Pray

Album: Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Charted: 8 2
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  • That's word,we pray(pray,pray)
    We got to pray
    Just to make it today
    I said we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray(pray)
    We got to pray
    Just to make it to pray
    That's word,we pray

    All my life I wanted to make it to the top
    (That's word,we pray)
    Some said I wouldn't
    They told me no,but I didn't stop
    (That's word,we pray)
    Working hard,making those movies everyday
    (That's word,we pray)
    And on my knees every night,you know I pray

    That's word,we pray(pray)
    Ah,yeah,pray(pray) we got to pray
    Just to make it today
    I said we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray(pray)
    We got to pray
    Just to make it today
    That's word,we pray

    Now I just think that you
    Can do what ever you want
    (That's word,we pray)
    I'm bustin' these rhymes
    Making this money and I won't
    (That's word,we pray)
    Forget my people or may town or my ways
    (That's word,we pray)
    And on my knees.every night I'm still gonna pray

    That's word,we pray(pray)
    Ah,yeah,pray(pray) we got to pray
    Just to make it today
    I said we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray(pray)
    We got to pray
    Just to make it today
    That's word,we pray

    Time and time and time and time again
    (That's word,we pray)
    I kept on knocking,but
    These people wouldn't let me in
    (That's word,we pray)
    I tried and tried and tried and tried to make a way
    (That's word,we pray)
    But nothing happened till that day I prayed

    That's word,we pray(pray)
    Ah,yeah,pray(pray) we got to pray
    Just to make it today
    I said we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray(pray)
    We got to pray
    Just to make it today
    That's word,we pray

    Childrem dying,oh,so fast from this or that
    (That's word,we pray)
    Needing that money
    Smoking that dope and doing that crack
    (That's word,we pray)
    Ten years old stand outside
    Better look out
    (That's word ,we pray)
    Dead and gone,necer had a chance
    What's it all about?

    That's word,we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    I need to pray(pray),ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    That's word,we pray

    That's word,we pray( x3)

    That's word,we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    I need to pray(pray),ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    That's word,we pray

    On a mission start to doubt.here we go
    (That's word,we pray)
    Kicking back,read these words we need to know
    (That's word,we pray)
    Living high,living good,living long
    (That's word,we pray)
    Take a minute,bust a prayer
    And you're good to go

    That's word,we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    I need to pray(pray),ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    That's word,we pray

    We're sending this one out to the Lord
    (That's word,we pray)
    And we thank you and we know we need to pray
    (That's word,we pray)
    Cause all the blessings that are good they come from above
    (That's word,we pray)
    And once again we want
    To say "thank you" to the Lord with all our love

    That's word,we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    I need to pray(pray),ah,yeah,pray
    We need to pray
    Just to make it today
    That's word,we pray

    That's word,we pray(pray,pray) (x4)
    That's word,we pray Writer/s: PRINCE R. NELSON, STANLEY KIRK BURRELL
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • LcatI believe both Pray and When Doves Cry sound lifted from The Silver Connection’s “Get Up and Boogie”
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