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Pray for me, pray for me, pray for me, I want to know if you do (yeah)

First, givin' honor to God

To Ms. Carol who had first brought me and my moms

To the church, where I know I ain't been in so long

I just pray that when I call, they still pick up the phone, yeah

With judgment comin' from all angles

I never defend myself for approval from strangers

When they don't give a damn about my kids

Since you ain't gotta pray for me, just pray for them

And pray for my mom, and pray for my sis

We miss my granny, we need her at times like this

To think I prayed for the world to be back open

Just to lose both of my grandparents to COVID

And pray for every one of my lil' cousins

We was really more like sisters and brothers

I gotta thank 'em for sharin' they dad

'Cause growin' up, he was really all that I had

You know, growin' up at a young age, my pops got deported to Jamaica

And my uncle stepped up and was the father that I never had

So when I say, like, "Gotta thank my lil' cousins for sharin' their dad"

They really shared they dad with me

He was the father figure I never had

And he really part of the reason why I am the way I am today

And why I'm as successful as I am in this, in this very moment

Instead of arguin' on Live, I should've prayed with TeeFLii

I could've got straight to the point, instead of lettin' jokes fly

I should've called Ty 'cause he don't struggle with his pride

If it was up to him, then Pusha still, I'd be alive, so

So pray for me, pray for YG, pray for PC, pray for TC

Pray for Reem, H-Jade, and Clean

Andy and Ty, forever be the squad

Gotta pray for Teddy, gotta pray for Lays

Big S and lil' S, I love 'em both the same

They a big part of the reason why I didn't bang

And that's a big part of the reason I'm still here today

So pray for Migo and pray for Ella Mai

Everything we done together kept our family straight

Pray for anybody rockin' the 10 Summers chain

And any other homies that I didn't name

Know it's a lot of homies I ain't name and shit, man

Pray for B-Wade, a real childhood friend

Pray for Norah, my assistant, man

Pray for ShaqO, the handicap foo

Pray for my engineer, David, who been in this motherfucker day in, day out

Blood, sweat, and tears, for five years

Pray for my niggas Dae-Dae and Glove

Man, them niggas kept us safe so many motherfuckin' nights

Pray for my nigga Uno too, man, you know

I can't do this shit without thankin' that nigga K.Dot, man

He came through, swang through with the number one

Right before the album dropped, I ain't even need no rollout

So you gotta pray for him

Pray for Auntie Diane, Roddy, and Keefa too

And last but definitely not least

You gotta pray for all my kids, Kylan, Kauner, and Kody

Most definitely gotta pray for the apple of my eye

And the love of my life, Brittney

And Bebe McFarlane, the newest addition to the family

And even if I ain't say your name, you know what's up with me

I pray to God to rake my steps on this path I'm going

Give me peace of mind, so that I stay focused

Give me discipline, so that I keep going

To the gym even when results ain't showin'

Lord, give me the faith I need to move mountains

Give me financial freedom

Know that there's no accountant that's more able than You

There's no problems on this Earth greater than You

And if it's Your will, then let me do everything that I was created to do

Help me change lives like You changed mine's

Like You changed mom's, how could I forget?

How You made a millionaire out of 15 cent

When a dollar and a dream wasn't always what it seemed

Sometimes I couldn't see, but I still believed

And then You made it real, You gave me everything I need

And all I had to have was the faith of a mustard seed

So the point of this album is to have faith

No matter what field of work you in

No matter what you doin' in life

Have faith in it, and believe in it, at all times

And especially having God in your life first

Because in a world full of the Devil doing God knows what

Long as you keep God first, you'll be alright

I've always had the ultimate confidence

I've always believed in myself

And I always try to be the best I can be

It was instilled in me as a kid

When I was making this album, man

I went through three different titles

And about a hundred different 'emotions

And I just remember a conversation I had with Neil

When he was doing "Perfect Ten"

Said, "Man, you should name your album, Faith of a Mustard Seed"

At that very moment, I didn't know exactly what he meant by it

But I knew it was something out the Bible

And when I went and I did my research

On what, "Faith of a mustard seed" meant

It says that "With the faith of a mustard seed

God will allow you to move mountains"

And I feel like where I come from

I moved just about every mountain that was in my way

And still movin' 'em, with the faith of God

You know when I was young, you know

When I say, "First, givin' honor to God

To Ms. Carol who had first brought me and my moms"

You know, that was like, that's a real thing

You know how I moved from The Jungles to West LA

And I met this lady named Carol, her son was a drummer at the church

And I remember one day, I seen her going to church

She was like, "You wanna go to church with me?"

And I'm like "Yeah," and I went

You know I really went because I really wanted to be the drummer

But Jermaine was always the drummer

So I never became the drummer, or whatever

But I, um, I went, and I became

A member of Believers Community Baptist Church

And after I went a few times, and I became a real member of the Church

I got baptized, and I think after that, I told my mom

Where I guess my mom-, my mom was at the baptize ceremony

But I asked my mom, "Mom, you wanna go to church?"

And she was like, "Yeah I'd go"

You know my mom never stopped going to church, even when I stopped

You know so

I guess that was like a sign from God

And it also brought me and my mom closer

You know she lived by

"Alright, you know I'm prayin' for you, always"

You know, and I don't know, you know

My mom probably gon' be mad at me

But she used to be real bad at like cussin' us out

Me and my sisters would hear her start cussin' like

"Get yo' ass in the house," you know that type of thing

But uh, you know, once she, once sh-, she, she went to church

It kinda like changed her for the better

You know and it, uh, softened her up a lil' bit

And I never told her that but, uh

I think that was the best thing that ever happened to me and her

You know, 'cause it was me and her

My sister moved to Atlanta with her husband and stuff

And had her own family

Recently just moved 'em back here to be closer to us, but

You know, um, not to make it about that but

For the most part, man, I just wanted everybody out there, you know

You been watchin' me this whole time

Studying my career, and you watched my whole journey

You've seen me grow, you've seen who I am, you've seen who I've become

You've seen how I mentor my kids, 'cause I didn't have a father

I had my uncle, but he taught me how to be a father

And uh, I always admired that about him

That he took me in like I was his son that he never had

'Cause he only got daughters

But um, it made me be the best father that I could be

And know that, you know

Not to never take that for granted, 'cause all you got is time

And you can't get time back

Um, but to the fans, you know

The little kids, the little producers in the hood

That look at me and, look at it like it's too far

It's really not, I came exactly from where you come from

And anything is possible with the faith

And hard work gon' always beat talent, every time

So I want you to understand, you know

You can put anything you put your mind to

Faith of a Mustard Seed is a, is a testimony of me

Just, you know, growing and bein'

Who I knew I always could be, and who I was gon' always strive to be

No matter what, nobody could've gotten in the way of me being who I am

And to show you that nobody can get in the way of you

Until next time

(Pray for me)

And oh yeah

If you ever in doubt of when I'm thinking about you

Just know I'm praying for you

So you should pray for me too

Pray, pray (why don't you pray?)

Pray, I want to know if you do

Pray for me, pray for me, pray, I want to know if you do