The first single ‘Prayed Up’, lasts around three minutes and thirty-two seconds and sits at a steady 88bpm. The track commences with a ten second instrumental introduction that combines ambient synth layers with a subtle beat; creating an atmospheric sound that sets the melodic tone for the proceedi...
(Chorus)
Oh Lord, have mercy on a real nigga
Coz I been sinning all night long
They ain't give us no voice
So we had to get it on our own
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
(Verse)
Joberg, big city, fast life
Dirty cash, fast cash that cost lives
Survival, means robbin' some smart phones
And some lives lost, they want money at all costs
Gun clapping, shoot first, think last
Wyclef said it, how long will this last?
What do you expect if you don't show the youth love?
Instead of education, they giving the youth guns
More and more brothers gеttin' locked in the system
Forcеd to do crime as a means of survival
Lil' girls, turn to prostitution
When it get hard it seem to be the resolution
When they rent's over due, and kids need food
And they ain't been to school coz they fees over due, uhh
Got a sister feeling so stressed out
Tryna look around nobody there to hear you out
(Chorus)
Oh Lord, have mercy on a real nigga
Coz I been sinning all night long
They ain't give us no voice
So we had to get it on our own
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
(Verse)
I come from a place were crimes are white collar
President looting the country, that's black power
Police move kilos, weight watchers
Black people have no wealth, that's white power
Hood rich, success is designer
Bad bitches, German whips and French bottles
Slay queens, with dreams of being models
Up on IG with red bottoms and no Condo
I got a clear vision, my dreams can win OSCARS
Jay gave me 444, street knowledge
Curtis said you gotta Get Rich Or Die Trying
Message to the black man, Elijah Muhammad
Man I come from a place with dope and no hope
Back against the wall, had to learn the rope-a-dope
Opps tryna find me, can't let them see me fold
Devil tryna find me, can't let him claim my soul (Nah)
(Chorus)
Oh Lord, have mercy on a real nigga
Coz I been sinning all night long
They ain't give us no voice
So we had to get it on our own
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
Oh Lord, have mercy on a real nigga
Coz I been sinning all night long
They ain't give us no voice
So we had to get it on our own
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
My nigga we done came up
Coz we stay prayed up
Prayed Up was written by Lawrence Sean Sibanda.
Prayed Up was produced by FranchiseBeats & GTbeats.