Mother

Father

Sister

Brother

Prayin' for the weak (huh)

Prayin' for the meek

Prayin' for the old,

the helpless and the poor

Prayin' for the hungry

Why can't they eat

Prayin' for the tired

why can't they sleep

You see every night before I go to sleep

you gonna find me

praying for my mother

father

sister

brother

everybody needs a pray ho ho

and if you look in my heart

you're gonna find one there

prayin' for mother

father

sister

brother

See I know each and one of yall

I know yall need a pray

and as I look around

I don't see a person that don't need one nowhere

prayin' for my momma

father

sister

brother

alright

I'm prayin' for the week

I'm prayin' for the meek

I'm prayin' for the old

the helpless and the poor

see Prayin' for the lame,

lord knows

why can't they walk

Prayin' for the mute

somebody tell me

why can't they talk

I pray for the rich man

the poor man (every noght before I go to sleep)

oh Every night before I

oh I'm prayin' for my (mother) my my my my my my mother

lord

father

sister

brother

I gotta say a prayer for my mother

she's the first lady in my life

and I'm gonna pray for my daddy, my daddy

he made momma his wife huh

and as I

as I look around

I don't see nobody there

who can lay on back and say to yourself

say I don't need a prayer

Prayin' for you mother

Prayin' for my daddy

you see

when I was a little boy

we used to say a little prayer every night

before we went to sleep

and it went somthing like this

Now I lay me down to sleep

pray the Lord my soul to keep

If I should die before I wake (Every night before I go to sleep)

I pray the Lord my soul to take

I'm praying for my mama

prayin' for my daddy, no daddy, no daddy, no daddy, no

prayin' for my sister (huh)

prayin' for you brother

(brother)huh

I gotta say a prayer

for the rich man, poor man

beggar man, thief

The doctor, lawyer, and indian chief

One for the lame

why can't they walk

another for the mute

why can't they talk

Somebody tell me, somebody please

while I'm down here on my dog gone knees

I wanna say a prayer

say a prayer for my momma

one for my sister, my little sister

one for my brother