Say a prayer
For me now
Say a prayer
For me now, for me now
A teenage mother, all of 16
Had great dreams of bein' a beauty queen
Well now she's part of the system
You see her parents tried, but she just wouldn't listen
Dropped out of school
15 years old and she acted the fool
She thought life was a dream
When her friends go the club, she just holds her head and screams
But it's too late
Life wasn't great, but she just couldn't wait to be mature, and explore
The father of the child clean walked out the door
Didn't wanna know
Came home one day, packed his things and had to go
Makes you sit and wonder how
Just say a prayer for me now
Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
White old man who you see on the streets
With a bottle to his lips every week
He didn't always be that way
But look how his life's done changed
He used to be someone
Now everyone thinks he's a bum, and the kids just run
Plus they like to tease, they thrash their knees
And say his clothes has fleas
People all over are dyin'
Politicians keep on lyin'
They gotta spend my money on war
Yet we can't feed the poor
A rich man lives on a yacht
A poor man lives in the doorway of a shop
But don't aks me how
Just say a prayer for me now
Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
I see things through adult eyes
But when I was young, I wasn't quite so wise
A lot of things would pass me by
But now when I see these things I ask, "Why
Is the world this way?
Why are kids on my street scared to go out and play?
Why do old folks shower across the street whenever I walk by?"
It's the wheeling, the dealing, the stealing
And the temptations that's appealing
But I know that a change soon come
With the risin' of the sun
Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)
No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer)
Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)