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Admittance is the key to start the healin’ right
– Aditus est clavis incipere healin ‘ ius
But I didn’t wanna eat that humble pie, no, I
– Non quis ut esse quibusdam, non
Father God, forgive me
– Deus meus, misericordia mea
It’s been a couple years, there may be more that I ain’t prayed
– Suus ‘ been a duobus annis, non potest esse magis quod non oravit
Even longer I ain’t been to church, God, I’m ashamed
– Etiam diutius ego non habeo animale domestika, habest tu
Embarrassed of my ways, but still, I’m askin’ for Your grace
– Pudet vias meas, sed tamen, ego petere ‘ pro gratia Tua
Feel like I been led astray
– Et ego suscitabo eum in novissimo die
By the drinkin’ and the spirits I let take me when I ride
– Découvrez nos champagnes et spiritus meus et ego quando recordatus fuero pertimesco
And the ladies in the night
– La noche que nos conocimos
Most people, they got demons, I got angels that I fight
– Plerique, daemones acceperunt, angelos accepi quos pugno
Tryna save you from my plight
– Tryna exultabo in salutari tuo
I pray I make it to the light
– Dammi la luce
South London where we lie
– Londinii australis ubi tandem hac facta narras
Abdullah died at sixteen, and I still feel that same rage
– Abdullah sedecim mortuus est, et adhuc iram eandem sentio
Cah we all gettin’ older and he still the same age
– Ca omnes gettin ‘ senior et adhuc eadem aetate
It’s his twenty-seventh birthday, in his pic, he’s fourteen
– Natalis eius viginti septimus est, in pic, quattuordecim est
Back when we would all dream
– Retro cum omnes somniare volumus
There’s Stephanie, she lived at fourteen
– Stephanus, et vixit ad quattuordecim
And he lived at number seventeen, and I was number twelve
– Et vixit decem et septem, et ego eram numero duodecim
When I used to think that if I’d skip church, I go to Hell
– Si quis mihi ministraverit, anathema sit.
So when they ask about grief and how it feels, I know it well
– Et interrogaverunt: quantum differt inter veritaten et mendacium
I missed his tenth anniversary in 2024
– Decimum suum anniversarium anno 2024 desiderabam
I know the value of this picture, we ain’t gettin’ any more
– Scio valorem huius picturae, non gettin’ amplius
Then I go, and I get angry, God, like, “Why’d you take him for?”
– Et ego vado, et irascor, deus, similis, ” Quid velis accipere eum?”
He was just a baby
– Infans iustus erat
All these emotions that I’m feelin’, it’s the strength I pray for
– Omnes hae affectiones quas sentio’, est virtus oro pro
God, for anyone that’s with us that can vouch I pray for
– Per divos omnes quaeso, rogo,
Pray that I feel less lonely in this house I prayed for
– Orate ut ego sentio minus sola in hac domo oravit enim
I pray that
– Eu rezei por ti
Yeah
– Yeah
With this cross that you bear on me
– In hac cruce quam tu mihi portas
Can you look after my mum? She probably used her last prayer on me
– Tu va te faire vraiment un suicidage?lol Illa probabiliter ultima oratione in me usus est
Can’t let the Devil in, there’s repentance in the Bible, God, remind my ex of this
– Sed Non potest esse Diabolus in Poenitentia In Bibliis, Deus, admonere ex hoc mihi
Feel like we was meant for this, move mountains and boulders
– Sentimus sicut destinati sumus ad hoc, moventur montes et saxa
We at them ages where our parents gettin’ older, may they never need a shoulder
– Nos in saecula saeculorum ubi parentes nostri gettin ‘ senior, numquam umero indigent
I done shit I can’t condone, real sermons on my own
– Ego feci stercore condonare non possum, verae sermones mei
I’m in church, more worried ’bout the service on my phone
– Ego sum in ecclesia, magis anxius ‘entrepreneurs devenaient des employés
And on Judgement Day, are You gonna write it in my sins?
– Et in Die Judicii, numquid scribis illi in peccato meo?
Cah my nigga, he got cancer, and I’m lyin’ to his kids
– Ca nigga mea, et surrexit cancer, et ego lyin ‘ ad haedos suos
God, I’m tryin’, but it hits me in my heart
– Ego sum tryin, sed me misit in corde meo
I done lost so many niggas that’s been with me from the start
– Ego feci perdidit tot niggas quod suus fuit mecum ab initio
Then I pray for quick change and I ain’t even try it fast
– Deinde oro pro velox mutatio et ne quidem experiri ieiunium
All I ever did was ask, shattered glass, crucifixes on my chest
– Ego semper fecit omnia petere, fracta speculum, crucifixes super pectus meum
Pray to purchase a Patek, for my church, they cut a check
– Ora Ut emo A Patek, quia ecclesiae meae, et interficiam reprehendo
How am I tryna pray for Congo with these diamonds on my neck?
