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The Artist's Prayer Pt. II ft. Bas​$​quiat

from Mansa Muse by Will Porter

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W:
Dear Lord, I ask you for the courage to release these burdens. & the strength to withstand those who don't understand my decision.

B:
I've decided my pain is medicine. A beautiful remedy for the sick and the helpless, help us.

W:
The meek and the voiceless, depressed and the hopeless. And I pray for the addicts too, shxt I was high when I wrote this.

B:
Trying to stay focused, humbly devoted, tasked with the mission to take my pain and expose it. Masked with the swagger of a pastor, ima master of disguise. Look closely & see the shame in my eyes.

W:
& pardon me for cursin. I just take this so personal, I trust you w/ the things that not a lot of other persons know. I'm haunted by my past, it makes my present seem so worth it doe.

B:
God, help me see the God in me. This world is like a desert tryna **drain me of my self esteem. I am beautiful, I am never conquered, lay my life down for my beliefs. I do not know defeat.

W:
I believe I am a king. All I know is chasin dreams, parables in vision form, im just learnin what they mean. I'll die by what I'm livin for, I'll live my dreams by any means.

B:
Necessary pain, but now I've grown Eagle wings. Fly above the weather, oh this feels much betta. My heart was kinda heavy now it's lighter than a featha'. Shinin on your situation, hoping that this love's contagious.

W:
I can smell precipitation. Time to rule, I know what reign is, forgive me of my sins, wash me clean, cuz I know I'm tainted. Relieve me of my shame, before the fame, now I'm feelin shameless.

B:
Shameless, shameless. We gon change the game wit this. Gossipers be takin shots, we gon switch they aim with this. I am who I am, a child of God spittin Angel dust, get high or realize if you can't fly then you can't hang wit us

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from Mansa Muse, released September 21, 2016

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