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Lecrae

While there’s no sure route to carving out a significant presence in the music industry, there’s always something to be said for remaining true to one’s self. Since arriving on the scene with his 2004 debut Real Talk, Lecrae has been occupying two different yet not entirely opposing worlds: the sacred and the profane. Which is to say that his art, not unlike his life, has been as much about inspiring the streets, and about justice, freedom, and interrogating real-world issues, as it is about his personal journey of faith. His music has long served as a call to arms for those willing to sacrifice for a cause beyond themselves. Still, he won’t be boxed in to any genre or made to serve as a poster-child for any particular agenda. Following a host of celebrated … more »

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And we pray and we pray and we pray and we pray
Every day, every day, every day, every day
And we pray and we pray and we pray and we pray
Every day, every day, every day, every day
Take me up, take me up, take me up
(And we pray and we pray and we pray and we pray)
Take me up, take me up
(Every day, every day, every day, every day)
Take me up, take me up, take me up
(And we pray and we pray and we pray and we pray)
Take me up, take me up (yeah)
(Every day, every day) take me up

I remember when we hit the block
Selling candy tryna make a knot
Riding bikes up to the corner shop
Now we older and you end up locked up
All of your kids getting bigger, they missing they daddy
They wish you was with 'em
I talk to your momma, she told me, "Don't give up"
And pray for her son, 'cause she ain't raise no quitter
I wish I could run it back
I would tell us, "Our daddies I ain't coming back"
I would tell us, "If we stick together then we can do anything
We got each other's back"
Lost my cousin, I cry every summer now
I beat all of my cases, I wonder how
If it wasn't for God in my life, I'd be wearing them stripes
I'd be laying up underground, yeah

Mmm
Been a long time waiting on an answer
Been a long time praying with my hands up
Won't You come through, Father, come through
Won't You come through, Father, come through

Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day (take me up)
And we pray and we pray, take me up
Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day (take me up)
And we pray and we pray, take me up
Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day (take me up)
And we pray and we pray, take me up
Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day
And we pray and we pray and we pray

Can't be mad at us, if you add it up
Everything we been through, we still managing
Used to drink every night just to handle it
Losing sleep every night from the damages
I was popping them pills in Decatur
Scrolling online and responding to haters
Came from the trenches, no handouts, no favors
Lay awake close hopin' we get 'em later
Hating on me, Devil preying on me
Everybody dying, it was weighing on me
Lot of power in me, lot of pain on me
I thank God for people who was praying for me
And we was struggling, tryna pay the rent
Taking losses, trying to get a win
Praying, fighting, through the hardest years
Took a minute, but we made it here

Mmm
Been a long time waiting on an answer
Been a long time praying with my hands up
Won't You come through, Father, come through
Won't You come through, Father, come through

Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day (take me up)
And we pray and we pray, take me up
Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day (take me up)
And we pray and we pray, take me up
Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day (take me up)
And we pray and we pray, take me up
Take me up, take me up, take me up
And we pray and we pray and we pray (take me up)
Every day, every day, every day
And we pray and we pray and we pray

Yeah, yeah, uh
Take me up, take me up, take me up (yeah, uh, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, uh, yeah, uh
Take me up, take me up, take me up (yeah, uh, yeah, yeah)

And we pray and we pray and we pray and we pray
Every day, every day, every day, every day
And we pray and we pray and we pray and we pray
Every day, every day, every-

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