LOST PRAYERS Lyrics

I'll never forget where I'm from

But damn I wished I could though

'Cause why would I want to remember the hunger, the violence, the poverty

Oh God I was torn (Torn)

The shit it could do to a kid

Nah, we can't choose where we born (Nah)

I bottle the pain in my mix

My feelings go numb when I'm stoned

My heart was too broken to fix

I couldn't imagine a future in my home

The government tore off our wings

Put 'em on they back n' put us on the floor

Bombings n' gunshots, nah, nobody wanna live through a war

Back in '06 we were forced to leave, I was only 4

Just to come back in '08 n' give it a chance once more

But it was fuckin' us up, oh God, shit was gettin' hard to afford (Oh God)

I was lucky to make it out, it could've been me at the port

Government left us poor (So poor)

People hopeless, homeless, unnoticed, overdosin'

Some shit I'm still tryna cope with

Got me smokin', drinkin', dopin'

Oh shit, the fuckin' corruption

Left us sufferin' (Sufferin')

I ain't restin' 'til we cuff 'em

Huh, like where's the fuckin' justice? (Where's the justice?)

Oh Leb, my love for you is so toxic

Keeps spreadin' like the virus, I can't stop it

Where I'm from, we ain't talkin' 'bout the moon when we say rockets

Sorry, nothin' left to rob in my pockets

'Cause we've been payin' our taxes straight to they shoppin'

So damn I gotta make it up, I'm locked in

Guns cockin', they poppin'

Them bodies be droppin'

But we used to this, right? (Right?)

It shouldn't matter (Matter)

'Cause we at the bottom, so how can we get even sadder?

Stuck in a ditch, with no one to hand us a ladder

Glass all shattered

Hearts keep beatin' faster

We've been out here starvin' while the rich keep gettin' fatter

Workin' like slaves for a hundred a month, might as well call the boss your master

Deep wounds with no plaster (No plaster)

Please stop tellin' me to pray Mr. Pastor (Stop)

You know it ain't gon' do shit, we need action

Tryna direct my pain into my passion

Oh how could this happen? (How?)

Politicians be cappin'

Divided us into factions

We bleedin', y'all laughin'

Keep hidin' in y'all mansions (Pussies)

Nah, we ain't finna stop 'til we see all y'all necks hangin'

Fuckin' fascists

I'm rappin' for my people, I wish I was there with you

Hey momma, I miss you (I miss you)

Separated for years, oh yeah that's what it's come to

Now my city's in rubbles (Gone)

Remember when we were all kids, we just wanted it to be peaceful

Surrounded by evil

Ain't no lies in these words, they transparent, they see through

Cold world, need some ski boots

These war cries, can't hear you

Lost prayers, can't see you (Lost prayers, can't see you)

Numb feelings, can't feel you

These war cries, can't hear you