Prayer

I come to you hungry and tired You give me food, let me sleep I come to you weak You give me strength, and that's deep You call me a sheep, and lead me to green pastures Only askin' that I keep the focus in between the chapters You give me the word and only ask that I interpret And give me the eyes that I may recognize the serpent You know I ain't perfect, but you'd like me to try Unlike the devil who just wants me to lie 'til I die Lord, why is it that I go through so much pain? All I saw was black, all I felt was rain I come to you because it's you who knows You showed me that everything was black because my eyes were closed You gave me the light and let me bask in your glory So it was only right that when you ask for this story I put it together to do our dogs some good Our dogs being brothers and sisters of the hood Plenty of times you should help my way, but I hid And I remember once you held me close, but I slid It was somethin' that I just had to see That you wanted me to see so I could be what you wanted me to be And I think I've seen it 'cause I don't feel the same Matter of fact I know I've seen it, I can feel the change It's strange, but it's got me beatin' down your door But I've never known love like this before It's a wonderful feelin' to get away from the pain And up under the ceiling I get away from the rain And the strain that I feel when I'm here is gone I know real, so I wipe away the tear, it's on And I almost lost faith when you took my man Monte, Paso, and Jay's brother Dan And I fear that what I'm sayin' won't be heard until I'm gone But it's all good 'cause I really didn't expect to live long So if it takes for me to suffer for my brother to see the light Give me pain 'til I die, but, please, Lord, treat him right --- Prayer - DMX