[Nas]What we need to be thinkin' about is the future!We don't know what's in store tomorrow!All we can do is just guess! We want the best for tomorrow;for our family, for our children, for our futurebut if we don't get up andact like we want it,we gotta pray to somebody! We ain't to tough to pray!You walkin' around like a gangsta, gangstas pray! Thugs pray!Tell me somethin'; if you ain't prayin', where would y'all be today?Where would y'all momma be today? How would you be here?Somebody prayin' for you, nigga! [Horse]I never thought bein' a man you could hang in the endFacin' life with no parol and consecut' sentencin'Got people witnessin', your co-defendent snitchin',your back against the wall, your left eye is twitchin'Loyal ladies usual, a D-and A's the mutualScared to face the light of a courtroom siteRacist cops on each side 'cause the know I just mightmake a break for the door but I give it my allIf I die in this struggle, give my momma a call'cause she always left these jewels: what goes up must fallSince I fell dead broke, landed in jailRefused to face the facts, how wifey skipped to town with the bailI'm on my own now, V8, far away from home nowPalmer wealth state, the law changes each dateSecret inditements got me knocked, there ain't no price I can payto get me the fuck up out this shit, so to Allah I prayfor forgiveness - Yes, I sinned and I need to be heldand jail ain't no place a black man wanna be killedAmenI only pray when shit is fucked up!I only pray when my life is lookin' bad luck!I only pray when I'm in mothafuckin' handcuffs!Callin' out for someone, somewhere!Is there anybody out there?[Wiz]I look up at the sky, why do young niggas die?Felt the stray hit me, somebody stay with meFallin' to the ground with the sound of a four-pound near mebitches screamin', wish I was dreamin'I fought a thousand gun fights, near one bullet skipped meon the morning run to get my little sisters Rice KrispiesPlayed the numbers knowin' that I got my lucky dice wit' meSee some niggas I know I can roll - Uh, uh!Get them bitches, left all of them broke, left what they smokeHoes yellin', 'Watch ya back! 'But before I could turn around, before I could I react,blaow! Blaow! Blaow! Would you look at me now?Is this blood that I feel as I fell to the ground?Feel like a head shot but maybe just grazed my templeniggas diggin' in my pockets, sayin' I just rolled a pimpleYo, my mouth was movin' but it was nothin' I was sayin'Only if they knew deep inside my mind, I was prayin'AmenI only pray when shit is fucked up!I only pray when my life is lookin' bad luck!I only pray when I need his help the most, what?!Callin' out to someone, somewhere!Yo, is anybody out there?[Jungle]Ain't nothin' stoppin' me - Untouchable - Hoes, I fucked a fewStyle like The Greatest, Ali - Check what the knuckle doRock bubblegoose to mink, big links,yellow ice, live the ghetto life, 'fuck y'all think?Bravehearted; fuck around, get graveyardedDearly departed - The word on the street, I'm a targetI ain't runnin', I ain't hidin', I'm ridin'I be gunnin', y'all be duckin' and divin'when I come through buckin' this four-fivin'Revenge you sayin' you gettin'but shit is gettin' too wild, this lifestyle of sprayin' weaponsso I check out the preacher - Life is off the meterThoughts of homicide, tryin' to dodge the reaperConfessions in a church 'cause it hurts, behind a curtainnigga talkin' to me, but I ain't certainVoice sound familiar so I pulled the shade backIt was this stupid nigga that I popped way backHe set me up, he just got to the preistI tried to reach but he had his heat pointed my wayand said, 'Pray'[Nas]You've got to pray, huh! I mean