"PRAY" is an unreleased song by the hip-hop duo ¥$ (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign) that was created during the Bad Bitch Play Book sessions. The song features production from TRYBISHOP.
Production[]
The song's beat is taken from Koryn Hawthorne's 2020 song, "Pray", which primarily samples Supertramp's 1987 song, "An Awful Thing to Waste".[1]
Background[]
According to Rodri, the song was originally intended for Ty Dolla $ign's solo album before it had been repurposed for Bad Bitch Play Book during the Italy sessions. A 7-minute demo of the song with sole vocals from Ye was recorded during these sessions, which referenced multiple of his controversies from the past year. This demo was leaked on October 5, 2024, and was thought to have been from the YEBU sessions before an insider confirmed otherwise.[2]
At some point, Ty Dolla $ign recorded a hook for the song and an unknown reference artist recorded some verses for it. The reference artist was believed to be Cordae as a song titled "Pray" featuring Ty Dolla $ign appeared on a track list to his album The Crossroads, though upon release it was revealed it was actually another VULTURES era track of the same name. The reference artist is currently believed to be Rooga.
Later, the song was later confirmed by Ye insider Saint Leon A.K.A. JoyBoy to have been added onto the infamous Bad Bitch Play Book 40-song tracklist as track 24.[3] The song was presumably scrapped from here.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
You need to find somewhere you can run to
Somewhere a long way from here
Somewhere where the skies are all clear
Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through
[Verse 1]
Pray
Pray, good lord, good lord, good lord, good lord, good lord, good lord
You heard of God, well I'm under him
[?], y'all wondering
[?] again, in this bitch [?]
You heard of God, well I'm right under him
[?]
Comin' on [?]
Traded deathcon for freedom
Can't nobody tell me what to do
n***** scared to fuck the money up, [?] whole truth
They slaves to it, they brag about what's a slave and then they cavin' in
Superman got [?]
[?] say we headed for disaster
[Bridge]
You need to find somewhere you can run to
Somewhere a long way from here
Somewhere where the skies are all clear
Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through
[Verse 2]
A lot of this shit I didn't ask for (Pray)
When you brag about money, you flauntin' your master
If you don't own the tape, that goes the point of your masters (Pray)
And everyday was a [?], I said it, I miss it, I don't fucking regret it, I miss it, I'm happy I said it
Come on n****, let's get it
I wanted to show you n***** it wasn't about you n*****
It was about [?] without you n*****
[?] since nobody had my back, I'm finna do it without you n*****
Go figure, [?] help you say everything
[?]
[?] ear from me
Then he suffered in the head from me
Everybody had something say about a t-shirt, but ain't say nothing when that bitch kept my kids from me
Oh y'all the realest, huh
Oh I ain't feel this, huh
Only one feel-less, huh
[?], well then hear this, huh
Y'all wanted the commentary, I'm finna [?]
Y'all acting like I added to the commissary, [?]
Y'all wanted the commentary, I'm finna [?]
Y'all acting like I added to the commissary
[Bridge]
All I need is like twenty four of them, phara-kanyes, pew pew (You need to find somewhere you can run to)
And out
I need me some(Somewhere a long way from here)
Cause out of all these fucking five hours of therapy [?] and shit [?] from Japan to now (Somewhere where the skies are all clear)
What is the most poignant ideas to give a [?], cause this is the exact platform for this (Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through)
Listening session, this is my interview no Charlamagne
No Noreaga, no drink
No drinks champ, no drinks this time, champ
Yeah, no drinks this time, no joke, no
No Joes, Buddens, buddens or rose
[Verse 3]
We do this shit for a living, n****, I was hungry
I was starving, n****
Two hundred S exes, next is
Best is, fresh exes
I [?], [?]
The only thing I can say about that-
Baby, they always say where I left them
Same style, same colors
[?], chained lovers
[?], bitch writin' [?] with the bathroom
Bring back the rubber, [?]
We hover, I'ma save it just like
Danny Glover, [?]
[?] only one, no other
One of one, [?] of [?]
Pom, pom, pom pom (You need to find somewhere you can run to)
My uzi weigh a ton, [?] and we had just begun
[?], we [?] on a run
Headed out to Italy, n***** on a run
[?], we did it just for [?] (Somewhere a long way from here)
[?] yeah we brought the [?]
[?] (Somewhere where the skies are all clear)
[?], bitches this shit has just begun
[?], said you not nice (Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through)
I'm covered in one hundred percent of ice
I had a [?], send it to the [?]
[?], my life
Remember my life, remember my life
Remember my life, remember my life
Remember my life (Pray)
How it feel, only thing real left to me was [?]
[?], well we cleared the place, y'all bitches get the leftovers
Had [?] over, how much money did I make since I left Hova
[?] since it's this over
[?]-