Prayer

Masha'Allah As I wake up in the morning, stretch my arms wide Before I even yawn or wipe the cold out my eyes I say Al Humdulillah, giving praise to my God Allowing me another day, blessing me to rise Know at any given time, it could be my demise Cause you only get a minute to pray (And a second to die) And realizing that I've come to terms with that One day I'm gonna burn for all my heinous acts I know a sincere prayer can only change my fate So I drop, prostrate and pray it ain't too late For me to ask for forgiveness and increase my faith And guide me on the path that's straight And never lead me astray Cause I know I can't walk this alone I'm in fear of that fork in the road The devil there, waiting to claim my soul So I pray that You hold my hand As I follow your footprints in the sand Now I know I done did some wrong And I ain't been to talk to you in so, so long So I'ma hit my knees and extend my palms And send this up to you and hope you hear this I'll be prayin' (Prayin') I'll be prayin' (Prayin') I'll be prayin' (Yeah) I'll be prayin' (Ayee yeah) I often find myself stuck, just staring in space Feel like hours at a time, my mind drifting away Can't quite collect my thoughts or put 'em in place And I grab a glimpse of my momma with a head full of grays I know they shouldn't be there (Nah) Not for her age And then I think of how I stressed her and shortened her days Her long sleepless nights, not knowing if I was safe Or was my name on the list of the reaper that day I sink deeper as I feel a tear creep down my face I wipe it away, now my thoughts on life in the grave I know on that day that three things gon' go wit ya Ya family, ya wealth and ya deeds but two gon' leave And when that last person leave that site The grave gon' squeeze so tight Ya ribs gon' overlap till every bone crack I drop my head in despair, imagine going through that I smell fire then I notice the hole in my pants I drop my cigarette butt and brush off my ash I'm still stuck but I notice a car pass I hear the driver cussin' me out over his horn blast Damn, this can't be right, let me snap back to life How long I been stuck, day dreaming at this light? Wondering if that's a sign of how I'm moving through life A reckless abandon, a accident, just waiting to happen A reckless abandon, a accident, just waiting to happen Now I know I done did some wrong And I ain't been to talk to you in so, so long So I'ma hit my knees and extend my palms And send this up to you and hope you hear this I'll be prayin' (Prayin') I'll be prayin' (Prayin') I'll be prayin' (Yeah) I'll be prayin' (Ayee yeah)