Prayin for Help

Handcuffin' 'em and closin' the door

And it�s been so many deaths
Or the hard that a nigga done dealt
And it�s been so many days

Man, I�m prayin' for help
While I was prayin' for help
I�m all alone with no kinda support

Realized I don�t need nobody else
So many playin' theyself
And forgive us for our trespasses
I�m tryin' hard but I�m only a man
Hopin' somebody else can carry the torch
Askin' somebody else to give me a hand
Bet I�m reachin' every one of my goals
It ain�t a way I can help nobody
So they can be worse than before
Put that on my soul

So many fans with so many arrests

No matter how difficult is gonna get
It�s just the way I felt
Hopin' somebody else can carry the torch

Give us this day, our daily bread
While I�m lookin' at the life I left
You can take the weight and place it on TIP
Realized I don�t need nobody else
Life ain�t fair I know but why I�m hated everywhere I go
Till somebody come and shut off my lights
But quiet is kept right or wrong
If God with me I can do it myself

I�m tryin' hard but I�m only a man
Tired of just prayin' for help
It�s like the hood only matter to me they got me prayin' for help
On my knees I knelt
Man I played myself
But deliver us from evil
I�m tryin' hard but I�m only a man

They got me prayin' for help
And the system keep playin' them to the left
So many stripes off the streets in my vest

Hopin' somebody else can carry the torch
So many rappers get so little respect
So many chances, so many checks
While I was prayin' for help
So many prisons with niggaz in there
I know it�s only one king
I ask how can a man that�s done so much
Man it's so many test so many haters love seein' you stress
But when I look at all the fans I touched
If God with me I can do it myself
Man niggaz faith on the shelf
I�m forever gone spit
You know I�m prayin for help
So many times I done wish that I could change my mind
The ones who won�t pray for theyself
Hopin' somebody else can see what I see
But tribulations come with being the best
Only so many are blessed with
Realized I don�t need nobody else
'Cause of the cards that a nigga was dealt
Tired of just prayin' for help
I gotta climb out the grave myself
Then you wonder why they don�t care no more
Man I�m prayin' for help
Hold yo and I bet I don�t fold

I pray somehow, someway regardless of what anyone say
Still trying to find a way to accept
Change my life and leave the game behind
Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven
I�m all alone with no kinda support
I believe one day that I'm a change my life
Instead of reading educating theyselves
Be treated so unjust 'cause I�m tryin' to inspire da folks
While I was prayin' for help
Lead us not into temptation
Sellin' dreams that never seen in the jex?
I done prayed I could find a way
As we forgive those who trespass against us
Hopin' somebody else can see what I see
Made a way for theyself
Instead of testifying against 'em in court
I�m all alone with no kinda support
It�s like the hood only matter to me they got me prayin' for help
And you can bet whatever on this
Can�t you see they only do what they know
Man, I�m prayin' for help
Well, man show 'em the ropes
Get right, start livin' like Christ, till the end of my fight

Find the heart and the time to say
Hopin' somebody else can see what I see
I ain�t never gone quit
For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory
If it takes till I�m 100 years old
Tired of just prayin' for help
I might be better of prayin' for death
Till I save myself technically I�m still a slave myself
Still there's so many reflects, singin' 'bout Tecs
I'm a be defending my strife
Man, I�m prayin' for help
Without seein' and with all my faith
It�s like the hood only matter to me
They got me prayin' for help
Wanna condemn 'cause they sell dope
Harder than niggaz hatin' on TIP
For ever, and ever, amen
It�s kind'a hard not to hate myself
Askin' somebody else to give me a hand
Be a father a football coach a role model or a symbol of hope
Next time you wanna compare my flow just know
I'll double my load carry it as the trouble unfolds

Instead of givi' back they stay for theyself
So many niggaz that left out of the hood
If God with me I can do it myself
Take another approach
Winnin', green and the trickz?

I�m prayin' for help, askin' somebody else to give me a hand
That�s why I�m seen as a threat
One thing, one being, only something I believe