Pray for My People

This is for the people I love, this is for the people I need

Sometimes I get down on my knees

(Pray for my people, pray for my people I, pray for my people pray for my people now)

This for everybody I know, this for everybody I owe

Blessings that they put on my soul

(Pray for my people, pray for my people I, pray for my people pray for my people now)

You like your friends, but you don't even know mine

They’re so fine, like oh my, they souls minds just blow mine

They so fresh and clean, protest with me, you see them hold signs

Until police might mess with me when we committed no crime

 remember those times we assemble in no time

And how they, lend me a buck when I struggle with those dimes

How they inspire me to go looking for those rhymes

See people from close by and listen to both sides

I love their personalities and how they know mine

How they leave alone me when I need the alone time

And how they know I'm doing whatever it takes

And how they all remind me that I should step on the brakes from time to time

Remind me of silver and gold lines

Say that it's all fine and forgive me for my mistakes

How they don’t judge even if they can’t relate

And how they still be loving me to this day y’all

This is for the people I love, this is for the people I need

Sometimes I get down on my knees

(Pray for my people, pray for my people I, pray for my people pray for my people now)

This for everybody I know, this for everybody I owe

Blessings that they put on my soul

(Pray for my people, pray for my people I, pray for my people pray for my people now)

And I know that that's my squad, and I know that it's a team

And I know they always in my heart so it won't miss a beat

Always on a mission but sometimes I didn't listen

Always on a journey to whatever kind of mystery

I'm sorry that I acted egotistically and distant see I want to let you know my love was never non existent

It's hard to break the system when you're standing at a distance

But you helped me see together we can break it more efficiently

I'm grateful that you bless me with your wisdom

And for forgotten memories of nights when we were pissed and started kissing cause we wished to show our love existed physically

I got boyfriends and girlfriends I call friends officially

I'm grateful that y'all have been so faithful in my strength quench the thirst I had for love, passion and authenticity

Thank you for showing me the love that I wish to see

And showing me the person that I wish to be

This is for the people I love, this is for the people I need

Sometimes I get down on my knees

(Pray for my people, pray for my people I, pray for my people pray for my people now)

This for everybody I know, this for everybody I owe

Blessings that they put on my soul

(Pray for my people, pray for my people I, pray for my people pray for my people now)