Dear God, bring our POW`s home
And bring our brothers on lock down, home, Amen

Geah, he`s a ni**a from the back block
On everybody laptop who used to slang crack rock
HOV` and this ni**a from the Chi`
Who hold a note like the guy who said the British is comin`

My ni**a Kels, oh yeah, the ni**az is comin`
Get out your good dishes or somethin` like it`s Thanksgiving, ni**a
It`s HOV` and none other than the R
And without further adieu, like Freddie get ready it`s

Whatever happen, Lord, don`t send me back
And whenever I did wrong it was Your name I cried
I heard You forgave over and over again
But when I found that out I became immune to my sins

Lay wide awake in the middle of my sleep
I see dead people and sometimes it`s me, Lord
I never wanted to be a Thugfather
I only wanted to be a son of a father

That`s how it sounds, it`s sad
Worse than the war in Iraq when it`s me against I
I gave up the weed and somehow I`m still high
Three years, still seein` the weed in my eyes, Lord

Sometimes I don`t know what You want from me
But I do know You know what I want from You
Give it to me c`mon, take away this Hennessey
Take away me runnin` the street
Stop people from hatin` me
Take away all of this jealousy and prejudicy

Thought You said, it was a better place
I grew up around pimps, hustlers hoes and project gangsters
Hard to believe in what I can`t see
I gotta get this money and feed my family

Whatever guillotine guides my life
Dear Lord, don`t let me die tonight
But if I shall before I wake what shall I say?
It`s been a good run from hoodlum to Island estates

How could one, make such foul mistakes
Still be allowed to have a smile on my face?
Hell, whatever the case, I`m glad it wasn`t murder
In a town you never hearda from a nickel-plated burner

Now my life`s straight like a perm
Try to take the spot I earned, muh`f**ker better learn

It`s Hov, he`s a ni**a from the back block
On everybody laptop who used to slang crack rock
Kel and this ni**a from the Chi`
Who hold a note like the guy who said the British is comin`

Hov, oh yeah, the ni**az is comin`
Get out your good dishes or somethin` like it`s Thanksgiving, ni**as
Kel and none other than the R
And without further adieu, like Freddie get ready it`s

Hey boy, hear me out, got a few mo` things to say
These ni**az be chasin` me like everyday
C`mere, no, my life on crutches, devils say
I`ll never walk again but the Devil is a liar `cause I believe within

You`re the reason that I`m still here
Even though I don`t act like it
Even though I hear my calling and fight it
Fools do me so wrong, it`s hard to stay righteous
Pimping was a mountain to heaven, I`d hike it

Believe me, Lord, I want You
Got money and fame and still it just won`t do
Sometimes I don`t like who I am
When I look in the mirror, my reflection is Uncle Sam

And every night I have these weird dreams
That a creature`s right beside me, wake up and can`t breathe
I feel like it`s twenty of me
Goin` twenty different directions on a one-way street, Lord

I got houses, money and cars and that
Everything single superstar, I got the whole music industry sewed
But it still don`t matter when I`m gone and my casket closed, go

Whatever guillotine guides my life
Dear Lord, don`t let me die tonight
But if I shall before I wake I`d accept my fate
I did what I did my heart was in the right place

I did so I could live to put food on my plate
You musta love me not to let it end by 3 that day
Well, whatever the case, I`m glad it wasn`t murder
In a town you never hearda from a nickel-plated burner

I guess I`m not finished with my journey
Please forgive me for my sins
S**t, I`m still trying to learn, meet Hov

He`s a ni**a from the back block
On everybody laptop who used to slang crack rock
Kel and this ni**a from the Chi`
Who hold a note like the guy who said the British is comin`

Hov, oh yeah, the ni**az is comin`
Get out your good dishes or somethin` like it`s Thanksgiving, ni**as
Kel and none other than the R
And without further adieu, like Freddie get ready it`s

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Wrap your arms around us God
Let there be peace and no more war
And bring our soldiers home, let us pray

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