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MC Hammer - Pray
That's word, we pray(pray, pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it today
I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it to pray
That's word, we pray
All my life I wanted to make it to the top
(That's word, we pray)
Some said I wouldn't
They told me no, but I didn't stop
(That's word, we pray)
Working hard, making those movies everyday
(That's word, we pray)
On my knees, every night, you know I pray
That's word, we pray(pray)
Ah, yeah, pray(pray) we got to pray
Just to make it today
I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it today
That's word, we pray
Now I just think that you
Can do what ever you want
(That's word, we pray)
I'm bustin' these rhymes
Making this money and I won't
(That's word, we pray)
Forget my people or my town or my ways
(That's word, we pray)
And on my knees, every night I'm still gonna pray
That's word, we pray(pray)
Ah, yeah, pray(pray) we got to pray
Just to make it today
I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it today
That's word, we pray
Time and time and time and time and time again
(That's word, we pray)
I kept on knocking, but
These people wouldn't let me in
(That's word, we pray)
I tried and tried and tried and tried to make a way
(That's word, we pray)
But nothing happened till that day I prayed
That's word, we pray(pray)
Ah, yeah, pray(pray) we got to pray
Just to make it today
I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)
We got to pray
Just to make it today
That's word, we pray
Childrem dying, oh, so fast from this or that
(That's word, we pray)
Needing that money
Smoking that dope and doing that crack
(That's word, we pray)
Ten years old stand outside
Better look out
(That's word, we pray)
Dead and gone, necer had a chance
What's it all about?
That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
I need to pray(pray), ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
That's word, we pray
That's word, we pray(x3)
That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
I need to pray(pray), ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
That's word, we pray
On a mission start to doubt. Here we go
(That's word, we pray)
Kicking back, read these words we need to know
(That's word, we pray)
Living high, living good, living long
(That's word, we pray)
Take a minute, bust a prayer
And you're good to go
That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
I need to pray(pray), ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
That's word, we pray
We're sending this one out to the Lord
(That's word, we pray)
And we thank you and we know we need to pray
(That's word, we pray)
Cause all the blessings that are good they come from above
(That's word, we pray)
And once again we want
To say "thank you" to the Lord with all our love
That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
I need to pray(pray), ah, yeah, pray
We need to pray
Just to make it today
That's word, we pray
That's word, we pray(pray, pray) (x4)
That's word, we pray
"Pray" was the third single released from MC Hammer's third album, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. Produced by MC Hammer himself, the song heavily samples Prince's smash-hit song, "When Doves Cry", the first and one of the few songs legally sanctioned by Prince to incorporate samples of one of his compositions. The track also samples Faith No More's "We Care a Lot". "Pray" became Hammer's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #2 (kept from the top spot by Mariah Carey's "Love Takes Time"), becoming a Top-20 hit in nine countries. The track helped make Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em the #1 album of the year. In the U. S., the song was certified gold on November 26, 1990, with sales over 500,000 copies. This hit single (accompanied with music videos) became one of Hammer's most popular songs and has appeared on several compilation albums, including Greatest Hits, Back 2 Back Hits and The Hits. It also appeared in Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie (1990). The word "pray" is mentioned 147 times during the song, setting the record for the number of times a song title is repeated in an American Top 40 hit.
