Prayed For Days Like These

We used to pray we used to pray we used to pray for days like these Remember back then? We were dead broke didn't have anything basically Now it's no drama no not all made it out clean finally I'm in a place of peace We use to pray we used to pray we used to pray for days like these Kids ain't got to worry bout a thang cuz you know I got it covered from A through Z Never be the same no not at all kept it going look me still standing tall Still remember that day that C died still feel how I felt when I got that call Told his mama that day that his middle name is my first born so I call him Maurice Life moves fast on you warp speed I'm prepared for anything that's coming towards me Thank God I'm no longer on 99 sweating in the whip sitting with quarter P Now a days I be focused on the family They the reason I be felling some sort of peace Everything that I do is for their benefit never really did consider the majority I'm a keep it going I'm a keep it moving I'm not taking any other options coming short of these We used to pray we used to pray we used to pray for days like these Remember back then? We were dead broke didn't have anything basically Now it's no drama no not all made it out clean finally I'm in a place of peace We use to pray we used to pray we used to pray for days like these Kids ain't got to worry bout a thang cuz you know I got it covered from A through Z Still kept moving even with a low tank learned everything from my big bro frank Seen things that a leave a soul blank don't want them days back now no thanks From fleeing hell to ESL streets got so hot almost seen him melt Talking stabbing and shooting And other things that I take to the grave can't speak or tell God chose us for no reason life's hard no off seasons But now things is starting ease up feeling like Israelites out of Egypt With everything that we touched, and we still blessed with our freedoms And our kids get to see us teach them better than they did us We used to pray we used to pray we used to pray for days like these Remember back then? We were dead broke didn't have anything basically Now it's no drama no not all made it out clean finally I'm in a place of peace We use to pray we used to pray we used to pray for days like these Kids ain't got to worry bout a thang cuz you know I got it covered from A through Z