(Interlude):

It's breaking news now

This coming to us from Philadelphia

Where police say there has been a shooting there

(Chorus):

Man i been praying all day

And hope i make it through the night

Hope the bullets never hit you

And ya moms alright

Man i heard shots firing and cop sirens

Nothing never hit ya

The cops never get ya

Praying all night I don't wanna worry ya

I hope ya moms not crying

And ya dad never bury ya

Just tryna survive in black america

In black america

(Verse 1):

I woke up yawning on a Saturday morning

And my cable box won't reset

I'm tryna watch recess

I made a bowl of cereal to watch my cartoons

And lock myself in my room

I ain't dealing with no rules

Cuz its raining outside

And i'm just a kid ready to start playin outside

Grab my gameboy

Man i'm ready to stay outside

But when i got outside a boy was laying outside

His brains hangin outside

My eyes wide

It was the first time i seen it

And i couldn't sleep that night

Man i was dreamin bout them demons

Cuz i know that he seen em

But tell me what to do

When you saw the shots hit him but he never saw you

And later that week

When i seen em on the streets

He said wassup lil nigga

He was talking to me

I said that im fine and i looked em in his eyes

In the back of my mind

The whole time i was lying like

(Chorus):

Man i been praying all day

And hope i make it through the night

Hope the bullets never hit you

And ya moms alright

Man i heard shots firing and cop sirens

Nothing never hit ya

The cops never get ya

Praying all night I don't wanna worry ya

I hope ya moms not crying

Ya dad never bury ya

Just tryna survive in black america

In black america

(Interlude):

This has just come in, its not in the local newspaper there yet

Its not on the wire services

The TV cameras are not up in the air yet

But we have got confirmed here on the news deck

That a number of people have been shot

(Verse 2):

Yea i hit em

Man i think i hit em

It was raining outside he ain't have nobody with em

And i think i got away

Get rid of this gat

When i was running out the back

I seen that lil nigga Max

Then i hit the indo and i let like 10 go

Youngin walked outside playin his nintendo

And i don't think he saw but what if he did

I know he can't tell cuz i know where he live

When i seen em yesterday he looked a lil scared

When the cops asked em questions they was walking to his crib

But i know his brother so i know he ain't snitching

But 10 year old could get me 10 years in prison

Im smoking all night drinking all day

Hopefully youngin don't send me upstate

From what he say and this just a pump fake

I hope he know better kid

Man i gotta settle this

(Chorus): (2x)

Man i been praying all day

And hope i make it through the night

Hope the bullets never hit you

And ya moms alright

Man i heard shots firing and cop sirens

Nothing never hit ya

The cops never get ya

Praying all night I dont wanna worry ya

I hope ya moms not crying

And ya dad never bury ya

Just tryna survive in black america

In black america

(Interlude):

It's our understanding that this, either only happened in the last few minutes, or the word only got out in the last few minutes. We don't have any idea who the shooter was or if that shooter is in custody, we can often tell by the sorta way the police and other security personnel are conducting themselves if there is an active search for a shooter. Frankly, from the looks of things here, if I had to guess, I would probably say there is probably not an active search for a shooter now as authorities seem to be milling around quite casually