Take Me Up

(And we pray, and we pray, and we pray, and we pray) (Every day, every day, every day, every day) (And we pray, and we pray, and we pray, and we pray) (Every day, every day, every day, every day) Take me up, take me up, take me up Take me up, take me up Take me up, take me up, take me up Take me up, take me up (yeah) Take me up (huh) I remember when we hit the block Selling candy tryna make a knot Riding bikes up to the corner shop Now we older and you end up locked up All of your kids getting bigger They missing they daddy, they wish you was with 'em I talk to your mama, she told me don't give up And pray for her son, 'cause she ain't raise no quitter I wish I could run it back I would tell us our daddies ain't coming back I would tell us if we stick together then we can do anything We got each other's back Lost my cousin, I cry every summer now I beat all of my cases, I wonder how If it wasn't for God in my life, I'd be wearing them stripes I'd be laying up underground, yeah Mm, been a long time waiting on an answer Been a long time praying with my hands up Won't You come through? Father, come through Won't You come through? Father, come through (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day (take me up) And we pray, and we pray, take me up (take me up) (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day (take me up) And we pray, and we pray, take me up (take me up) (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day (take me up) And we pray, and we pray, take me up (take me up) (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day And we pray, and we pray, and we pray Can't be mad at us, if you add it up Everything we been through, we still managing Used to drink every night just to handle it Losing sleep every night from the damages I was popping them pills in Decatur Scrolling online and responding to haters Came from the trenches, no handouts, no favors Lay awake close hopin' we get 'em later Hating on me, devil preying on me Everybody dying, it was weighing on me Lot of power in me, lot of pain on me I thank God for people who was praying for me And we was struggling, tryna pay the rent Taking losses, trying to get a win Praying, fighting, through the hardest years Took a minute, but we made it here Mm, been a long time waiting on an answer Been a long time praying with my hands up Won't You come through? Father, come through Won't You come through? Father, come through (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day (take me up) And we pray, and we pray, take me up (take me up) (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day (take me up) And we pray, and we pray, take me up (take me up) (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day (take me up) And we pray, and we pray, take me up (take me up) (Take me up, take me up) And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Every day, every day, every day And we pray, and we pray, and we pray (take me up) Yeah, yeah, uh (take me up) Yeah, uh (take me up), yeah, yeah, yeah Uh, yeah, uh (take me up), yeah Uh (take me up), yeah, yeah (And we pray, and we pray, and we pray, and we pray) (Every day, every day, every day, every day) (And we pray, and we pray, and we pray, and we pray) (Every day, every day, every day)