Pray (it's A Shame)

Lord
 Please continue to guide, direct, and protect my niggas
 From the world and from themselves
 Lord, can you please shine that light on your sons?
 They sent you a million prayers, you ain't answered near one
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby, baby) It's a shame
 I'm down on both knees, Father, talk to 'em please
 All you put 'em through is pain, but will it ever cease?
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby baby) What a shame
 What up, world? I'm Joell
 Sixth floor, project door, broke bell
 Only child, no brother, no sis
 Mom's runnin out the door to go sniff
 My highwater pants don't fit
 Afro growin all wild, no pic man
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby baby)
 Is what my teacher said for class pics
 My pops? I don't know where he at
 He left one day, he said he'd be back
 The stove keep me warm in the winter
 I'm tired of Beefaroni for dinner
 My grandmom's got a bad liver
 I'm just watchin' her fade away
 Man, I don't know what else to say
 So, at the end of every day I pray, I say
 Lord, can you please shine that light on your sons?
 They sent you a million prayers, you ain't answered near one
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby, baby) It's a shame
 I'm down on both knees, Father, talk to 'em please
 All you put 'em through is pain, but will it ever cease?
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby baby) What a shame
 What up, world? I'm the shit
 I'm headed to Hell in a hand-basket
 I pop pills, abuse liquor, and kill niggas
 When I die, God ain't gon' judge, he gon' deal with us
 That's why them reckless quotes come with my drama
 My pops while coke-infested, cum in my momma
 (Ohh, it's a shame, baby baby)
 I know, right?
 For those nights that I was havin them seizures
 For those mornings that I was havin trouble breathin'
 C'mon listen, I was only a fo'-pound baby
 So, I grew up into grown and went fo'-pound crazy
 Daddy was gangsta, mommy was passive
 Boxin' gloves for Christmas, I needed classes
 My daddy beat our ass, that's probably why we assassins
 But he'll do anything for me, Joey, pray for me
 Lord, can you please shine that light on your sons?
 They sent you a million prayers, you ain't answered near one
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby, baby) It's a shame
 I'm down on both knees, Father, talk to 'em please
 All you put 'em through is pain, but will it ever cease?
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby baby) What a shame
 What up, world? I'm a lost soul
 Challengin' the devil standin' at the crossroads
 I just shot a dirty snake with my .38
 He shot me too, now I'm waitin' at the Pearly Gates
 I seen the angel Gabriel and I came real
 A lame tried to kill me, so I aim steel
 (Ohh, it's a shame, baby baby)
 Ask God, is that somethin' that he can't feel?
 I had a six-shot popper and I brought it with me
 I put his thinkin' cap somewhere he never thought it would be
 I didn't son him, he's a daughter to me
 Instead of hangin' with thugs he's slangin' drugs, shoulda got a college degree
 But growin' up in the hood'll leave your mind baffled
 We put haters in the past like time travel
 That's my murder story, I'm past purgatory
 I need prayer though, Joey, put a word in for me
 Lord, can you please shine that light on your sons?
 They sent you a million prayers, you ain't answered near one
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby, baby) It's a shame
 I'm down on both knees, Father, talk to 'em please
 All you put 'em through is pain, but will it ever cease?
 (Oh, it's a shame, baby baby) What a shame