to God I never called upon the Lord so much

Play the corner of the club, laughin' at the wannabes (why?)

It's ironic, 'cause they 'erything I wanna be

Would light a ton of reef

But that's gon' unleash everything I'm tryna hide underneath

Uh, then I'd lose all I've earned

Uh, and if there's two things that I've learned (what?)

Is I'm the only thing at stake (two)

And when you the only thing real really you the only thing fake

Uh, must be time to escape from that

And fuck rhymes, might be time to escape from rap

Why should I be the only nigga to escape from the act?

So I lie since everybody just escape from fact

Yo, that sucker shit niggas be on, I can't dig it

Joe, won't lose even if you plan to rig it

Yeah, nuttin' to prove with no fear of how I'm depicted

I'm here, won't move, I don't care to be evicted

You don't like how I move? (Well)

Well, I ain't gon' keep still, any nigga want me killed

Wanna leave me in the streets peeled

Well, if it happens, it happens, I believe in free will

Just know that ain't how we built

I'll call niggas that will dead you for a cheap thrill

When the clip's empty, they gon' try and refill

And I'ma be the dude to try stop 'em like "Please chill" (come on)

Y'all know what I'm about

They keep puttin' up roadblocks, I keep findin' alternate routes

Now success seems likely everybody wanna try me

I’m all for it, can’t trip me up, won’t fall for it

I'm just a man without a care (what else?)

Neighbor to heartache, roommate with despair (what else?)

Reminded my past is darker

'Cause when AM died (nigga), I was starin' at Travis Barker

Wishin' there was something I could say to make him cheer up

(So) And so I prayed, and he teared up

I ain't wanna see him go through that

The same shit that I feel, I just never show you that

Guess it's none of nobody business

And it just makes you look weaker, every joke is just smoke

Gotta look deeper, never mind, don't bother

'Cause some of y'all are smart e—nough and got sense

That if you try harder you'll get a glimpse of everything

That I harbor, we all ain't got the strength to be a martyr

So to anyone who ever loved me (what?)

I apologize, and I'm sorry

Whole-heartedly, can't change

It's just part of me, it's not music, shit's art to me

Too fucked up to drive, here's the car key

I don't care where we go just get it far from me

Choices I don't wanna make but I know I have to

World's goin' faster since my ride or die chose the latter

Lookin' for a rush out of habit

Proof there's a such thing as too much for a addict

Ain't the nigga I'm belittled as, riddled ass

Nigga come from middle class, when you speak to me show a little class

Dropped out of school, 'cause a nigga couldn't sit through class

Learnt to fall asleep through the sound of a pistol's blast

I come from where dad taught mom to get high (can you hear me?)

But she strong so we still got by (huh?)

When I picked up the drug why the fuck was they surprised

If it wasn't for your genes I wouldn't lust the supply

I come from a whole hood tellin' me that I'm next

Handin' me a mag, must've noticed I was complex (uh)

They say that you a wild individual

You just not gettin' my style, you too typical

'Erybody got a word for me

Shit y'all deem important ain't pertinent to me, nigga

Put your opinion with a feather, and balance that

Grab medicine when the success and the talent match

[Outro]

Pray for them

Somebody please pray for them

Uh, pray for them

Need y'all to just pray for them

Uh, pray for them

Somebody pray for them

Somebody pray for them

Need y'all to just pray for them

Pray for them, pray for them

Somebody please pray for them

Somebody please pray for them

Pray for them, pray for them