Gangster Prayer

Now lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep And if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take, Jah Father God you a hear me Me know we nuh talk in a while but me feel like you still deh near me Me need your help now more than ever So me decide fi sing to you in a prayer, Jah Jah Me a fight a battle deep within Poverty a beat me bad ,but me nuh want give in to me evil twin Me feel like the victim in a one system Wha trap you and the only way out is if you a baller, Dj or a King pin The pastor help me get a one job wha day Me work the month, me get the pay, by weekend done the whole of it gone away Now me shotta friend them wha deh a Mobay A say them have a works fi mash and when me done them want me lock the K Me nuh want mix up in a the badness But end of month when time me get mi pay, me haffi ask a wha this? madness Reality check, it seems like there's only one way for me Man a go touch the road tonight, somebody pray for me Now lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep And if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take, pray with me Jah Jah protect me in these streets I pray the Lord my soul to keep And if I should die along the way I pray the Lord my soul to take, gangster prayer Tired of living hand to mouth Tired of every end of month, when me look online all me see is a empty bank account Tired fi have mi hand long out And the only time me see a food, or a shoes or a shirt a when the Don come out Tired fi know how hungry feel Tired fi hear rich people say the struggle is real' when them really nuh know the struggle fi real Tired of water crackers and butter mi only meal So when me want cornmeal and me can't buy it, that a go make me want steal From the days of elementary Man have friend weh have uncle and aunty deh in a the penitentiary Is either deh so or the cemetery (weh them bury) And me nuh want end up a none of them place deh, somebody pray for me Now lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep And if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take, pray with me Jah Jah protect me in these streets I pray the Lord my soul to keep And if I should die along the way I pray the Lord my soul to take, gangster prayer Yo, a tonight them a come link me And all me hear is Mama words nuh follow bad company mi pickney' Somebody pray for me And Jah if me nuh make it out, save a spot a the Pearly gate for me Jah protect me in these streets Die fore I wake, soul to take Jah protect me in these streets Die fore I wake, soul to take Somebody pray for me, pray for me Somebody pray for me, pray for me