First We Pray

Black people don't have no-nowhere to go 
You know all we got to do is kick it 
We gon' kick it in our hood, you know?
What we gonna do? 
We might as well go kill a couple of niggas, mane, you know
Go, go in they hood and do a drive-by 
Then come back in the hood and laugh about the stuff 
You know just sit there and think 
Only time you really gonna get deep into it 
Is when one of your friends die 
Just like when one of my partnas died 
We got some problems
How do you solve that? 

First, we pray, then we ride 
First, we pray, then we ride 

He was my brother 
Loved him like no other 
To top it off 
I introduced him to this game 
I knew his mother 
Loved her like my mother 
A part of me is gone 
Why'd you take my brother home?

(What're ya gonna do) 
When the trials come? 
(Are ya gonna run?) 
Are you gonna run? 
(What're ya gonna do?) 
First I'm gonna pray 
(Are ya gonna run?) 
You muthafuckin' right 

First, we pray, then we ride 
First, we pray, then we ride 

I ain't got nuthin' but love for you locs and hogs 
And I ain't got nuthin' but love for my muthafuckin' dawgs 
In the mist of the war zone, it's on site 
Daylight to night, the heat held close and tight 
Beware, here I come with the D-P-G on my chest 
Heat finna spit like Eliot Ness 
In the darkest zone, you feel alone and on your own 
After I bust, niggas call me Kurupt Corleone 
All I'm about is money, loot, and cash 
Homies in the D-P-G Nate, Snoop and Daz 
Now with these emotions how you approach yourself 
Knowin' you all about your wealth and as it is to health 
First I pray, get my thoughts intact 
Ask for forgiveness 'cause I'm 'bout to lay this nigga flat 
Can you adapt? Can you feel me? I doubt it 
'Cause the closest you see it, is when niggas write about it 
I can't live without it and it ain't shit I could do 
But stay down with the homies in gray and blue 
So just keep the heat close in hand 
'Cause I done see niggas get chipped while they homeboys ran 

Heavenly Father shine your light on me 
I know I promised to slow down on this weed 
Seems I remember someone used to say 
One life gets taken if you take one life away 

(What're ya gonna do) 
When the trials come?
(Are ya gonna run?) 
Are you gonna run? 
(What're ya gonna do?) 
First I'm gonna pray 
(Are ya gonna run?) 
You muthafuckin' right 

First, we pray, then we ride 
First, we pray, then we ride

First, we pray, then we ride 
First, we pray, then we ride

First, we pray, then we ride