Prayin For Help (Amended Album Version)-T.I.

[00:00.716]Our father [00:01.668]Who are in heaven [00:02.855]Hallowed be thy name [00:04.668]Thy kingdom come [00:06.316]Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven [00:10.822]Give us this day, our daily bread [00:13.924]Forgive us for our trespasses [00:16.448]As we forgive those who trespass against us [00:18.820]Lead us not into temptation [00:21.076]But deliver us from evil [00:22.852]God is tha kingdom, tha power, and the glory [00:27.941]Foreva and eva, Amen [00:32.156]Man Im prayin fo help [00:33.484]While I lookin at the life I left [00:35.340]Its kinda hard not to hate myself [00:37.252]But quiet is kept [00:38.588]Right or wrong its just tha way I felt [00:40.340]I might be better off prayin for death [00:42.339]On my knees I knelt [00:43.636]Still tryin ta find a way ta except [00:45.396]That aint a way I can help nobody till I save myself [00:48.500]Technically Im still a slave myself [00:50.468]I gotta climb out tha grave myself [00:52.316]Man, I played myself [00:53.620]But when I look at all tha fans i touched [00:55.372]I ask how can a man whos done so much, be treated so unjust [00:58.727]Cause I tried to inspire tha folks [01:00.525]You wanna condem cause they sell **** [01:02.620]Well man, show em tha ropes [01:03.868]Be a father or a football coach [01:05.651]A role model lord asemble tha hope [01:07.652]Take anotha approach [01:08.956]Instead of testifiyin againt em in court [01:10.676]Handcuffin em and closin tha doe, so they can be worse than befo [01:13.820]Cant you see they only do what they know [01:15.716]And you wonder why they don care no mo [01:17.659]Life aint fair, I know [01:18.956]But why Im hated everywhere I go [01:20.767]Next time you wanna compare my flow just know [01:23.245]Im prayin fo help [01:24.043]Askin somebody else to give me a hand, Im tryin hard but i am only a man [01:27.691]Man, Im prayin fo help [01:29.043]Hopin somebody else could see what I see, its like tha hood only matter ta me [01:32.771]They got me prayin fo help [01:34.139]Hopin sombody eles can carry tha torch, Im all alone wit no kind of support [01:37.756]While I was prayin fa help [01:39.076]Realized i'on need nobody else, If god wit me i can do it myself [01:42.819]Tired of just prayin fo help [01:44.499]I know its only one king, one thing, [01:45.707]One being only somethin I believe without seeing [01:48.259]And with all my faith [01:49.533]I pray somehow, some way, regardless of what anyone say [01:53.275]I believe one day [01:54.547]That Ima change my life, get right, [01:56.925]start livin like christ, to tha end of my fight [01:59.472]Ima be defendin my strife [02:01.331]Till somebody come and shut off my lights [02:03.347]I aint neva gon quit [02:04.659]No matta how difficult its gon get [02:06.395]And you can bet whateva on this [02:08.355]Im foeva gon spit [02:09.675]Harder than ****** hatin on tip [02:11.442]You can take away and place it on tip [02:13.378]I double my load [02:14.779]Carry it as tha trouble unfolds [02:16.643]Hold yo'lls, and I bet I dont fold [02:18.460]Put that on my soul [02:19.827]If it take till Im a hundred years old [02:21.619]Bet Im reachin everyone of my goals [02:23.387]Im prayin fo help [02:24.618]Askin somebody else to give me a hand, Im tryin hard but i am only a man [02:28.414]Man, Im prayin fo help [02:29.763]Hopin somebody else could see what I see, its like tha hood only matter ta me [02:33.413]They got me prayin fo help [02:34.659]Hopin sombody eles can carry tha torch, Im all alone wit no kind of support [02:38.419]While I was prayin fa help [02:39.877]Realized i'on need nobody else, If god wit me i can do it myself [02:43.486]Tired of just prayin fo help [02:44.698]Hah, just so many times [02:45.522]I don wished I could change my mind [02:46.771]Change my life and leave tha game behind [02:48.626]And its been so many days [02:50.011]I don prayed I could find a way [02:51.810]Find tha heart and tha time to say [02:53.691]Only so many are blessed [02:55.154]Wit so many chances, [02:56.010]So many checks, [02:56.962]So many fans, [02:57.762]Wit so many arrests [02:58.762]And its been so many deaths [03:00.090]So many prisons wit ****** in there [03:01.932]And tha system keep playin them to tha left [03:03.890]Man, so many tests, [03:05.354]So many hatas love seein ya stress [03:06.914]But tribulations come wit being tha best [03:08.922]Still its so many who flex [03:10.226]Singin bout texts [03:11.042]When they greener than shreks [03:12.114]Sellin dreams, never seen in tha jets [03:13.858]That's why Im seen as a threat [03:15.187]So many stripes [03:16.058]Off tha streaks of my vest [03:17.090]When so many rappers get so little respect [03:18.925]Now ****** faith on tha shelf [03:20.258]Cause of tha cards that a ***** was delt [03:22.106]Or tha heart that a ***** don delt [03:24.106]So many ****** don left out of da hood [03:26.122]Instead of givin back they stayed fo they self [03:29.154]So many playin they self [03:30.434]Instead of readin, educatin they self [03:32.242]The ones that don even pray fo they self [03:34.178]Got me [03:34.610]Im prayin fo help [03:35.458]Askin somebody else to give me a hand, Im tryin hard but i am only a man [03:39.330]Man, Im prayin fo help [03:40.460]Hopin somebody else could see what I see, its like tha hood only matter ta me [03:44.194]They got me prayin fo help [03:45.538]Hopin sombody eles can carry tha torch, Im all alone wit no kind of support [03:49.237]While I was prayin fa help [03:50.601]Realized i'on need nobody else, If god wit me i can do it myself [03:54.402]Tired of just prayin fo help