[00:00.77] (Feat. Kurupt the Kingpin) [00:01.65] Black people dont have no, no where to go [00:02.30] You know, all we got to do is kick it [00:04.13] We gonna kick it in our hood, you know [00:05.74] What we gonna do, we might [00:07.46] We might go kill a couple of niggaz mane [00:08.79] You know, go in they hood and do a drive-by [00:10.88] Then come back in the hood and laugh about that stuff [00:12.70] You know, its just a thing [00:14.09] Only how you really gonna get deep into it [00:16.37] Is when one of your homeys die [00:17.95] Just like when my partnaz died [00:19.10] (We got some problems) [00:20.00] (Chorus) [00:21.43] First we pray, then we ride [00:31.70] First we pray, then we ride [00:42.96] He was my brother [00:45.79] Loved him like no other [00:48.57] To top it off [00:50.49] I introduced him to this game [00:53.84] I knew his mother [00:56.10] Loved her like my mother [00:59.11] Part of me is gone [01:01.19] Bout take my brother home [01:03.01] (Bridge) [01:04.12] (What're ya gonna do) [01:07.10] When the trials come [01:09.63] (Are ya gonna run?) [01:12.46] Are you gonna run? [01:15.10] (What're ya gonna do) [01:17.62] First I'm gonna pray [01:20.22] (Are ya gonna run?) [01:22.45] You muthafuckin right [01:24.02] (Chorus) [01:24.46] First we pray, then we ride [01:34.00] First we pray, then we ride [01:42.09] (Kurupt) [01:45.05] I aint got nuthin but love for you loccs and hogs [01:47.08] And I ain't got nuthin but love for my muthafuckin dogs [01:50.29] In the mist of the war zone, its on on site [01:52.85] Daylight tonight the heat held close and tight [01:55.44] Beware here I come with the DPG on my chest [01:58.74] Heat gonna spit like Elliot Ness [02:00.64] In the darkest zone you feel alone and on your own [02:03.14] And after I bust, niggaz call me Kurupt Coleone [02:05.58] All I'm about is money, loot and cash [02:08.45] Homeys in the DPG Nate, Snoop and Daz [02:11.31] Now with these emotions how you approach yourself [02:13.47] Knowin you all about your wealth and as it is to health [02:16.02] First I pray, get my thoughts intact [02:18.42] Ask for forgiveness cuz I'm bout to lay this nigga flat [02:21.24] Can you adapt, can you feel me, I doubt it [02:24.06] Cuz the closest you see it, is when niggaz write about it [02:26.77] I can't live without it and it ain't shit I could do [02:29.39] But stay down with the homeys in grey and blue [02:31.88] So just keep the heat close in hand [02:34.52] Cuz I done see niggaz get shit while they homeboys ran [02:36.82] (Nate Dogg) [02:37.68] Heavenly father shine your light on me [02:42.38] I know I promise to slow down on this weed [02:47.20] Seems I remember someone used to say [02:52.10] One life gets taken, if you take one life away [02:56.46] (Bridge) [02:58.43] (What're ya gonna do) [03:01.46] When the trials come [03:03.62] (Are ya gonna run?) [03:06.55] Are you gonna run? [03:09.25] (What're ya gonna do?) [03:11.88] First I'm gonna pray [03:14.57] (Are ya gonna run?) [03:16.66] You muthafuckin right [03:18.17] (Chorus) x2 [03:18.66] First we pray, then we ride [03:49.02] First we pray, then we ride [04:07.11]