Pray 4 Love – English Lyrics

• By: Travis Scott, The Weeknd
• Album: Rodeo

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the atmospheric sounds of modern American urban music with 'Pray 4 Love.' This track is a perfect example of contemporary English slang and melodic phrasing, offering learners a glimpse into the emotive and rhythmic delivery used in today's global chart-topping hits.

[English]

Oh, oh, don't pray for love

Oh, oh, say it loud

Just ask the lonely, oh-oh

Just ask the lonely, oh-oh

Pray for who lost they fate and died too young

Pray for the ones I hate, the ones I love

Pray for my liver when I'm off in this club

I pray that the demons go away, they hauntin' us

Man, I can't take no more of this lifestyle we been living

Man, I can't take no more of the white powers in position

Gotta grab up J-Will, gotta scoop up J-Rich

Told Chase we ain't going back, you know we gotta hitch

I mean, I'm aggravated, agitated, I admit

Intoxicated, animated, got me feeling kinda lit

Contemplating fornicating, might as well - up some -

They looking at me way too crazy, got me feeling communist

But I'm just trying to save the throne, pray for Bones, pray for Stix (just ask the lonely)

If my album never sell, then we gon' hit that lick

Tell Lamar, call up Cash, tell him buzz me at the Ritz (just ask the lonely)

It's the weekend, we off the deep end, you need to pray for us

Oh, oh, don't pray for love

Oh, oh, say it loud

Just ask the lonely, oh-oh

Just ask the lonely, oh-oh

Pills (pills, pills), have you ever been through life's (through life's), challenges?

Promises? Promises? (Challenges? Promises? Promises?)

Get down (get down), I'm prayin' (I'm prayin')

Let me tell the lost tale about Jacques

Let me tell you how I turned Scott

How I went down on the block

Waterfall around ten o'clock

And how we came up getting all the knots, dodging cops, yeah

'Fore a - had the locks (just ask the lonely)

'Fore a - had the chain, 'fore I had the bops

Always kept my city on me like it was a swatch (just ask the lonely)

Every time we in the party, took it up a notch

Now I'm thinking 'bout this new girl, and she doing pop (oh-oh)

Wanna know my - longer than a Pringle box (don't pray for love)

Tired of seein' these black kids on the face of FOX (oh-oh)

And - CNN, they don't wanna see us win (say it loud)

Mama, don't you worry no, no more, worry no, no more (just ask the lonely)

I'ma take you from the first to the 90th floor

You always told me what I plant, that - gotta grow (just ask the lonely)

And anything I detonate, that shit gotta blow

Pray for y'all

No, oh, oh (whoa)

We don't pray for love, no more, no more (whoa, whoa, whoa)

We don't wanna see you on the cover of a carton (you don't wanna see no more)

We don't wanna see you on the news (no more, no more, no more, no more), all alone

Hm, no, no, no, no, no, no, hm, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no (just ask the lonely)

Hm, no, no, no, no, no, hm, no, no (just ask the lonely)

Hm, no, no, yeah

"Underrated" is an understatement

They tryna test greatness, a - tryna, tryna, tryna get paid

These - fiends watching all of my moves

'Cause the music like crack, got me cooking all day

I'm right here, you know where I stay

And if you don't, then ask your girl, she probably know the way

She like my show lights, she wanna be wifey

She know that if she got me, then she gon' be good for life

So I pull out for the climax, faster than a hi-hat

Sorry, baby, I don't play

And if I did, you know my kids would be ballin'

And my daughter gon' never meet a - like, like me

My-my-my - pull up in that Rolls-Royce

Like they sell that -, boy, shout out to the - Boys

They never pray for us, nobody pray for us

Nobody pray, no, no, no, no, no

Oh, oh, don't pray for love (oh, oh)

Oh, oh, say it loud (oh, oh)

(Just ask the lonely)

Just ask the lonely, oh-oh (just ask the lonely)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pray /preɪ/ B1	verb - To address God with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving.
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ A2	adjective - Sad because one has no friends or company.
demon /ˈdiːmən/ B2	noun - An evil spirit or devil.
lifestyle /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ B1	noun - The way in which a person lives.
aggravated /ˈæɡrəˌveɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - Annoyed or exasperated.
intoxicated /ɪnˈtɑksɪˌkeɪtɪd/ C1	adjective - Affected by alcohol or drugs.
communist /ˈkɑmjənɪst/ B2	adjective - Relating to communism; often used slangily to mean extreme or restrictive.
challenge /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/ A2	noun - A task or situation that tests someone's abilities.
promise /ˈprɑmɪs/ A2	noun - A declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified.
detonate /ˈdɛtəˌneɪt/ C1	verb - To explode or cause to explode.
underrated /ˌʌndərˈreɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - Not rated or valued highly enough.
understatement /ˈʌndərˌsteɪtmənt/ C1	noun - The presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is.
greatness /ˈɡreɪtnəs/ B2	noun - The quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent.
climax /ˈklaɪˌmæks/ B2	noun - The most intense, exciting, or important point of something.
daughter /ˈdɔtər/ A1	noun - A person's female child.

Key Grammar Structures

• Man, I can't take no more of this lifestyle we been living

  ➔ Double negative (colloquial)

  ➔ The use of "can't" and "no more" together emphasizes the refusal of the situation, common in AAVE and informal English.

• If my album never sell, then we gon' hit that lick

  ➔ First Conditional (future possibility)

  ➔ The "If + present, will/going to" structure expresses a specific consequence based on a hypothetical future condition.

• How I went down on the block

  ➔ Wh- clause as a noun phrase

  ➔ The clause "how I went down on the block" functions as the direct object of the verb "tell".

• You always told me what I plant, that shit gotta grow

  ➔ Relative clause with implied object

  ➔ The phrase "what I plant" acts as a noun clause (that which I plant), where the object of the verb "plant" is implied.

• I'ma take you from the first to the 90th floor

  ➔ Future intention (I am going to)

  ➔ "I'ma" is a contraction of "I am going to," used to express a strong future plan or intention.

• They tryna test greatness, a nigga tryna get paid

  ➔ Present Continuous (reduced form)

  ➔ "Tryna" is a reduction of "trying to," showing an ongoing attempt or action.

• She know that if she got me, then she gon' be good for life

  ➔ Second Conditional (hypothetical scenario)

  ➔ Uses past tense "got" to refer to a hypothetical present condition with a future result.

• They never pray for us

  ➔ Present Simple (habitual action)

  ➔ The simple present is used here to describe a recurring lack of care or support from others.