Praying Man (Album Version|Explicit)-Big K.R.I.T./B.B. King

[ti:Praying Man] [ar:Big K.R.I.T.] [al:Live From The Underground] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Praying Man (Album Version|Explicit) - Big K.R.I.T./B.B. King [00:25.38]Guess I was on road [00:27.43] [00:28.42]Didn't know which way to go [00:30.22] [00:30.84]I think I hear a praying man coming [00:33.25] [00:34.63]A praying man coming [00:36.41] [00:37.64]Sometimes I couldn't read the signs [00:40.23] [00:41.09]My people done left me behind [00:43.66]I think I hear a praying man coming [00:46.09] [00:49.96]I think I hear a praying man coming [00:52.40]Stumble along the path, [00:54.10]He emerged from the grass [00:55.80]Stopped at me and asked why so sad [00:58.15]Perhaps because they had taken what I had [01:00.51]I'm sure it wasn't much to [01:01.68]Them but it was all that I could grab [01:03.65]I was on my way to church, [01:05.24]I was running late at first [01:06.89]But after all this riff raff here, [01:08.45]I missed service and it hurts [01:10.05]But what's worse I'm not sure how long [01:11.72]I've been swaying in the breeze [01:13.33]Tired of talking to the trees and [01:14.53]You the first praying man that I've seen [01:16.60]I feed you lending hand, [01:18.12]But I see if you got some time [01:19.87]I'm glad you looked up [01:21.03]Because most people pay no mind [01:23.08]He smiled and said "Son well, [01:24.30]I can do you one better" [01:26.19]You removed a pocket knife and [01:27.44]Cut me down from my oppressor, forever [01:29.81]Guess I was on road [01:31.88] [01:32.81]Didn't know which way to go [01:34.42] [01:35.14]I think I hear a praying man coming [01:37.49] [01:39.09]A praying man coming [01:40.78] [01:42.12]Sometimes I couldn't read the signs [01:44.87] [01:45.57]My people done left me behind [01:48.12]I think I hear a praying man coming [01:50.47] [01:54.38]I think I hear a praying man coming [01:57.05]Boating along the sea, [01:58.40]He emerged from the mist [01:59.67] [02:00.23]Asked me how I got far from the beach [02:02.51]Cause they stripped me of my pride [02:03.79]And put these shackles on my feet [02:05.69]I was stacked on top of my folk [02:07.13]And it was really hard to breathe [02:08.64]It was a little hard to believe that [02:10.41]I had been caught up in this mess [02:12.26]And some of my own [02:13.15]People would sell me to my death [02:14.89]It was a lot of us on the ride and [02:16.91]It was a lot of us that was lost [02:18.45]But some of us couldn't take [02:19.55]It so some of us jumped off [02:22.15]And I'm really glad you found me on your course [02:24.27]I been out here for a while and [02:25.83]There's no sign of the shore [02:27.50]He smiled and said [02:28.42]"Son well I can do you one better" [02:30.64]He lended me his hand and [02:32.04]Picked me up from my oppressor, forever [02:34.24]Guess I was on road [02:36.43] [02:37.22]Didn't know which way to go [02:39.01] [02:39.62]I think I hear a praying man coming [02:41.90] [02:43.50]A praying man coming [02:45.19] [02:46.49]Sometimes I couldn't read the signs [02:49.27] [02:49.95]My people done left me behind [02:52.42]I think I hear a praying man coming [02:54.98] [02:58.86]I think I hear a praying man coming [03:01.36]Driving along the road [03:02.88]He asked me what I was running from and [03:04.70]Where I was trying to go [03:06.05]"Well I was working in the field [03:07.24]And one of my kinfolk just got killed [03:08.74]And I knew they'd come for me and [03:11.09]Lord knows I wanna live [03:11.86]See I heard there's people free, [03:13.98]Not that far but far from me [03:15.62]To be running from these dogs [03:16.91]With no shoes up on my feet [03:18.92]I heard of this railroad that ventures underground [03:21.87]And takes my kind of people [03:22.88]To a place that we can't be found [03:24.89]And I been wounded for some miles, [03:26.99]So I decided to rest my head [03:28.77]I guess they let me go cause [03:30.11]They assumed that I was dead" [03:31.37] [03:31.96]Smiled and said [03:32.74]"Son hop in this wagon and get settled" [03:34.61] [03:35.19]He offered me a ride and drove me [03:36.81]Far away from my oppressor, forever [03:38.76]Guess I was on road [03:40.72] [03:41.65]Didn't know which way to go [03:43.51] [03:44.03]I think I hear a praying man coming [03:46.38] [03:47.91]A praying man coming [03:49.66] [03:50.91]Sometimes I couldn't read the signs [03:53.68] [03:54.40]My people done left me behind [03:56.91]I think I hear a praying man coming [03:59.30] [04:03.32]I think I hear a praying man coming