Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Pray For Me , by - Brother Ali. Release date: 04.05.2017
Song language: English
Pray For Me |
| Somebody pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody please pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| What more could you say to me? |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| The first day of third grade |
| Topic of discussion at the kick ball game |
| Is who’s the new student why he look that way? |
| A eight-year-old expert determined I’ve got AIDS |
| A vote must’ve been taken, it became my name |
| I mean literally AIDS is my name okay |
| It made its way around the school and eventually |
| I heard a teacher try to catch herself as she yelled it to me |
| I tried to be invisible honestly |
| Wishing that the ground would just open up, swallow me |
| What kind of crime did I commit for this mockery? |
| Guess I must’ve lost some kind of cosmic lottery |
| How am I processing this at a baby’s age? |
| It felt like I had a gut full of razor blades |
| I fantasized someone else would come take my place |
| Because they taught me to hate my face |
| Somebody please pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody please pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| What more could you say to me? |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Imagine how my mama felt |
| Obviously she want to offer me some kind of help |
| Pretty white lady never probably dealt |
| With this particular type of hell |
| If she dyed my hair blonde maybe I can blend |
| Get a better response maybe even a friend |
| She took me to the salon, put chemicals in my head |
| When they took the towel off, it was purple in the end |
| Lot of money spent just to get me presentable |
| Message that it sent, the real you ain’t acceptable |
| I knew what she meant, what else could she expect to do? |
| That was just the lens that she viewed protection though |
| And so eventually I began to see that |
| What grows out of me is my dirty little secret |
| Had to go back every few weeks to keep it |
| I think that part depressed me the deepest |
| Somebody please pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody please pray for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| What more could you say to me? |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Thank God for the grown ups |
| That roll up when they know it’s time to hold us |
| The elder queen showed so much homegrown love |
| She said «hair doesn’t die but your soul does» |
| She said «Elvis wore his hair in a pompadour |
| So he could try to look like Muddy Waters more» |
| But he would fry his crown so that he could lay it down |
| Like a white boy they called it a conk before |
| Until James Brown came kicked down the door |
| Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud my boy |
| That’s the meaning behind the afros and all |
| Get free being what it is that you know you are |
| She said «Beauty's the splendor of truth |
| You will never cut loose 'til you’re suitable to you |
| And your living is the proof just let it do what it do |
| Now watch them follow suit and try to catch up to you» |
| Somebody musta prayed for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody prayed for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| Somebody musta prayed for me |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |
| What more could you say to me? |
| (Bless his, bless his heart) |