Prayers on the Upper Shelf

I know my mama putting prayers up
I fight evil when it shows up
I make sure to follow my intuition that feeling that's in my gut
Feel to young to die in that suit
I've been theorizing my truth
I've internalized too many choices that shoulda never took root
That forbidden fruit made many jams
Bag an ounce they check the grams
Been linked in no Abraham
That smooth use of an epigram
I'm killa cam but I save the day
List of words that I won't say
This more to me than some rhyme schemes
Didn't like the moves so I changed the play
Once in a while save the day
Now they gotta meet goals and put 'em in graves
Tags on the toe like hunting game
Trynna stay low key wanna hide the names
Invested in my blessings I done used a couple already
I stay prayed up, talk slick imma Clark son like Kelly
Nine tails in my belly
That power make me a beast
New dilemma like Nelly
They knocked me off me feet
Deliver me from the evil man
Preserve me from the violent ones
These prayers make a stronger man
These prayers conquer any one

I walk through these streets they think I'm scared for what
Made it all this way no one protected us
If I know trouble just like I think I do
My guard up I'm ready for whatever comes through
I walk through these streets they think I'm scared for what
Made it all this way no one protected us
If I know trouble just like I think I do
My guard up I'm ready for whatever comes through

I treated it like life support, I'd pull the plug if had to
Bad for me, I don't know how it slipped the filters it passed through
I compromised I fantasized about the life I could live
Now I make moves I stick to action about the parts I willingly give
I held on for way too long
What I felt was way too strong
I jotted notes on the pad and my phone
In the car in the rain on my way back home
I reminisced you could tell so well
By the mood that I had when I played my songs
I gotta prayer on the shelf for my wife and kids
Cause it feels like it won't be long
Now times change rearrange
Who's to blame it's all the same it's all a game
Chase the fame, chase the loot
Chase the bag, chase the life, you only lose
Thank God, thank my mother
Thank my father for the prayers lifted up
On a shelf, I can help
When you down, gotta prayer sitting up

I walk through these streets they think I'm scared for what
Made it all this way no one protected us
If I know trouble just like I think I do
My guard up I'm ready for whatever comes through
I walk through these streets they think I'm scared for what
Made it all this way no one protected us
If I know trouble just like I think I do
My guard up I'm ready for whatever comes through

I walk through these streets they think I'm scared for what
Made it all this way no one protected us
If I know trouble just like I think I do
My guard up I'm ready for whatever comes through
I walk through these streets they think I'm scared for what
Made it all this way no one protected us
If I know trouble just like I think I do
My guard up I'm ready for whatever comes through