Pray for the Hood Lyrics

What is it gon take for us to wake up

This ridiculous it's like we hate us

The youth out of control cause they was lead wrong

They still standing on them same corners that was bled on

We can't always blame the system when we fail

Once we learn accountability we'll prevail

I say a prayer for the hood

There for everybody else now let's be there for the hood

He said he ride for his gang slide for his gang

Got in a shoot out with the ops he died for his gang

He was letting off but he was lacking aim

All over beefing on the internet he died in vain

Losing lives over Instagram live

(Dang) another mother traumatized

Sadly this the case in different hoods across the nation

Petty differences got them like drop your location

I'm praying for the youth cause they ain't got no guidance

Broken homes and poverty they resort to violence

They being raised by these rappers that influence them

This culture we've created is the very thing that ruins them

I'm telling y'all don't believe these rappers they be lying

They gassing you to do the crime got you doing time

Got you in the ground early got your momma crying

They got they mom a house they got tears in your momma eyes

What is it gon take for us to wake up

This ridiculous it's like we hate us

The youth out of control cause they was lead wrong

They still standing on them same corners that was bled on

We can't always blame the system when we fail

Once we learn accountability we'll prevail

I say a prayer for the hood

There for everybody else now let's be there for the hood

The streets put another body in the freezer another soul in the furnace

The cycle goes on and on it's like we never learning

I'm not condemning anyone but how could we condone

Beefing over blocks and neighborhoods that we don't even own

Municipal papers your name ain't even on

Dog eat dog world we fighting over scraps and bones

Gentrification created aggravation

Crabs in a barrel mentality from the agitation

Yet and still I believe on that name

From the trap house to the White House we need Jesus all the same

So it's time to leave your bubble and make a contribution

Cause you a part the problem if you ain't part the solution

Time to leave the four walls and hit the frontline

The risen one is coming soon ayo it's crunch time

Systemic racism is part of the issue

But sin is the heart of the issue

What is it gon take for us to wake up

This ridiculous it's like we hate us

The youth out of control cause they was lead wrong

They still standing on them same corners that was bled on

We can't always blame the system when we fail

Once we learn accountability we'll prevail

I say a prayer for the hood

There for everybody else now let's be there for the hood