Pray for me, pray for me

Pray for me, I want to know if you can

Yeah, first giving honor to God

To Miss 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 judgement comin' from all angles

I'll never defend myself for approval from strangers

When they don't give a - about my kids

You ain't gotta pray for me, just pray for them

And pray for my mama, 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 than 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 I never had

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

Sharin' they 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, 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 to push, he'd still be alive, so

So pray for me, pray for YG

Pray for PC, pray for TC

Pray for Reem, Ace J and Queen

India and Ty, forever be the squad

Gotta pray for Teddy, gotta pray for Laze

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 Meeko and pray for Ella Mai

Everything we done together kept our family straight

Pray for anybody rockin' a Ten Summers chain

And any other homies that I didn't name

You know, it's a lot of homies I ain't naming

Man, pray for B-Wade, a real childhood friend

Pray for Nora, my assistant, man

Pray for Shaqo, the handicapped fool

Pray for my engineer, David, we been in this

Day in, day out, blood, sweat and tears for five years

Pray for my -, Zayday and Glove, man

Them - kept us safe so many - nights

Pray for my - Uno too, man, you know

I can't do this - without thankin' that - 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 Dianne, Roddie and Kiefa too

And last but definitely not least

You gotta pray for all my kids, Kai, Conner, Kody

Most definitely gotta pray for the apple

Of my eye, the love of my life, Brittany

And Bebe McFarlane, the newest addition to the family

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

I pray that God direct 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 showing

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 mines

Like You changed moms, how could I forget

How You made a millionaire out of fifteen cent?

With 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 aight

I've always had the ultimate confidence

I've always believed in myself

And I always strived to be the best I could 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 Nip when he was doing Perfect 10

He 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 would 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 giving honor to God

To Miss Carol who had first brought me and my moms

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

You know, 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's like, "You wanna go to church with me?" And I'm like, "Yeah"

And I went, you know, I really went '

Cause 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, well

I guess my mom was at the baptize ceremony

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

And she's like, "Yeah, I'll go"

And 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 live by, "I like you, know I'm praying for you"

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 and stuff

Like cussin' like, "Get your - in

The house," you know, that type of thing

But, um, you know, once she, once she, she, she went to church

It kinda like changed her for the better

You know, and it, um, softened her up a little bit

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 want everybody out there, you know

You been watchin' me this whole time

Studying my career and you watched my whole journey

And I don't think I ever told you what it meant to me to have you guys

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

You've seen how I'm into 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 do anything you put your mind to

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

You know, growin' and being who I knew I always could be

And who I was gon' always strive to be, no matter what

Nobody could've got in the way of me being who I am

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

Until next time

And oh yeah, if you ever in doubt of what I'm

Thinkin' about you, just know I'm prayin' for you

So you should pray for me, too

Pray for me, pray for me

Pray for me, pray

Pray For Me

Mustard

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