– Quomodo tryna Oro Pro Congo cum his adamantibus in collo meo?
There’s a father and there’s a son
– Illic ‘a patre et illic’ a filio
Pray that I can show him how to love a woman through his mum
– Ora ut possit ostendere quam amare ei mulier per mum suum
Because I never got the chance, and I just want the best
– Quia numquam obtinuit in casu, et iustus volo optimus
For my three little nieces that I carry on my chest
– In tertio nocturno an [ut] vidit beatus
I’m prayin’ for my managers, I’m prayin’ for their wives
– Donna me prega, perch’ io voglio dire
‘Cause God knows that they’re the ones that sacrifice their lives
– ‘Scit Enim deus, qui es ones ut sacrificium vitae suae
I would’ve said their names, but God, you know who I mean
– Ego dixi nomina eorum, Sed Deus, tu scis quae intelliguntur
I’m prayin’ for my brothers, God, protect us on the streets
– Ora pro fratribus Meis Deus in plateis defende nobis
I had the steak at Carbone and didn’t pray before I eat
– Carnis apud Carbonem habui et non orabam antequam comederem
It’s like I call You when I need You, and I don’t, we don’t speak
– Si me diligeretis, quid est hoc, et non est meum, non dicam
Ground rules for my niggas found schools back at Lambeth Town Hall
– Terram praecepta mea niggas scholas apud Lambeth Urbs Aula invenit
I helped him pray, but didn’t know that it was on my downfall
– Rogavi eum, sed nesciebam quia in ruina mea erat
So when I’m ice cold
– Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco,
When no blood is in my veins, numbers on my days
– Si non est sanguis in venis meis numeris diebus meis
Will I say I love this life of rain?
– Dicam ego hanc pluviam amare vitam?
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Im ‘iustus orare’ quod propositum meum dolorem meum iustificare potest
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Im ‘iustus orare’ quod propositum meum dolorem meum iustificare potest
My mum used to creep in my room and put oil and a cross on my head
– Mum meum in cubiculum meum obrepere solebat et oleum et crucem super caput meum posuit
Anoint me and probably read a verse like Psalm 23
– Ungue me et probabiliter versum legere sicut psalmus 23
“The Lord is my shepherd”, and maybe Matthew 4
– “Dominus est pastor meus”, et fortasse matth 4
“The word is my weapon tonight”
– Quae tela et arma habet
If I can’t pray for peace, then I just pray we win the war
– Si enim non potest orare pacem, tunc ego iustus orare la guerra si combatte con il veleno
It’s been twenty-six years, I don’t know what I’m fightin’ for
– Viginti sex annos suus fuit, nescio quid sum pugnae ‘ pro
Well, maybe it’s a place to fill your everlastin’ light
– Bene, maybe suus ‘a locus ad replete tuum everlastin’ lux
In a world where kids that die get a second chance at life
– In mundo ubi haedi moriuntur alterum casum vitae obtinent
Christ, I don’t know what to say to You
– Christus, nescio quid dicis
I pray to You, forgive me for the days I had a reason to
– Donna me prega, perch ‘ io voglio dire
And I ain’t had faith in You
– Fiducia mea est in te
You did it for the sake of me and how I’ve forsaken You
– Tu fecisti propter me et quomodo dereliqui te
I prayed for new shoes and I used them to walk away from You
– Ego vester sum, et vos mei.
Made it out with drugs, swapped the pen for the needles
– Factum est autem cum medicinae, swapped calamum per foramen acus transire
And I just found a different way to poison my people
– Et sicut invenitur alia via ad populum meum venenum
You could say it’s testimony that I’m tellin’ them my story
– Vos could dicere quod suus ‘ im ‘tellin testimonium’ fabulam illis meis
But how we sellin’ them the Devil, still givin’ God the glory?
– Sed quomodo nos vendere ‘eos diabolus, adhuc givin’ Deus gloriam?
Can I pray?
– Possum orare?
Take care of me
– Cura mihi
Can I, can I go on top of the drums?
– Possum, possum ire super tympana?
On top of those ones? Oh, what, them?
– Non esses? Quid, quaeso?
Yeah, yeah, it’s the
– Yeah, yeah, suus’
Take care of me
– Cura mihi
Take care of me
– Cura mihi
