[ti:Praying For Help] [ar:T.I.] [al:] [00:00.34]Our Father [00:02.51]Who are in heaven [00:03.40]Prayin for Help [00:03.72]Hollowed be thy name [00:05.67]Thy kingdom come [00:07.28]Thy will be done [00:09.03]On earth as it is in Heaven [00:11.85]Give us this day our daily bread [00:14.82]And forgive us for our trespasses [00:17.17]As we forgive those who trespass against us [00:19.83]Lead us not into temptation [00:21.78]But deliver us from evil [00:23.85]For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory [00:28.62]For ever, and ever [00:31.70]Amen [00:32.41] [00:32.80]Man I』m prayin for help [00:33.97]While I』m lookin at the life I left [00:35.76]It’s kinda hard not to hate myself [00:37.77]But quiet is kept right or wrong [00:40.12]It’s just the way I felt [00:40.75]I might be better of prayin for death [00:42.76]On my knees I knelt [00:44.01]Still trying to find a way to accept [00:45.88]It ain』t a way I can help nobody [00:47.36]Till I save myself [00:49.02]Technically I』m still a slave myself [00:51.03]I gotta climb out the grave myself [00:52.79]Man I played myself [00:54.18]But when I look at all the fans I touched [00:56.04]I ask how can a man that’s done so much [00:58.02]Be treated so unjust [00:59.08]Cause I』m tryin to inspire da folks [01:00.96]Wanna condemn cause they sell dope [01:02.87]Well man show em the ropes [01:04.23]Be a father a football coach a role model or a symbol of hope [01:08.04]Take another approach [01:09.25]Instead of testifying against em in court [01:11.13]Handcuffin em and closin the door so they can be worse than before [01:14.30]Can』t you see they only do what they know [01:16.16]Then you wonder why they don』t care no more [01:18.08]Life ain』t fair I know [01:19.47]But why I』m hated everywhere I go [01:21.19]Next time you wanna compare my flow just know [01:23.18]I』m prayin for help… [01:24.06] [01:24.09]Askin somebody else to give me a hand [01:26.29]I』m tryin hard but I』m only a man (man) [01:28.36]I』m prayin for help [01:29.49]Hopin somebody else can see what I see [01:31.28]It’s like the hood only matter to me they got me(Prayin for help) [01:34.49]Hopin somebody else can carry the torch [01:36.40]I』m all alone with no kinda support [01:38.36](While I) was prayin for help [01:39.61]Realized I don』t need nobody else [01:41.39]If God with me I can do it myself [01:43.20](Tired of just prayin for help) [01:44.23]I know it’s only one king [01:45.32]One thing, one being, only something I believe [01:47.83]Without seein and with all my faith [01:49.77]I pray somehow, someway regardless of what anyone say [01:53.49]I believe one day that imma change my life [01:56.58]Get right, start livin like Christ, till the end of my fight [01:59.89]Imma be defending my strife, till somebody come and shut off my lights [02:03.56]I ain』t never gone quit [02:05.08]No matter how difficult is gone get [02:06.76]And you can bet whatever on this [02:08.61]I』m forever gone spit [02:10.10]Harder than niggaz hatin on TIP [02:11.81]You can take the weight and place it on TIP [02:13.73]I'll double my load carry it as the trouble unfolds [02:16.90]Hold yos and I bet I don』t fold [02:18.77]Put that on my soul [02:20.22]If it takez till I』m 100 years old [02:21.92]Bet I』m reachin every one of my goals [02:23.82]You know I』m prayin for help… [02:25.51]Askin somebody else to give me a hand [02:26.79]I』m tryin hard but I』m only a man (man), I』m prayin for help [02:30.17]Hopin somebody else can see what I see [02:31.96]It’s like the hood only matter to me they got me(Prayin for help) [02:35.05]Hopin somebody else can carry the torch [02:36.97]I』m all alone with no kinda support [02:38.91](While I) was prayin for help [02:40.21]Realized I don』t need nobody else [02:41.98]If God with me I can do it myself (Tired of just prayin for help) [02:44.99]So many times I done wish that I could change my mind [02:47.21]Change my life and leave the game behind [02:49.03]And it’s been so many days [02:50.39]I done prayed I could find a way [02:52.16]Find the heart and the time to say [02:54.09]Only so many are blessed with So many chances, so many checks [02:57.22]So many fans with so many arrests [02:59.15]And it’s been so many deaths [03:00.53]So many prisons with niggaz in there [03:02.24]And the system keep playin them to the left [03:04.18]Man its so many test so many haters love seein you stress [03:07.24]But tribulations come with being the best [03:09.26]Still there's so many reflects, singin bout Tecs Winnin, green and the trix [03:12.70]Sellin dreams that never seen in the jets [03:14.28]That’s why I』m seen as a threat [03:15.62]So many stripes off the streets in my vest [03:17.41]So many rappers get so little respect [03:19.30]Man niggaz faith on the shelf [03:20.58]Cause of the cards that a nigga was dealt [03:22.47]Or the hard that a nigga done dealt [03:24.35]So many niggaz that left [03:25.68]Out of the hood made a way for theyself [03:27.57]Instead of givin back they stay for theyself [03:29.43]So many playin theyself [03:30.87]Instead of reading educating theyselves [03:32.43]The ones who won』t pray for theyself, they got me prayin for help… [03:35.60](Chorus) [03:35.80]Askin somebody else to give me a hand [03:37.55]I』m tryin hard but I』m only a man (man) [03:39.93]I』m prayin for help [03:40.75]Hopin somebody else can see what I see [03:42.63]It’s like the hood only matter to me the got me (Prayin for help) [03:45.92]Hopin somebody else can carry the torch [03:47.73]I』m all alone with no kinda support [03:49.36](While I) was prayin for help [03:50.89]Realized I don』t need nobody else [03:52.73]If God with me I can do it myself (Tired of just prayin for help) [03:56.39]