Prayin' For You

(album: After The Music Stops - 2006)

Father God, I'm praying to you for somebody, who knows you Lord but just hasn't, hasn't been seeing you in the right view lately, hear me out

Father, I'm praying for a friend he and I are pretty close
And out of all my friends for this one I'm concerned the most
He say he reading daily but he ain't really learning
He been in church but say that he ain't moved by any sermon

His faith's weak
He ain't prayed in a week
He wake up and just weep
With his face in the sink

Lord, you gotta help my man
I'm praying for him daily
He ain't sinned but it just seem as if he going crazy

He say he feeling trapped, can't even hit up the mall
'Cause every lady's half-dressed tempting him to lust and fall
He keep the TV off, videos just make him feel
That he ain't really nothing without money, girls and shiny wheels

The other day he told me that he felt less a man
'Cause he ain't have a five-year plan or a piece of land
And man it's crazy 'cause his family thinks so much of him
Plus he got a godly wife who always showing love for him

But he's struggling, even though he talk to me
I tell him what to do but he don't listen when he oughtta be
I'm scared for him 'cause there's people that look up to him
He got some younger siblings who been changed by what he's done for them

But is it done for him
Lord don't let it be
If he don't wanna talk to you
Then Father hear from me
Is it done for him
Lord don't let it be
If he don't wanna talk to you
Then Father hear from me

Yeah, I'm praying for you, yeah, I'm praying for you
Yeah, I'm praying for you, yeah, yeah, I'm praying for you

God, his condition has worsened
Since we were last conversing
I'm with him now and he ain't doing well
Of this I'm certain

He say he tryna' trust you
Doesn't wanna disgust you
But he was in the midst of sinners and did not discuss you

And just today his anxiety's got the best of him
He knows Christ but for hours refuse to rest in Him
He's not the best of men but Lord I know he really loves you
And I can't understand why lately he's not thinking of you

People trust this dude
You could crush this dude
Father he needs more of you I pray you touch this dude
What can I say to him?
I'm determined to pray for him
Father empty and break him I pray you'll just have your way with him

'Cause there's a change in him and the effects are strong
I pray you open up his heart before the next song
And when he gets home
I pray he'll open up the sixty-six book love letter you wrote and soak it up

'Cause he ain't hearing You
And he ain't feeling me and God I know it's killing You
Because it's killing me
And matter of fact there's something else he's concealing see
The person that I've been praying about is really me

Yeah, I'm praying for you, yeah, I'm praying for you
Yeah, I'm praying for you, yeah, yeah, I'm praying for you