Prayin for Help

[T.I. praying over indistinct chatter]

Our father, who art in heaven

Hallowed be thy name

Thy kingdom come

Thy will be done

On earth, as it is in heaven

Give us this day, our daily bread

And forgive us for our trespasses

As we forgive those who trespassed against us

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom

And the power, and the glory

For ever and ever, hmm, amen

[Verse 1]

Man, I'm prayin' for help

While I'm lookin' at the life I left, it's kinda hard not to hate myself

But quiet as kept, right or wrong it's just the way I felt

I might be better off prayin' for death, on my knees I knelt

Still tryin' to find a way to accept, it ain't a way that I can

Help nobody, 'til I save myself, technically I'm still a slave myself

I gotta climb out the grave myself, man I played myself

But when I look at all the fans I touched

I ask how can a man that's done so much, be treated so unjust

Cause I'm tryin' to inspire the folks, you wanna condemn

Cause they sell dope, well man show 'em the ropes

Be a father or a football coach, a role model or a symbol of hope

Take another approach, instead of testifyin' against them in court

Handcuffin' 'em and closin' the door, so they can be worse than before

Can't you see they only do what they know

Than you wonder why they don't care no mo', life ain't fair I know

But why I'm hated everywhere I go, next time you wanna

Compare my flow, just know that I'm prayin' for help

[Hook]

Askin' somebody else to give me a hand

I'm tryin' hard, but I'm only a man

Man, I'm prayin' for help

Hopin' somebody else could see what I see

It's like the hood only matter to me

They got me prayin' for help

Hopin' somebody else can carry the torch

I'm all alone, with no kinda support

While I was prayin' for help

Realized that I don't need nobody else

If God wit' me I can do it myself

I'm tired of just prayin' for help

[Verse 2]

I know it's only one king, one thing, one being

Only somethin' I believe without seeing, and with all my faith

I pray some how, some way, regardless of what anyone say

I believe one day, that I'mma change my life, get right

Start livin' like Christ, 'til the end of my fight

I'mma be defending my strife

'Til somebody come and shut off my lights, I ain't never gon' quit

No matter how difficult it's gon' get, and you can bet whatever on this

I'm forever gon' spit, harder than niggas hatin' on Tip

You can take away, place it on Tip, I double my load

Carry it as the trouble unfolds, holds yours

And I betta don't fold, put that on my soul

If it takes till I'm a hundred years old, bet I'm reachin' everyone of my goals

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

Ay it's so many times, I done wish I could change my mind

Change my life and leave the game behind

And it's been so many days, I done prayed I could find a way

Find a heart and the time to say, only so many are blessed

With so many chances, and so many checks, so many fans

With so many arrest, and it's been so many deaths

So many prisons with niggas in there

And the system keep playin' them to the left, man it's so many tests

So many haters love seeing you stress, but tribulations come with being the best

Still it's so many who flex, singin' bout checks, when they greener than Shreks

Sellin' dreams, never seen in the jects, that's why I'm seen as a threat

So many stripes off the streets I'mma vet, so many rappers get so little respect

Now niggas faith on the shelf, cause of the cards that a nigga was dealt

Or the heart that a nigga that dealt, so many niggas done left outta the hood

Made a way for themself, instead of givin' back, they stay for they self

So many playin' they self, instead of readin', educating they self

The ones who won't even pray for they self, they got me prayin' for help

[Hook]