Videoclip
Rica
Admittance is the key to start the healin’ right
– Admision ta e yabi pa kuminsá kura bon
But I didn’t wanna eat that humble pie, no, I
– Pero mi no tabata ke kome e bolo humilde ei, no, mi
Father God, forgive me
– Dios Tata, pordoná mi
It’s been a couple years, there may be more that I ain’t prayed
– Ya ta un par di aña pasá, por tin mas ku no a resa
Even longer I ain’t been to church, God, I’m ashamed
– Mas ainda mi no a keda den misa, Dios, mi ta sinti bèrgwensa
Embarrassed of my ways, but still, I’m askin’ for Your grace
– Vergonzoso di mi camindanan, pero aunke asina, mi ta pidi Bo gracia
Feel like I been led astray
– Mi ta sinti ku nan a hiba mi den mal kaminda
By the drinkin’ and the spirits I let take me when I ride
– Pa e bebida i e spiritu ku mi ta laga nan hiba mi ora mi ta
And the ladies in the night
– I e damanan den anochi
Most people, they got demons, I got angels that I fight
– Mayoria hende, nan tin demoño, mi tin angel ku mi ta bringa kuné
Tryna save you from my plight
– Tratando di salba bo for di mi situashon difísil
I pray I make it to the light
– Mi ta resa pa yega na lus
South London where we lie
– Sur Di London kaminda nos ta kai
Abdullah died at sixteen, and I still feel that same rage
– Abdullah a muri na edat di diesseis aña, i ainda mi ta sinti e mesun rabia
Cah we all gettin’ older and he still the same age
– Cah, nos tur ta bira mayor y e ta keda di e mesun edad
It’s his twenty-seventh birthday, in his pic, he’s fourteen
– Ta su di 27 cumpleaños, den su foto, e tin 14 aña.
Back when we would all dream
– Ora nos tur tabata soña
There’s Stephanie, she lived at fourteen
– Aki Ta Stephanie, e tabata biba na edat di dieskuater aña.
And he lived at number seventeen, and I was number twelve
– I e tabata biba na number diesseis, i ami na number diesdos
When I used to think that if I’d skip church, I go to Hell
– Ora mi tabata pensa ku si mi tabata saltá for di misa, lo mi bai Fièrnu
So when they ask about grief and how it feels, I know it well
– Pues, ora nan puntra tokante e doló i kon e ta sinti, mi sa bon
I missed his tenth anniversary in 2024
– Mi a pèrdè su di dies aniversario na 2024
I know the value of this picture, we ain’t gettin’ any more
– Mi sa e balor di e imágen aki, nos lo no haña mas
Then I go, and I get angry, God, like, “Why’d you take him for?”
– Despues ta, i ta rabia, Dios, manera, “bo Por hasi esaki a tuma?”
He was just a baby
– E tabata so un bebe
All these emotions that I’m feelin’, it’s the strength I pray for
– Tur esakinan emotions mi ta contento, tin e forsa pa e reto
God, for anyone that’s with us that can vouch I pray for
– Dios, pa ken ku por ta ku nos ku por duna fe ta e reto na
Pray that I feel less lonely in this house I prayed for
– Rosa pa mi sinti falta so na e kas aki pa e orashon
I pray that
– Mi ta resa pa
Yeah
– Sí
With this cross that you bear on me
– Ku esaki krus e animalnan ta riba mi
Can you look after my mum? She probably used her last prayer on me
– Bo por kura di mi mama? Probablemente a mustra su delaster orashon mi.
Can’t let the Devil in, there’s repentance in the Bible, God, remind my ex of this
– Mi No ta laga drenta na Diabel, no repentimentu na Beibel, Dios, recorda e mi ex
Feel like we was meant for this, move mountains and boulders
– Sinti ku nos echonan na esaki, move i baranka
We at them ages where our parents gettin’ older, may they never need a shoulder
– Nos den e edadnan aki ora nos mayornan bira mayor, cu nunca mester di un hombro
I done shit I can’t condone, real sermons on my own
– Mi a hasi un kos ku mi no por tolerá, sermonan real riba mi mes
I’m in church, more worried ’bout the service on my phone
– Mi ta den misa, mas preokupá ku e servisio riba mi telefòn
And on Judgement Day, are You gonna write it in my sins?
– I Riba E Dia di Huisio final, lo bo skirbi esaki den mi pikánan?
Cah my nigga, he got cancer, and I’m lyin’ to his kids
– Cah mi negro, e tin cancer, y mi ta gaña su yiunan
God, I’m tryin’, but it hits me in my heart
– Dios, mi ta purba, pero e ta dal mi den mi kurason
I done lost so many niggas that’s been with me from the start
– Mi a pèrdè asina tantu hende pretu ku nan tabata huntu ku mi for di kuminsamentu
Then I pray for quick change and I ain’t even try it fast
– E ora ei mi ta resa pa un kambio rápido i mi no ta ni purba rápido
All I ever did was ask, shattered glass, crucifixes on my chest
– Tur loke mi a hasi tabata puntra, glas kibra, krus na pecho
Pray to purchase a Patek, for my church, they cut a check
– Oracion pa cumpra Un Patek, pa mi iglesia, nan a corta un cheque
How am I tryna pray for Congo with these diamonds on my neck?
