“Paranoia Prayers”

🎵 Hook (whispery, melodic tension)

I send paranoia prayers up at 3 A.M. (real)
Can’t trust sleep, too close to the end (facts)
I say “God, watch over my sins”
But keep a tool close just in case He don’t bend

I pray out loud with my eyes still open (uh huh)
'Cause the ones I love be the ones I’m scoping
Cross on my neck, but I move like a threat
'Cause even angels forget to protect


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[Verse 1 – Mental warfare bars, spiritual conflict]

I talk to God, then I talk to my .9
Some nights I don’t know who really replyin’

Been stabbed in the back by hands I kissed
So now I fold my hands with a backup grip

I ain’t holy, but I been through hell
So when I pray, it’s a war cry I yell

I keep hope, but my fears still lurk
So I sleep like I sin — alert and hurt

Even love come with a blurred ID
So I pray… but I still don’t breathe freely


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🔊 Ad-Libs – Verse 1:
“Talk to me.” / “I trust no one.” / “Still breathing.” / “Real pain.”


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🎵 Hook (repeat with layered FX)

I send paranoia prayers up at 3 A.M.
Can’t trust sleep, too close to the end
I say “God, watch over my sins”
But keep a tool close just in case He don’t bend

I pray out loud with my eyes still open
'Cause the ones I love be the ones I’m scoping
Cross on my neck, but I move like a threat
'Cause even angels forget to protect


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[Verse 2 – Hood philosophy, emotional armor]

I don’t sleep, I just shut down slow
Countin' demons I used to know

Seen the reaper with my uncle’s chain
So I trust no face, no name, no lane

They say "faith without fear is peace"
But I learned faith in a place where pain don’t cease

I do right, but the world still spin
So I pray with a heart that won’t let them in

If paranoia prayers ever hit the sky
I hope God know why I still grip tight


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🔊 Ad-Libs – Verse 2:
“That’s facts.” / “Stay ready.” / “Cross and chrome.” / “God, hear me.”


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🎧 Outro – piano echoes, siren reverb fades

(Spoken)
If I trust, I die slow.
If I don’t, I die alone.

88 BPM, male, Piano loop with ambient hum, low 808s, subtle reverb, Anxious, spiritual, late-night solitude