pray, pray,and when you pray, you got to look up to the lord, huh!You got to look up and you got to pray for your children, huh!You got to pray for that man in front of the liquor store, huh!You got to pray for that man on the corner! He know he doin' wrong,but somebody gotta pray for him, huh! You know we doin' wrong,but we gotta pray for ourselves! You know we are headin'to this new millennium, goddamnit! They say a comet is comin'to this world by the year two-thousand, I say it's God! It's up to youto pray to that higher power higher than yourself and humble yourselfand, and, and beg for forgiveness 'cause it comes back to you!A man told me that while he was in jail, all he did was pray.All he did was stay in his jail cell and pray to God...
Lyrics by Nas
1994 Freestyle Hip Hop God / Genius 2Nd Childhood A Message To The Feds, Sincerely, We The People A Message To The Feds, Sincerely, We The People A Queens Story A Woman's Worth [Remix] Accident Murderers Accident Murderers feat. Rick Ross Accidental Murderers Affirmative Action Affirmative Action - featuring AZ, Foxy Brown and ... Affirmative Action (Feath Ntm French Rap) Affirmative Action (International Remix) Affirmative Action (Remix) Africa Must Wake Up Afterlife Interlude Al Doe - The Genesis Album Intro Album Intro (I'am) Album Intro (I'am) America American Way American Way Among Kings Amongst Kings Analyze This Ancient People Another Black Girl Lost As We Are As We Enter B.I.C. - It Aint Hard To Tell Back In Black Back When Ballers Be A Nigger Too Better Than I've Ever Been Big Girl Big Things Black Bond Black Girl Lost Black President Black Republican Black Republican [Clean] Black Zombie Black Zombies Blackout Blame Blaze A 50 Blindfold Me [Acappella] Blindfold Me [Call Out Hook #1] Blindfold Me [Call Out Hook #2] Blindfold Me [Instrumental] Blindfold Me [Main] Blood Diamonds Blood, New Version Blunt Ashes Blunt Ashes [Clean] Bodega Bamz - Represent Book Of Rhymes Book Of Rhymes (9th Wonder Remix) Braveheart Party Braveheart Party Featuring Mary J Blige Braveheart Party"(feat. Mary J. Blige, Jungle & Wi... Breathe Bridging The Gap Bridging The Gap (Feat. Olu Dara) Bye Baby Can't Fade Me Can't Forget About You Can't Forget About You [Clean] Can't Stop Us Now Can\u2019t Forget About You Can't Fade Me Can't Forget About You Carry On Tradition Carry On Tradition [Clean] Change The World Cherry Wine Cherry Wine feat. Amy Winehouse Classic Come Get Me Come Take A Ride (Two Seater) Cops Keep Firing Me Count Your Blessings Cross Da Bridge 2001 Dance Daughters Day Dreamin Day Dreamin (Stay Scheamin) Day Dreamin Stay Schemin Dead Bodies Dead Presidents II Death Anniversary Denzil Porter - One Love (One L Mix) Desperados 2 Desperados(The Firm F/ Canibus) Destroy & Rebuild Destroy & Rebuild Destroy Rebuild Disciple Disciple Dispear Doley Bernays - Memory Lane Don't Body Ya Self Don't Body Ya Self Doo Rags Dr Knock Boot Dr. Knockboot Drunk By Myself Election Night Escobar '97 Escobar '97 Escobar 97 Ether Euro League - NY State Of Mind Every Ghetto Every Ghetto (Bonus Track) Every Ghetto"(feat. Blitz Everybody's Crazy Everybody's Crazy Everything Is Everything (Remix) Extinct Freestyle (Jackin For Beats) Eye 4 An Eye Freestyle Family Family"(feat. Mobb Deep Fast Life Favor For A Favor Favor For A Favor (Featuring Scarface) Fear Of Mandingo Fear Of The Black Man Fetus Fetus (Belly Button Window) Film Find Ya Wealth Find Ya Wealth [Instrumental] Find Your Wealth Find Your Wealth (Unreleased & Rare Bootleg) Firm Freestyle Flyest Angel Foul Breeze Freestyle Fried Chicken Friends Gangsta Tears Genocide Highway Get Down Get Down [Explicit Album Version] Getting