– Kon mi ta purba di resa pa Kongo ku e diamannan aki na mi kara?
There’s a father and there’s a son
– Tin un tata i tin un yu
Pray that I can show him how to love a woman through his mum
– E ta resa pa e por mustra e kon pa stima un muhé dor di su mama
Because I never got the chance, and I just want the best
– Pasobra nunka mi no tabatin e chèns, i mi ke solamente e mihó
For my three little nieces that I carry on my chest
– Pa mi tres sobrinanan chikitu ku mi ta karga riba mi pecho
I’m prayin’ for my managers, I’m prayin’ for their wives
– Mi ta resa pa mi managernan, mi ta resa pa nan esposanan
‘Cause God knows that they’re the ones that sacrifice their lives
– Pasobra Dios sa ku Nan ta esnan ku ta sakrifiká nan bida
I would’ve said their names, but God, you know who I mean
– Mi lo a bisa nan nòmber, pero Dios, bo sa ken mi ta referí na dje.
I’m prayin’ for my brothers, God, protect us on the streets
– Mi Ta resa Pa mi rumannan, Dios, protehá nos den kaya
I had the steak at Carbone and didn’t pray before I eat
– Mi a kome e steak Na Carbone i no a resa promé ku mi a kome.
It’s like I call You when I need You, and I don’t, we don’t speak
– Ta manera si mi yama bo ora mi mester di bo, i mi no ta hasié, nos no ta papia.
Ground rules for my niggas found schools back at Lambeth Town Hall
– Reglanan basiko pa mi negronan haña skolnan atrobe Na Lambeth City Hall
I helped him pray, but didn’t know that it was on my downfall
– Mi a yuda e hasi orashon, pero mi no tabata sa ku e tabata den mi pèrdida.
So when I’m ice cold
– Pues ora mi ta friu
When no blood is in my veins, numbers on my days
– Ora no tin sanger den mi venanan, e kantidatnan den mi dianan
Will I say I love this life of rain?
– Mi ta bisa ku mi ta stima e bida di áwaseru aki?
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Mi ta solamente resa pa mi propósito por hustifiká mi doló
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Mi ta solamente resa pa mi propósito por hustifiká mi doló
My mum used to creep in my room and put oil and a cross on my head
– Mi mama tabata drenta mi kamber i pone oleo i un krus riba mi kabes.
Anoint me and probably read a verse like Psalm 23
– Ungeme i probablemente bo ta lesa Un versíkulo Manera Salmo 23
“The Lord is my shepherd”, and maybe Matthew 4
– “Señor ta mi pastor”, I kisas Mateo 4
“The word is my weapon tonight”
– “E palabra ta mi arma awe nochi”
If I can’t pray for peace, then I just pray we win the war
– Si mi no por resa pa pas, anto mi ta resa pa nos gana e guera
It’s been twenty-six years, I don’t know what I’m fightin’ for
– Ya ta 26 aña pasá, mi no sa dikon mi ta bringa
Well, maybe it’s a place to fill your everlastin’ light
– Pues, kisas ta un lugá pa yena bo lus eterno
In a world where kids that die get a second chance at life
– Den un mundu kaminda muchanan ku muri tin un di dos chèns den bida
Christ, I don’t know what to say to You
– Cristo, mi no sa kiko bisa bo
I pray to You, forgive me for the days I had a reason to
– Mi ta pidi bo pordon pa e dianan ku mi tabatin un motibu pa
And I ain’t had faith in You
– I mi no tabatin fe den Bo
You did it for the sake of me and how I’ve forsaken You
– Bo a hasié pa mi bon i kon mi a bandoná bo.
I prayed for new shoes and I used them to walk away from You
– Mi a resa pa sapatu nobo i a usa nan pa kita mi for di Bo
Made it out with drugs, swapped the pen for the needles
– Mi a logra esaki ku droga, mi a kambia e pluma pa e agulanan
And I just found a different way to poison my people
– I mi a haña un manera diferente pa venená mi hendenan
You could say it’s testimony that I’m tellin’ them my story
– Bo por bisa ku ta un testimonio ku mi ta konta nan mi historia
But how we sellin’ them the Devil, still givin’ God the glory?
– Pero kon Nos ta bende Nan E Diabel, asta dunando gloria na Dios?
Can I pray?
– Mi por resa?
Take care of me
– Kuida mi
Can I, can I go on top of the drums?
– Mi por, mi por bai riba e bateria?
On top of those ones? Oh, what, them?
– Riba esakinan? Kiko, nan?
Yeah, yeah, it’s the
– Si, si, ta e
Take care of me
– Kuida mi
Take care of me
– Kuida mi
