The Prayer - VYBZ Kartel, Craig Dennis

Gangster praya

Our father

I told dem hallowed be thy name again

Prayer from di thugs, divinity

You know it’s di teacha Adidja

Craig Dennis!

This is a gangsta prayer (Christly!), oh no

Seems like we are living just to die

Living in the fire (Hot!), oh no

Police and soldiers dem nuh gi' no bligh

This is just a prayer, oh no

You nuh hear di eagle and di doves a cry (Yeah!)

Look up to di sky (sky), ask di father why (weh yuh do?)

Each day I pray that jah would bless me

Hey!

Father God nuff praise I give

Fi survive inna di place I live

Like Gaza strip fully equipped, thats just how phase 5 is

Me nah work, but I have bills

Me need money fi me wife and kids

Every job interview dem turn me down, true me don’t reside on hills

Me yute wah wear Nike Maxes

Brand new outta di white boxes

Pay di water, di light, mad bills

Gimme four, no five hot pills

When me memba di high taxes

Bus fare raise, likewise taxes

Pressure get heavy like nine axes

Me get mad back, rise Glocks-es

Shoot people, me kill people nuff time because mine pop ribs

Nedda time me a pree to miself seh «Addi, what kinda life that is»

Me a wonder if a di system or a true me have guns and knife as kids

Craig Dennis come talk to di man wid spiritual notes, divine ad-libs

Prayer (Christly!), oh no

Seems like we are living just to die

Living in the fire (Hot!), oh no

Police and soldiers dem nuh gi' no bligh

This is just a prayer, oh no

You nuh hear di eagle and di doves a cry (Yeah!)

Look up to di sky (sky), ask di father why (weh yuh do?)

Each day I pray that jah would bless me

Jah jah just show me the way

As I fast and I pray

So that I live to see another day

Even though that’s around the way, that’s around the way

Jah jah just show me the way

As I fast and I pray

So that I live to see another day

Even though that’s around the way, that’s around the way

Then every day, me unda arrest

Dem judge me true me address

A true me nuh have no assets or a true my skin a di blackest

Mek my lifestyle so stress from dias till noches

Me yute dem want di feeding and me cyaa buy dat much less

Fi guide I cause my tripe has gas

Full it like

, touch di road fi look it wid mi steel

Me cyaa rob light

Watch out fi di back biters, dem call di crime fighters

God, me a pray fi blessing from u inna my prayers

Prayer, oh no

Seems like we are living just to die

Living in the fire, oh no

Police and soldiers dem nuh gi' no bligh

This is just a prayer, oh no

You nuh hear di eagle and di doves a cry

Look up to di sky, ask di father why

Each day I pray that jah would bless me