Married Getting Married Ghetto (Remix) Ghetto Prisoners Ghetto Rich Give It Up Fast God Love Us Good Life Good Morning Got Ur Self A Gun Got UR Self A... Got Urself A... Got Yourself A Gun Gotta Luv It Governmentalist Grand Finale H To The Izz O (Stillmatic) H To The O-M-O Freestyle Halftime Halftime (Butcher Remix) Hardest Thing Is To Stay Alive Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay... Hate Me Now Hate Me Now (Feat. Puff Daddy) Hate Me Now"(feat. Puff Daddy Head Over Heels Heaven Heaven (Ft. Jully Black) Help Somebody Hero Hero ft. Keri Hilson Hey Mama Hey Nas Hey Nas"(feat. Kelis, Claudette Ortiz (City High) Hey Young World High Hip Hop Is Dead Hip Hop Is Dead (Clean) Hip Hop Is Dead [Album Version-Edited] Hip Hop Is Dead [CD-ROM Track] Hip Hop Is Dead [Clean] Hip Hop Is Dead [Instrumental] Hip Hop Is Dead [Video] Hip-Hop Is Dead Hold Down The Block Hold Down The Block [Clean] Hope Hope (A Cappella Version) Hope (A Cappella Version) [Clean] Hope [Album Version Acappella (Explicit)] Hot Boyz [Instrumental] Hustlers Hustlers [Clean] I Already Know I Can I Can [Remix Instrumental][Instrumental] I Can Be What I Want To Be I Can By Nas I Can't Take It [No More Remix] I Gave You Power I Got Myself A Gun I Know I Can I Know I Can *Clean Version* I Know I Can(Be What I Wanna Be) I Made You Look I Wanna Talk To You I Want To Talk To You I'm A Villain I'm Gonna Be Alright I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix) I'm Gonna Be Alright (Trackmansters Remix) I'm Gonna Be Alright If I Ruled The World If I Ruled The World '09 If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) If I Ruled The World"(feat. Lauryn Hill Ignition Remix Im Gunna Be Alright In His Own Words In Public In Too Deep Intro Intro (Street's Disciple) It Ain't Hard To Tell It Ain't Hard To Tell (Remix - Verse 2) It Ain't Hard To Tell (Remix) It Ain't Hard to Tell (Stink Mix) It Ain't Hard To Tell (The Laidback Remix) It Ain't Hard To Tell It Ain’t Hard To Tell It Was Written Album Intro It Wasn't You It Wasn't You It's A Tower Heist It\u2019s A Tower Heist It's A Tower Heist Jonesin (feat. Scram Jones) Jungle Jay Just A Moment Just A Moment (12" Mix) Just A Moment (Feat. Quan) Just A Moment (Featuring Quan) Just Another Day In The Projects K-i-s-s-i-n-g K-I-SS-I-N-G K-I-SS-I-N-G (Remix) Kids In Da P.j.'s Kids In Da P.j.'s Kids In Da PJ's King & Queens Land Of Promise Last Real Nigga Alive Last Real Nigga Alive Last Words Last Words"(feat. Nashawn, Millennium Thug Leaders Legendary Less Than An Hour Less Than an Hour (Theme from Rush Hour 3) Let 'em Hang Let 'em Hang Let There Be Light Let There Be Light [Clean] Life Is Good Life Is What You Make It Life Is What You Make It"(feat. DMX Life We Chose Life We Chose(part 2) Life We Chose(part 2) Feat Cyclinder Life's A Bitch Life's A Bitch (Aresenal Mix) Life's A Bitch (Arsenal Mix) Life's A Bitch (Ft.Az) Life's A Bitch (Kygo Remix) Life's A Bitch (Remix) Life's A Bitch"(feat. AZ the Visualiza Life’s A Bitch Like Me Like Smoke Live From The Bridge Live Nigga Rap Live Nigga Rap"(feat. Mobb Deep Live Now Living in Pain Locked Up [Remix] Loco Motive feat. Large Professor Loco-Motive Loco-Motive (Feat. Large Professor) Made Nas Proud Made You Look Made You Look (Remix) Made You Look (Remix)"(feat. Jadakiss, Ludacris Made You Look [Instrumental] Made You Look [Instrumental] [Dvd] Made You Look Remix Featuring Nas, Jadakiss & Luda... Made You Look Remix Featuring Nas, Jadakiss & ... Make The World Go Round Make The World Go Round (Feat. The Game & Chris Br... Mastermind Mastermind (Sourface Remix) Mastermind [Remix Instrumental][Instrumental] Me & You Me & You (Dedicated