Say A Prayer

(Aretha Franklin sample: Say a little prayer for you)

Verse 1:
The year is 20-05 but we gotta get money, no job
It's looking to me like only the rich’ll survive
You a little cat if you in the middle class
And everyone in poverty drown or die
Now it’s time to pick up the faith
And believe in the king or a boundless god
Clown this guy, in the Oval Office
Speaking the peace with a violent eye
Nonbelievers, Condoleezzas, [?] speeches
The lies increases, give us Jesus
No [?] go to Iraq but no gay marriage
Somebody, anybody, everybody, look
I don’t really really wanna get a gun so Bush I’ma
(Say a little prayer for you)
And your family too, while living in your own city, it’s a pity
DC streets look gritty like Philly
Silly of me to believe in a dream in a place
[?] where they race for the cream
First the Pilgrims raped and killed ‘em
Elders, mothers, fathers, children
Our buildings is tumbling down
One of us got to say something now
Up and down, 'round we go, maybe not then but now we know
How we shows and how we vote
Then again we voted, now he gloats
Most chose hopes, folks, this is the web we wove so I’ma

[Chorus]
(Say a little prayer for you)
How can we deny? This
System is a lie and
We cannot survive just
Keeping hope alive, live
Things have got to change if
We got to remain in
[?] pain is what we have to gain, gain
History repeats so
What you sow you reap so
If our seeds are evil
What will be our grain, grain?
We must learn to [?]
We must learn to ask, ask
I promise to
(Say a little prayer for you)

Verse 2:
We almost out of time, we at war with Viacom
And the corporate structure’s bottom line
Sign the dotted line if you tryin’ to shine
You gotta sign if you wanna wine and dine
With the celebrity cats on the TV screen
You don’t wanna be a wannabe, you need be seen
The popular people always win
But I know popular people always rent
If not, gotta be spending the very last cent
On a Bentley, a Benz with the tint and the rims
Gotta spend, if it don’t, you ain’t in
You ain’t multiplatinum like Eminem so
Somebody, anybody, everybody, please
I don’t wanna see you get rid of your g’s, homies, I’ma
(Say a little prayer for you)
And your label too, playing you
It don’t make no sense
You don’t make no dollars, it make no cents
While master's owning your masters, only you rappers
Ain’t learn from the past ‘cause that’s been stupid, stupid
You make music to get two cents off an album, how come?
You poor and sold thousands
Count them, I’ll get your accountant
We’ll see where they’re gagging you
Then you know why I chose this avenue
To be disciplined like a Catholic school
When the [?] truth like a Baptist too
Half of you wanna rap the truth
Other half of you wanna rap for loot, I’ll

[Chorus]
(Say a little prayer for you)
How can we deny? This
System is a lie and
We cannot survive just
Keeping hope alive, live
Things have got to change if
We got to remain in
[?] pain is what we have to gain, gain
History repeats so
What you sow you reap so
If our seeds are evil
What will be our grain, grain?
We must learn to [?]
We must learn to ask, ask
I promise to
(Say a little prayer for you)