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“Pray For Me” preaches loyalty, sacrifice and redemption—with both artists taking on the voice of a despondent hero. Kendrick knows a thing or two about a hero/Messiah-complex from years of dispute over his role as this generation’s “Savior of Rap” dating back to good kid, m.A.A.d city.
Lamar feels...
[Intro: The Weeknd]
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
[Verse 1: The Weeknd]
I'm always ready for a war again (A war again)
Go down that road again (That road again)
It's all the same (It's all the same)
I'm always ready to take a life again (That life again)
You know I'll ride again (I'll ride again)
It's all the same (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Tell me who's gon' save me from myself
When this life is all I know
Tell me who's gon' save me from this hell
Without you, I'm all alone
[Chorus: The Weeknd]
Who gon' pray for me? (Who gon' pray for me?)
Take my pain for me? (Take my pain for me?)
Save my soul for me? (Save my soul for me?)
'Cause I'm alone, you see ('Cause I'm alone, you see)
If I'm gon' die for you (If I'm gon' die for you)
If I'm gon' kill for you (If I'm gon' kill for you)
Then I'll spill this blood for you, hey
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
I fight the world, I fight you, I fight myself
I fight God, just tell me how many burdens left
I fight pain and hurricanes, today, I wept
I'm tryna fight back tears, flood on my doorsteps
Life a livin' hell, puddles of blood in the streets
Shooters on top of the building, government aid ain't relief
Earthquake, the body dropped, the ground breaks
The poor run with smoke lungs and Scarface
Who need a hero? (Hero)
You need a hero, look in the mirror, there go your hero
Who on the front lines at ground zero? (Hero)
My heart don't skip a beat, even when hard times bumps the needle
Mass destruction and mass corruption, the souls of sufferin' men
Clutchin' on deaf ears again, rapture is comin'
It's all prophecy and if I gotta be
Sacrificed for the greater good, then that's what it gotta be
[Chorus: The Weeknd]
Who gon' pray for me? (Who gon' pray for me?)
Take my pain for me? (Take my pain for me?)
Save my soul for me? (Save my soul for me?)
'Cause I'm alone, you see ('Cause I'm alone, you see)
If I'm gon' die for you (If I'm gon' die for you)
If I'm gon' kill for you (If I'm gon' kill for you)
Then I'll spill this blood for you, hey
[Bridge: The Weeknd]
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
[Chorus: The Weeknd]
Who gon' pray for me? (Who gon' pray for me?)
Take my pain for me? (Take my pain for me?)
Save my soul for me? (Save my soul for me?)
'Cause I'm alone, you see ('Cause I'm alone, you see)
If I'm gon' die for you (If I'm gon' die for you)
If I'm gon' kill for you (If I'm gon' kill for you)
Then I'll spill this blood for you, hey
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar & The Weeknd]
Just in case my faith go, I'll live by my own law
I'll live by my own law, I'll live by my own
Just in case my faith go, I'll live by my own law
I'll live by my own law, I'll live by my own
Pray For Me was written by Doc McKinney & Ging & Kendrick Lamar & The Weeknd.
Pray For Me was produced by Ging & Doc McKinney.
The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar released Pray For Me on Mon Jan 22 2018.
The song was teased by The Weeknd hours before releasing on Twitter (below), while the album was teased by Kendrick Lamar on his twitter
Yes, The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar also have worked together on a song called “Sidewalks.”