Nate Dogg ft. Kurupt - First We Pray Lyrics

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