Pray No God (Lil Wayne / Ashantii Tribute)

Phone lit up at 2:14 Didn’t need to read it twice Some nights have that weight to them Before they even start Shoes on Keys in hand Hallway cold Mouth shut By the time I hit the street I was already less than whole That part of me that still asks why Knows better now Than to come along I’ve felt this switch before The pulse dropping The room getting simple The body going useful The noise in me stepping back So the rest can work Nothing comes Through fast enough For nights like this Nothing waits Nothing bends Nothing stops Because you asked You know better Than to call it faith You know nothing Comes in time to save No hands coming down No sky breaking open Pray no God Pray no God Pray no God I learned it young In kitchens In waiting rooms In stairwells In the kind of silence That lands after bad news Before anyone says it right Saw people fold While somebody prayed Saw blood stay blood With a cross in the room Saw mothers bargain With ceilings and light And still wake up Inside the same night So when it starts I don’t get loud I get clear Hands still Eyes level Breath cut down To what I need That softer part It isn’t dead It just knows There’s no use speaking When the world decides To move like this Nothing comes Through fast enough For nights like this Nothing waits Nothing bends Nothing stops Because you asked You know better Than to call it faith You know nothing Comes in time to save No hands coming down No sky breaking open Pray no God Pray no God Pray no God War doesn’t ask If you were good Life doesn’t either When it gets down to bone No mercy in timing No comfort in speed Just what you are When the rest is stripped clean You know better Than to call it faith You know nothing Comes in time to save No hands coming down No sky breaking open Pray no God Pray no God Pray no God Pulse low Teeth shut Go