“IF YOU PRAY RIGHT” is the second single off of BROCKHAMPTON’s fifth studio album, GINGER, which has been released along with an accompanying music video on August 7th, 2019.
The track features five of the vocal members of the group. The members discuss topics ranging from Buddhist beliefs and an u...
[Verse 1: Dom McLennon]
Hallelujah, holy lion‚ word to Judas
How I'm supposed to‚ (Hey) trust what you say is the truest? (Right)
Haile Selassie‚ (Uh) insha'Allah if I gotta (Woo)
Spin my words around as if you wanted a mandala for Nirvana
Singin' a sonata towards our karma
Did a rain dance, bringin' commas from Tacoma to Oaxaca
I got spirits in my heart that make my mind move like it's water
Flow into the moment and avoid the melodrama
Gotta breathe for a second
Can't believe anybody still testin'
My whole team is a force to be reckoned with
Operatin' like specialists
One to the two to the who are you?
Sendin' out projections with prejudice
My attention to detail is in scale with classic impressionists
So the lesson is that prerequisites are irrelevant to my standards (Right)
It's a deficit in your settlement, you better learn to mind all your manners (Right)
My whole troop been goin' bananas
Try and step inside of our jungle (Right)
You can try to take all your chances
We won't help your ass if you stumble‚ nigga (Right)
[Chorus: Kevin Abstract]
Hidin' at my partner house
Couple bands'll send 'em out
'Stead of feelin' trippy, dawg
You need to help your city out
Hidin' at my partner house
Couple bands'll send 'em out
'Stead of feelin' trippy, dawg
You need to help your city out
[Post-Chorus: Kevin Abstract]
Couple...
Couple...
Couple...
Couple bands'll‚ couple bands'll—
Couple...
Couple...
Couple bands'll send 'em out
Couple bands'll, couple bands'll—
[Verse 2: Matt Champion and Merlyn Wood]
Watch your back, (Ayy) don't leave your door cracked (Yeah, yeah)
Slither through your space and watch it all collapse (Yeah)
Watch your back, (What?) don't leave your door cracked (Woohoo)
Slither through your space and watch it all collapse (If you, if you, if you, if you, hey)
[Verse 3: Merlyn Wood]
If you want a feature, we can figure it out
Want a color for your album? We can figure it out
How you not invite the boys who colored your rollout
Then you copy-paste hard work from the BH house?
I always got somethin' to say when you take food from my mouth
I begged my mommy for money until the day it ran out
They say, "We helped you when and when, now you should figure it out"
Figure it out
[Chorus: Kevin Abstract]
Hidin' at my partner house
Couple bands'll send 'em out
'Stead of feelin' trippy, dawg
You need to help your city out
Hidin' at my partner house
Couple bands'll send 'em out
'Stead of feelin' trippy, dawg
You need to help your city out
[Post-Chorus: Kevin Abstract]
Couple...
Couple...
Couple...
Couple bands'll, couple bands'll—
Couple...
Couple...
Couple bands'll send 'em out
Couple bands'll, couple bands'll—
[Verse 4: Joba]
Waste your breath, watch the tone though
Take you to the dojo
Roll up my doja, sticky fingers
At the door, bruh, Jehovah, you ho bitch
Witness sadistic shit, will come again
Next time I take my belt off, spank you
Bad kid, bad seed, not me, got beef
I leave body, blackout from rage
Childproof my pockets, don't need the options
Romanticizing what I do if I ain't stop me
Can be off me, tread lightly
[Bridge]
Break the law, break the law
Break the law, break the law
Break the law, break the law
Break the law
[Outro: Kevin Abstract]
I'm tired of making a fool out of me and you
Is there anything that I can do that'll save us, baby?
Is there anybody lovin' lies and robbin' shotties
45's and still alive, and no drunk drivin'
That's how they killed my brother
(Walking with Jesus)
You know, you know better, better, better, better, better
Better, better, better, better, better, better, better, bet on it
Better bet on it, better bet on it, hey
(Walking with Jesus)
You know, you know better
Better, better, better, bet, bet on it
Bet on it, ayy, ayy, yeah
Ayy, yeah
I wanna sing, I wanna
I wanna sing, ooh
(Just tell 'em, tell 'em that)
Ah, cool
(Walking with Jesus Christ)
(Walking with the Lord)
IF YOU PRAY RIGHT was written by Juicy J & Project Pat & DJ Paul & Otis G. Johnson & Joba & Merlyn Wood & Matt Champion & Dom McLennon & Kevin Abstract & Romil Hemnani & Jabari Manwa.
IF YOU PRAY RIGHT was produced by Romil Hemnani & Jabari Manwa.
BROCKHAMPTON released IF YOU PRAY RIGHT on Wed Aug 07 2019.
Yes, Dom Tweeted out a writeup of his verse:
However, he did admit that his writeup had some typos within it.
At this point in the music video, Kevin Abstract is running on a treadmill hidden underneath some hay.
This is a reference to when Kevin ran on a treadmill for ten hours on his childhood street and band name influence, Brockhampton Street, in the name of his recent solo album ARIZONA BABY.
The run...
In the music video, the official outro for this song is replaced with the chorus of “HOOD STILL LOVE ME”, which was unreleased at the time of the music video’s premiere.
It’s somewhat similar to how the outro to the music video for 2017’s “STAR” was extended with “PERF”, an entirely different song.
On GINGER Radio, Kevin revealed that the “HOOD STILL LOVE ME” Snippet played at the end of the music video was originally a cut from Kevin’s 2019 solo album, ARIZONA BABY.