"Our Prayer" is a song by Cynthia Erivo, Joaquina Kalukango, Isaiah Johnson, Kevyn Morrow, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, released in 2016 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:29 long and contains 99 lines and 568 words.
Lyrics
0:00Hey sister what you gon' do
0:04Going down by the river gonna play with you
0:09Papa don't like no screaming round here
0:14No lip from the woman when they chug that beer
0:18You all grown up and pretty now
0:20It's time for you to get married
0:22Have one good year before you get big
0:24I can't get married I'm still in school
0:28Who that man talkin' to pa
0:30Girl at church say
0:31He lookin' for a new wife to take care of his mean chirren
0:34Well I see where they get their mean from
0:36Look at him holdin' his whip like he got a horse waitin' somewhere
0:41You see any horse
0:43You don't wanna get married
0:45I wanna know how the world goes
0:48How far is the moon
0:51How the sky changes color
0:53Hope I find out soon
0:58What you want
1:00I wanna sit and do nothin'
1:02Make you a new dress
1:05Hope my babies are happy
1:08Someplace god will bless
1:12Celie get to work
1:13Ain't no need to discuss
1:16It ain't worth a big fuss
1:18Whatever come to us
1:20Is in god's hands
1:22When I lay me down to sleep
1:24I will say my prayer
1:27That god love me so deep
1:29He will promise our souls to keep
1:33Together
1:36I'll say a prayer
1:39Why you wanna know so much about tobacco
1:41I'm thinking bout plantin' it
1:43You is not
1:44Now what you doin' here
1:48I wanna marry nettie
1:51She a sweet young girl
1:53She too young
1:54She's the cutest thing
1:57In this whole world
1:59She gonna be a teacher
2:02Picture me in a schoolhouse
2:04With my college degree
2:07I can teach all my children
2:10To spell tennessee
2:13You can have celie though
2:14She too old to be livin' at home
2:16Maybe I'll have a garden
2:18Where birds come to sing
2:21I don't want celie
2:21Know a finch from a sparrow
2:23She ugly
2:24Fix a broken wing
2:29I wanna hear your birds sing
2:31Wanna hear your school bell ring
2:34No matter what life bring
2:36Us in god's hands
2:38Whyn't you quit coming 'round here
2:40Just go marry shug avery
2:42Shug avery
2:46Who shug avery
2:48Shug avery
2:51She mister ol' girlfriend
2:52Shug avery not a child raisin' woman
2:55You know that
2:56She the queen honeybee
2:58She a low down ho is what everybody said
3:01You lookin' for a new shug avery you better go to memphis
3:03All we got here is one pretty girl you'll never have
3:07And one ugly girl can work like a man
3:10I really want that girl
3:16I told you no
3:17When I lay me down to sleep I wanna marry nettie
3:21I will say my prayer she's a sweet young girl
3:23That god love me so deep she the cutest thing
3:25He will promise our souls to keep in this whole word
3:29Together I'll say a prayer I really want that girl
3:35You want any kids
3:36Someday I guess
3:38I know you do
3:39Doctor say I can't have no more kids
3:41I think god just want me to take care of you
3:44We'll live in big houses
3:47Put swings in the trees
3:49Braid up your gray hair
3:51In the cool of the breeze
3:59And one day
4:05Our children will sing
4:11When I lay me down to sleep
4:13I will say my prayer
4:16That god love me so deep
4:18He will promise our souls to keep
4:22Together
4:25I'll say a prayer
4:29I'll say our prayer
Hey sister what you gon' do Going down by the river gonna play with you Papa don't like no screaming round here No lip from the woman when they chug that beer You all grown up and pretty now It's time for you to get married Have one good year before you get big I can't get married I'm still in school Who that man talkin' to pa Girl at church say He lookin' for a new wife to take care of his mean chirren Well I see where they get their mean from Look at him holdin' his whip like he got a horse waitin' somewhere You see any horse You don't wanna get married I wanna know how the world goes How far is the moon How the sky changes color Hope I find out soon What you want I wanna sit and do nothin' Make you a new dress Hope my babies are happy Someplace god will bless Celie get to work Ain't no need to discuss It ain't worth a big fuss Whatever come to us Is in god's hands When I lay me down to sleep I will say my prayer That god love me so deep He will promise our souls to keep Together I'll say a prayer Why you wanna know so much about tobacco I'm thinking bout plantin' it You is not Now what you doin' here I wanna marry nettie She a sweet young girl She too young She's the cutest thing In this whole world She gonna be a teacher Picture me in a schoolhouse With my college degree I can teach all my children To spell tennessee You can have celie though She too old to be livin' at home Maybe I'll have a garden Where birds come to sing I don't want celie Know a finch from a sparrow She ugly Fix a broken wing I wanna hear your birds sing Wanna hear your school bell ring No matter what life bring Us in god's hands Whyn't you quit coming 'round here Just go marry shug avery Shug avery Who shug avery Shug avery She mister ol' girlfriend Shug avery not a child raisin' woman You know that She the queen honeybee She a low down ho is what everybody said You lookin' for a new shug avery you better go to memphis All we got here is one pretty girl you'll never have And one ugly girl can work like a man I really want that girl I told you no When I lay me down to sleep I wanna marry nettie I will say my prayer she's a sweet young girl That god love me so deep she the cutest thing He will promise our souls to keep in this whole word Together I'll say a prayer I really want that girl You want any kids Someday I guess I know you do Doctor say I can't have no more kids I think god just want me to take care of you We'll live in big houses Put swings in the trees Braid up your gray hair In the cool of the breeze And one day Our children will sing When I lay me down to sleep I will say my prayer That god love me so deep He will promise our souls to keep Together I'll say a prayer I'll say our prayer
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