to Destiny) Me & You (Dedicated To Destiny) Me & You (Dedicated To Destiny) Me And You Memory Lane Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) Mile Soundtrack - NaS - U Wanna Be Me Money Money Is My Bitch Money Makes The World Go Round Money Over Bulls**t [Clean] Money Over Bullsh*t Money Over Bullshit More Than I Can Say Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire - One Time 4 Your Mind Must Be Nice My Book Of Rhymes My Country My Country Feat Millinium Thug My Country"(feat. Millenium Thug My Generation My Legacy My President My Way My Will (Honeymoon Is Over) My Worst Enemy N.I.G.G.E.R. N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave & The Master) N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave And The Master) N.I.G.G.E.R.(Slave and Master) N.Y. State Of Mind N.Y. State Of Mind (Part 2) N.Y. State Of Mind Part II N.Y. State Of Mind Pt. Ii N.Y. State Of Mind, Part 2 N.Y. State of Mind, Pt. 2 N.Y. State Of Mind(Ft.Rakim) N.Y. State Of Mind* N.Y.C. Nah Mean Nas Back In Black featuring Carlos Santana coverin... Nas Cherry Wine featuring Amy Winehouse Nas Freestyle Nas Is Coming Nas Is Coming"(feat. Dr. Dre Nas Is Like Nas Nasty is the lead single from the rapper's ten... Nas Outro Nas Represent Produce by DJ Premier. Off of 'Illm... Nas-I Can Nas' Angels... The Flyest (feat. Pharrell) Nas' Angels...The Flyest Nas' Angels...The Flyest Nastradamus Nastradamus (Clean Version) Nasty Nasty Nas Freestyle, Part 1 Nasty Nas Freestyle, Part 2 Nature Shines Nature Shines (Cassette version only) Nature Shines (interlude) Nature Shines"(feat. Nature Nazareth Savage Never Gonna Give It Up New World NIGGER NIGGER The Slave And The Master No Idea's No Idea's Original No Idea's Original No Idea’s Original No Introduction No Love Lost No More (Baby I'ma Do Right) Remix No More (Baby I'ma Do Right) Remix No More (Remix) No One Else In the Room No One Else In The Room Not Going Back Not Going Back [Clean] Nothing Lasts Forever Nothing To Lose Ocupied Mind On The Real One Love One Love (LG Main Mix) One Love Remix One Mic One Mic (Remix) One Never Knows One On One One Time 4 For Your Mind One Time 4 For Your Mind"(feat. Large Professor One Time 4 Your Mind Oochie Wally Oochie Wally (Remix) Ouchie Wally Ouchie Wally (remix) Patience Patience (Sabali) Phone Tap Ft.Dre,Nature,Az Play Me Play Me Play Me (feat. Korn) Play On Playa Play On Playa [Clean] Poppa Was A Playa Poppa Was A Player Popular Thug Feat Nas Power Paper And Pussy Power, Paper & Pussy Proclamation Project Roach Project Window Project Window"(feat. Ron Isley Project Windows Purple Pussy Killz Puzzy Kills QB Finest [Instrumental] Queens Finest Queens Get The Money Queensfinest Quick To Back Down Quick To Back Down Quiet Niggas Quiet Niggas"(feat. Bravehearts Reach Out Reach Out feat. Mary J. Blige Real Niggas Reason Reason Remember The Times Remember The Times Remember the Times (Intro) Remember The Times (Intro) Represent Rest Of My Life Revolutionary Warfare Revolutionary Warfare"(feat. Lake Rewind Rewind (Soundtrack-Memento) Rise And Fall Road To Zion Roses Rule Rule Rmx Salute Me Secret Agent Man Sekou Story Self Conscience Set Up Set Up(Ft.Havoc) Sex Drugs Money And Murder Shakedown (Remix) Shine On Shine On Em' Shirt - The World Is Yours Shoot 'em Up Shoot 'em Up Shootouts Silent Murder Silent Murder (Euro CD only) Sinatra in the Sand Sincerity Sinful Living Slow Down (Remix) Sly Fox Small World Smoke DZA - Halftime Smokin' Smokin' Snitch Alibi Some Of Us Have Angels Sometimes I Wonder Spastic (50 Cent Diss) Star Wars Stay Still Dreaming Still Dreaming [Clean] Stillmatic Stillmatic (The Intro) Street Dreams Street