Prayer

[Verse 1: Thurz]
I’m just an ordinary man
Buck sixty, five-nine how I stand
Young dude with an overzealous plan
To feed his daughter with some money in his hand
And probably put a nice ring on the Mrs
My goals, I stare at from a distance
It’s a canyon between me and a cliff
Tryin’ to build a bridge just to get over it
To the greener grass, not fall in the pit
Of depression, that stress will make you sick
Along with the wolves tryin’ to blow down your house
Broads and niggas the same, they all run they mouth
Rabbits get bold, tryin’ to call you out
Until you rockin’ in front of their homies, knock ‘em out
Yeah, I did that, but that’s not what I’m all about
Tryin’ to be better today (day), so I pray

[Hook & Throughout the song: Cheryl Johnson]
Pray...you make it all right
Pray...we make it all right
(You gotta) Pray! We make it all right!

[Verse 2: Thurz]
Everybody askin’ ‘bout U-N-I
Plain and simple: didn’t see eye-to-eye
I’m sorry to the fans disappointed
But I’ve been walkin’ a new road feelin’ anointed
With precious cargo so I gotta catch the train
Gotta get it to the masses, dissin’ niggas ain’t the aim
But group business is like being married, with kids
Sacrifice, work ethic to live
The life you desire, deserve, the privilege
Raise my thoughts like kids, and I grew up
I pulled the pin from my brain, time to blow up
Me, myself and I, we all woke up
And God chose us
I see through his eyes, I see where real lies
No man should ever piggy back, ain’t no free rides
And it’s more than a quarter or dimes
I was writin’, and recitin’ and lobbyin’--for the dopeness
You was out partyin’
Even had to compromise the sound
But me and CL still held it down
But ain’t no hard feelings, we all grown man
We learn to live, let the regret soak in
And when you wring it out, hopefully we can be better today
So on my knees, I pray

[Hook]

[Outro: Thurz, talking]
See, every failure, every success--is all a life experience
That gets you closer to learning
What your individual purpose is, here on this Earth
My whole purpose with this riot shit, is to go against the grain, and inspire
I been said fuck the ‘cool shit’. It’s all about movin’ people. And I just pray that me, and you, can be the best we can, today
‘Nine-Two Crew’! ‘L.A. Riot' shit