Pray For Me

Pray for me, pray for me, pray for me, I want to know if you do (yeah)
First, givin' honor to God
To Ms. Carol who had first brought me and my moms
To the church, where I know I ain't been in so long
I just pray that when I call, they still pick up the phone, yeah

With judgment comin' from all angles
I never defend myself for approval from strangers
When they don't give a damn about my kids
Since you ain't gotta pray for me, just pray for them
And pray for my mom, and pray for my sis
We miss my granny, we need her at times like this
To think I prayed for the world to be back open
Just to lose both of my grandparents to COVID

And pray for every one of my lil' cousins
We was really more like sisters and brothers
I gotta thank 'em for sharin' they dad
'Cause growin' up, he was really all that I had

You know, growin' up at a young age, my pops got deported to Jamaica
And my uncle stepped up and was the father that I never had
So when I say, like, "Gotta thank my lil' cousins for sharin' their dad"
They really shared they dad with me
He was the father figure I never had
And he really part of the reason why I am the way I am today
And why I'm as successful as I am in this, in this very moment

Instead of arguin' on live, I should've prayed with TeeFLii
I could've got straight to the point, instead of lettin' jokes fly
I should've called Ty 'cause he don't struggle with his pride
If it was up to him, then Pusha still, I'd be alive, so

So pray for me, pray for YG, pray for PC, pray for TC
Pray for Reem, H-Jade, and Clean
Andy and Ty, forever be the squad
Gotta pray for Teddy, gotta pray for Lays
Big S and lil' S, I love 'em both the same
They a big part of the reason why I didn't bang
And that's a big part of the reason I'm still here today

So pray for Migo and pray for Ella Mai
Everything we done together kept our family straight
Pray for anybody rockin' the 10 Summers chain
And any other homies that I didn't name

Know it's a lot of homies I ain't name and shit, man
Pray for B-Wade, a real childhood friend
Pray for Norah, my assistant, man
Pray for ShaqO, the handicap foo
Pray for my engineer, David, who been in this motherfucker day in, day out
Blood, sweat, and tears, for five years
Pray for my niggas Dae-Dae and Glove
Man, them niggas kept us safe so many motherfuckin' nights
Pray for my nigga Uno too, man, you know

I can't do this shit without thankin' that nigga K.Dot, man
He came through, swang through with the number one
Right before the album dropped
I ain't even need no rollout
So you gotta pray for him

Pray for Auntie Diane, Roddy, and Keefa too
And last but definitely not least
You gotta pray for all my kids, Kylan, Kauner, and Kody
Most definitely gotta pray for the apple of my eye
And the love of my life, Brittney
And Bebe McFarlane the newest addition to the family
And even if I ain't say your name, you know what's up with me

I pray to God to rake my steps on this path I'm going
Give me peace of mind, so that I stay focused
Give me discipline, so that I keep going
To the gym even when results ain't showin'
Lord, give me the faith I need to move mountains
Give me financial freedom
Know that there's no accountant that's more able than You
There's no problems on this Earth greater than You
And if it's Your will, then
Let me do everything that I was created to do

Help me change lives like You changed mine's
Like You changed mom's, how could I forget?
How You made a millionaire out of 15 cent
When a dollar and a dream wasn't always what it seemed
Sometimes I couldn't see, but I still believed
And then You made it real, You gave me everything I need
And all I had to have was the faith of a mustard seed

So the point of this album is to have faith
No matter what field of work you in
No matter what you doin' in life
Have faith in it, and believe in it, at all times
And especially having God in your life first
Because in a world full of the Devil doing God knows what
Long as you keep God first, you'll be alright

I've always had the ultimate confidence
I've always believed in myself
And I always try to be the best I can be
It was instilled in me as a kid

When I was making this album, man
I went through three different titles
And about a hundred different 'emotions
And I just remember a conversation I had with Neil
When he was doing "Perfect Ten"
Said, "Man you should name your album, Faith of a Mustard Seed"
At that very moment, I didn't know exactly what he meant by it
But I knew it was something out the Bible
And when I went and I did my research
On what, "Faith of a mustard seed" meant

It says that "With the faith of a mustard seed
God will allow you to move mountains"
And I feel like where I come from
I moved just about every mountain that was in my way
And still movin' 'em, with the faith of God

You know when I was young, you know
When I say, "First, givin' honor to God
To Ms. Carol who had first brought me and my moms"
You know, that was like, that's a real thing
You know how I moved from The Jungles to West LA
And I met this lady named Carol, her son was a drummer at the church
And I remember one day, I seen her going to church
She was like, "You wanna go to church with me?"
And I'm like "Yeah," and I went

You know I really went because I really wanted to be the drummer
But Jermaine was always the drummer
So I never became the drummer, or whatever
But I, um, I went, and I became
A member of Believers Community Baptist Church

And after I went a few times, and I became a real member of the Church
I got baptized, and I think after that, I told my mom
Where I guess my mom-, my mom was at the baptize ceremony
But I asked my mom, "Mom, you wanna go to church?"
And she was like, "Yeah I'd go"
You know my mom never stopped going to church, even when I stopped
You know so

I guess that was like a sign from God
And it also brought me and my mom closer
You know she lived by
"Alright, you know I'm prayin' for you, always"
You know, and I don't know, you know
My mom probably gon' be mad at me
But she used to be real bad at like cussin' us out
Me and my sisters would hear her start cussin' like
"Get yo' ass in the house"
You know that type of thing

But uh, you know, once she, once sh-, she, she went to church
It kinda like changed her for the better
You know and it, uh, softened her up a lil' bit
And I never told her that but, uh
I think that was the best thing that ever happened to me and her
You know, 'cause it was me and her
My sister moved to Atlanta with her husband and stuff
And had her own family
Recently just moved 'em back here to be closer to us, but
You know, um, not to make it about that but

For the most part, man, I just wanted everybody out there, you know
You been watchin' me this whole time
Studying my career, and you watched my whole journey
You've seen me grow, you've seen who I am, you've seen who I've become
You've seen how I mentor my kids, 'cause I didn't have a father
I had my uncle, but he taught me how to be a father
And uh, I always admired that about him

That he took me in like I was his son that he never had
'Cause he only got daughters
But um, it made me be the best father that I could be
And know that, you know
Not to never take that for granted, 'cause all you got is time
And you can't get time back

Um, but to the fans, you know
The little kids, the little producers in the hood
That look at me and, look at it like it's too far
It's really not, I came exactly from where you come from
And anything is possible with the faith
And hard work gon' always beat talent, every time
So I want you to understand, you know
You can put anything you put your mind to

Faith of a Mustard Seed is a, is a testimony of me
Just, you know, growing and bein'
Who I knew I always could be, and who I was gon' always strive to be
No matter what, nobody could've gotten in the way of me being who I am
And to show you that nobody can get in the way of you
Until next time
(Pray for me)

And oh yeah
If you ever in doubt of when I'm thinking about you
Just know I'm praying for you
So you should pray for me too

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