Dreams (Bonus Verse) Street Dreams (Remix) Street Dreams-Remix Street Glory Street's Disciple Streets Disciple Strong Will Continue Success Suicide Bounce Suicide Bounce (World Premiere) (featuring Busta R... Summer On Smash Surviving The Times Suspect Sweet Dreams (remix; featRKelly) Take It In Blood Tales From The Hood Teenage Thug Teenage Thug Teenage Thug [*] Testify The Black Bond The Cross The Don The Don (Don Dada Remix) The Fear (Of a Black Man's Dick) The Flyest The Flyest"(feat. AZV The Foulness The G. O. D. The G.O.D. The Game Lives On The General The General (Salute Me) The Genesis The Genesis"(feat. AZ, The Firm The Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive The Incomprable Shakespere - The World Is Yours (T... The Makings of a Perfect B**** The Makings of a Perfect Bitch The Message The Outcome The Outcome"(feat. Jessica Care Moore The Pledge The Pledge Remix The Prediction The Prediction"(feat. Jessica Care Moore, Rich Nic... The Profecy The Promised Land The Rise And Fall The Season The Second Coming The Set Up The Set Up / B.O.B.B.Y. Mashup The Set Up"(feat. Havoc The Setup The World The World Is Yours The World Is Yours (Original Remix) The World Is Yours (Remix) The World Is Yours"(feat. Pete Rock The World Is Yours(Ft.Pete Rock) These Are Our Heroes Thief's Theme Thief’s Theme This Is Not America Thugz Mansion Thugz Mansion (N.Y.) Thugz Mansion (Nas Acoustic) Thugz Mansion (Nas Acoustic)"(feat. 2Pac, J. Phoen... Thugz Mansion [Nas Acoustic] Thugz Mirror Thugz Mirror (Freestyle) Thugz Mirror Freestyle Time Timeless Truth - Life's A Bitch Too Hot Too Late Too Much For Me (feat. Baby, Foxy & Amerie) Topless Tribal War Tribes At War Triple Beam Dreams Triple Threat Troy Ave - One Love True Colours True Dialect Trust U Gotta Love It U Wanna Be Me U Wanna Be Me (Macy Gray) U.B.R. (Unauthorized Biography of Rakim) U.b.r. (Unofficial Biography Of Rakim) U.b.r(unauthorized Biography Of Rakim) Understanding (Harry Queens Mix) Undying Love Unreleased Untitled Usual Suspects Verbal Intercourse Virgo Virgo (Freshfest Remix) Walk The Dinosaur Wanna Be Me Wanna Play Wanna Play (Rough?) Wanna Play (Rough) Wanna Play Rough Wanna Play Ruff War War War (feat. Keon Bryce) War Is Necessary Warrior Song Warrior Song (Feat. Alicia Keys) Warrior Song"(feat. Alicia Keys Watch Dem Niggas Watch Dem Niggas Watch Dem Niggas"(feat. Foxy Brown Watch Dem Niggaz We Dem Boyz [Remix] [*] We Major We March As Millions We Will Survive We're Not Alone Welcome To Jamrock What Goes Around What If What You Gonna Do What's Going On What's Going On (J. Dupri Rnb Remix) Where Are They Now Where Are They Now (80's Remix) Where Are They Now (90's Remix) Where Are They Now? Where Are They Now? [Clean] Where I’m From (feat. JAY Z) Where Y'all At? Where Y'all At? [bonus Track]other Songs:made You ... Where Ya'll At Where's the Love Who Are You Who Killed It? Who Killed It? [Clean] Wisdom World's An Addiction Wrote My Way Out Y'all My Ni**as Y'all My Niggas Y'all My Niggers You Can't Kill Me You Can't Kill Me [Clean] You Can't Stop Us Now You Can't Stop Us Now You Don't Know You Don't Know Me You Got To Love It You Gotta Love It You Know My Style You Know My Style [*] You Owe Me You Owe Me (Feat. Ginuwine) You Owe Me (Featuring Ginuwine) You Owe Me"(feat. Ginuwine You wanna be me You Won't See Me Tonight You Won't See Me Tonight (Featuring Aaliyah) You Won't See Me Tonight"(feat. Aaliyah, Timbaland You Wouldn't Understand You Wouldn’t Understand You're Da Man You're The Man Zone Out Zone Out Rmx (U Knoe Wut Tyme It Iz) ft/Infa 1& Br... Zone Out Rmx (U Knoe Wut Tyme It Iz) ft\/Infa 1& B... Zone Out"(feat. Bravehearts