PRAYED FOR Lyrics

Live and direct

Die for respect

GB Mando

Lucid Connect

Yeah

Know that it pays to be patient

The journey's more rewarding than any final destination

No matter the troubles you're facing

Hope you find ways to embrace it

Cause it's beauty in the struggle

Raised from the jungle

I know they pray for me to fumble

Jack and Jill on this hill

Never once did I tumble

Through the years of faced fears

My family shed too many tears

22 facing eviction

Pops non-stop working

Cause he's the family's only engine

Mom still overseas

Every time she calls my phone

I feel the breeze through my spine

Know I gotta do more

So I'm hopping up on beats

And I'm rapping down on keys

So I can open up these doors

So it's no more door to doors

And it's peddles to the floor

No more sleeping on the floor

Know you gotta face the storm

Before the sunshine comes

Put a leash on your dreams

Before it vanishes and runs

Know you gotta break bread

With the ones who stayed down with you

When you had nothing on you but crumbs

Was this not everything we prayed for

Was it not worth being a slave for

I had my back against the wall

I was a lonely bird at war

Four years of dedication

Just to reap the separation

Had to trust my intuition

Put my instincts over feelings

Not every story comes perfect

But if it's worth it, it takes time

I'm just glad I stayed patient

Never missed out on the grind

It was things we needed to have

Couldn't just fall back

And watch my family suffer and demise

That's why I'm going extra hard

Sacrifices made in the dark

I pray someday comes to light

It was nights with no lights

It was chicken stew and rice

Fridge empty most of the times

Nothing in it but some ice

Roaches crawling through the couch

Water barrel filled with mice

How you slow to run up the money

But so quick to run your mouth

You don't know a thing about this life

Never in vain the claims I vouch

The wolf at the top of the mountain

Never as hungry as the wolf on the climb

So I put my excuses to the side

Cause I know I gotta shine

I know I gotta shine

I know I gotta shine

I know I gotta shine