I pray that I don’t [Em]give up Pray that I do my [C]best
Pray that I can [D]lift up Pray my brother is [Bm]blessed
Praying for e[C]nough Pray Virgilio [Am]wins
Pray [B7]I - I - I Judge nobody and forgive me my sins
I pray we [Em]make it Pray my friend will pull [C]through
Pray as I [D]take it Unto others I [Bm]do
Praying on your [C]love We pray with every [Am]breath
Though [B7]I - I –
And so we [Em]pray For someone to come and [C]show me the way
And so we [D]pray For some shelter and some [Bm]records to play
And so we [C]pray We'll be singing "[Am]Baraye"
[B7]Pray that we make it to the end of the day
And so we [Em]pray I know somewhere that [C]Heaven is waitin'
And so we [D]pray I know somewhere there's [Bm]something amazin'
And so we [C]pray I know somewhere we'll [Am]feel no pain
[B7]Until we make it to the end of the day
I pray that [Em]love will shelter us from our [C]fears
I will pray you [D]trust too, let me wipe off your [Bm]tears
Confront all the pain that we [C]felt inside
Over the cards we were [Am]dealt in life
Pray [B7]I speak my truth and keep my sisters alive
So for the [Em]ones who parted seas (Oh, yeah)
For the [C]ones who's followin' dreams (Oh, yeah)
For the [D]ones who knocked down doors (Oh, yeah)
And al[Bm]lowed us to pass down keys (Oh, yeah)
Pray that we [C]speak with a tongue that is honest
And that we [Am]understand how to be modest
Pray when she [B7]looks at herself in the mirror
She sees a [B7]queen, she sees a goddess
And so we [Em]pray For someone to come and [C]show me the way
And so we [D]pray For some shelter and some [Bm]records to play
And so we [C]pray We'll be singing "[Am]Baraye"
[B7]Pray that we make it to the end of the day
And so we [Em]pray I know somewhere that [C]Heaven is waitin'
And so we [D]pray I know somewhere there's [Bm]something amazin'
And so we [C]pray I know somewhere we'll [Am]feel no pain
[B7]Until we make it to the end of the day
On my [Em]knees, I pray, as I [C]sleep and wake
'Cause in[D]side my head is a [Bm]frightening place
Keep a [C]smiling face only [Am]by disgrace
'Cause [B7]love's more than I can take, hey
And so we [Em]pray For someone to come and [C]show me the way
And so we [D]pray For some shelter and some [Bm]records to play
And so we [C]pray We'll be singing "[Am]Baraye"
[B7]Till nobody's in need and everybody can sing (Oh)
La-la-[Em]la, la-la, la-[C]la (La-la) La-la-[D]la, la-la, la-[Bm]la (La-la-la, la)
La-la-[C]la, la-la, la-[Am]la (Sing it to me) La-la-[B7]la, la-la, we pray, we pray
La-la-[Em]la, la-la, la-[C]la (I know somewhere that Heaven is waitin', is waitin')
La-la-[D]la, la-la, la-[Bm]la (I know
somewhere there's something amazin', something amazin')
La-la-[C]la, la-la, la-[Am]la (Until we feel no pain)
La-la-[B7]la, la-la, we pray, we pray, we pray
La-la-[Em]la, la-[C]la, la-la La-la-[D]la, la-l[Bm]a, la-la
La-la-[C]la, la-[Am]la, la-la La-la-[B7]la, la-la, we [Em]pray, we pray, we pray