We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas planes Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playing in the burning sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls

And I pray they'll find the answer That there's a way to right the wrong And lord while your listen Some troubles of my own I got problems right here at home Fires are burning, up the forests Down along the Amazon There's children starving in Guatemala

What's free? Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be Told my niggas "I need you" Through all the fame you know I stay true Pray my niggas stay free Made a few mistakes but this ain't where I wanna be Before I'm judged by 12, put a 12 on my V

Somebody save me, save me I fell in love with these streets, I seen a hundred thou' Started fuckin' bad bitches, I went running wild (gone) I just pray Papi forgive me, ain't seen my son a while (I pray) I go and pick him up from school to see him

Devil's here to fool ya Teach me how to pray And we can do drugs and we can smoke weed and we can drink whiskey Yeah we can get high and we can get stoned And we can sniff glue and we can do E and we can drop acid Forever be lost with no way home Yeah we

I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety And isn't this exactly where you'd like me Oh, and isn't this exactly where you'd like me Well I'm afraid that I Well, I may have faked it and I wouldn't be

Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own Blue moon you saw me standing alone Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for You heard me saying a prayer for Someone I really could care for And then there suddenly appeared before me The only

Now who will pray for Babylon Sing a song to Babylon On your knees before Babylon Beat that drum because Babylon is falling When a voice came thundering from above The Earth was spinning all vacant and waste And there was silence over the ocean The first

My darling, I have wronged you Down the devil's path I have roamed Regret, sadness and sorrow Now in my soul have found a home My Sweet Caroline From your loving arms I've strayed In your heart may you find Forgiveness I pray

But you're still waiting on the moment breath is bated I wish I could hold you, I can't take it Tell you all my secrets I'm too faded Praying that tomorrow I'll be braver Maybe I can tell you, maybe we can do this Kisses on my forehead we can fall into