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[Intro:] |
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Yea, check one |
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Yea, definitely, it's all good |
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Ha ha |
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Hmmm, when yuh a run dem wah yuh crawl |
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Hmmm, when yuh a rise, dem dying fi hear yuh fall |
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[Chorus:] |
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Mi hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Jah shine him light my way |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Go out mi neva stray |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Nah go under clear |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Seh mi a hope and pray |
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[Verse 1:] |
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Dem wah know, how I did it but I did it |
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Di ruffest of times I've been through it |
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Badmind, grudgeful dying fi mi fidget |
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Through mi house and mi car dem legit |
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Mi work fi mi tings |
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Dem sell out every minute |
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Dem sell out, admit it |
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Dem stand beside yuh and dem wah see yuh fall |
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When di hennessy pull dem come sip it |
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But badmind and grudgeful mi nuh wah see dem nuh longer |
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Suh gwaan pray and pray fi my downfall mi live longer |
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Mi nuh eat mi nuh drink from people, no sah mi nuh wanga |
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Dem pray and pray fi my downfall |
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Jah Jah mek mi stronger |
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[Chorus:] |
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Mi hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Jah shine him light my way |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Go out mi neva stray |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Nah go under clear |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Seh mi a hope and pray |
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[Verse 2:] |
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Mi know by now, mi enemies a wonder |
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Di threat weh dem send and mi still nah go under |
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By now dem a wonder, how di youth suh progressive |
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An di youth a get stronger |
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A clean heart is the answer |
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Nuff a dem a wither down an a nuh AIDS nor Cancer |
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Jus fi wear name brand sah |
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Dem do some filthy tings now dem cya answer |
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[Bridge:] |
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Badmind and grudgeful mi nuh wah see dem nuh longer |
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Soh gwaan pray and pray fi my downfall mi live longer |
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Mi nuh eat mi nuh drink from people, no sah mi nuh wanga |
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Dem pray and pray fi my downfall |
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Jah Jah mek mi stronger |
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[Chorus:] |
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Mi hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Jah shine him light my way |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Go out mi neva stray |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Nah go under clear |
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Hope and pray, hope and pray |
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Seh mi a hope and pray |
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[Outro:] |
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Pray, hope and pray |
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Pray, yuh nuh see seh mi a hope and pray |
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Pray, hope and pray |
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Yuh nuh see seh mi a hope and pray |