"First We Pray" lyrics

Black people don't have no—nowhere to go
You know. All we got to do is kick it
We're gonna kick it in our hood. You know
What we're gonna do? We might
We might go kill a couple of niggas, man
You know. Go in their hood and do a drive-by
Then come back in the hood and laugh about that stuff
You know. Just sit there and think
The only time you really gonna get deep into it
Is when one of your friends die
Just like when my partners died
We got some problems
How do we solve our problems?

[Nate Dogg:]
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride

He was my brother
Loved him like no other
To top it off
I introduced him to this game
I knew his mother
Loved her like my mother
A part of me is gone
Why'd you take my brother home?

[Nate Dogg (Isaac Reese):]
(What're you gonna do?)
When the trials come
(Are you gonna ride?)
Or you gonna run?
(What're you gonna do)
First I'm gonna pray
(Are you gonna ride?)
You motherfuckin' right

[Nate Dogg:]
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride

[Kurupt:]
I ain't got nothin' but love for you Locs and hogs
And I ain't got nothin' but love for my motherfuckin' dogs
In the mist of the war zone, it's on site
Daylight. Tonight. The heat held close and tight
Beware! Here I come with the DPG on my chest
Heat gonna spit like Elliot Ness
In the darkest zone, you feel alone and on your own
And after I bust, niggas call me "Kurupt Corleone"
All I'm about is money, loot and cash
Homies in the DPG Nate, Snoop and Daz
Now, with these emotions how you approach yourself
Knowin' you all about your wealth and as it is to health
First I pray, get my thoughts intact
Ask for forgiveness 'cause I'm 'bout to lay this nigga flat
Can you adapt, can you feel me? I doubt it
'Cause the closest you see it, is when niggas write about it
I can't live without it and it ain't shit I could do
But stay down with the homeys in grey and blue
So just keep the heat close in hand
'Cause I done see niggas get shit while their homeboys ran

[Nate Dogg:]
Heavenly father shine your light on me
I know I promise to slow down on this weed
Seems I remember someone used to say
One life gets taken, if you take one life away

[Nate Dogg (Isaac Reese):]
(What're ya gonna do?)
When the trials come
(Are ya gonna ride?)
Or you gonna run?
(What're ya gonna do)
First I'm gonna pray
(Are ya gonna ride?)
You motherfuckin' right

[Nate Dogg:]
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride