[00:00.000] 作曲 : Dijon Mcfarlane/Jayson Jackson/Victor Thell/Samuel Jammeh/Damien Farmer/Agape Jerry
[00:10.100] Yeah, first, giving honor to God
[00:12.898] To Ms. Carol who had first brought me and my moms
[00:15.398] To the church where I know I ain't been in so long
[00:17.989] I just pray that when I call, they still pick up the phone
[00:20.605] Yeah, with judgement comin' from all angles
[00:23.698] I'll never defend myself for approval from strangers
[00:26.680] When they don't give a damn about my kids
[00:28.971] Shit, you ain't gotta pray for me, just pray for them
[00:32.000] And pray for my mama, pray for my sis
[00:34.068] Who miss my granny, we need her at times like this
[00:36.836] To think I prayed for the world to be back open
[00:39.500] Just to lose both of my grandparents to COVID
[00:42.310] And pray for every one of my lil' cousins
[00:44.782] We was really more like sisters and brothers
[00:47.501] I gotta thank 'em for sharin' they dad
[00:49.762] 'Cause growin' up, he was really all that I had
[00:52.616] You know, growin' up at a young age, my pops got deported to Jamaica
[00:56.134] And my uncle stepped up and was the father that I never had
[00:58.414] So when I say, like, gotta thank my lil' cousins for sharin' they dad, they really shared they dad with me
[01:02.800] He was the father figure I never had
[01:05.899] And he really part of the reason why I am the way I am today
[01:09.700] And why I'm as successful as I am in this, in this very moment
[01:12.799] Instead of arguin' on live, I should've prayed with Tee FLii
[01:15.201] I could've got straight to the point instead of lettin' jokes fly
[01:18.389] I should've called Ty 'cause he don't struggle with his pride
[01:21.000] If it was up to him, then Pusha still'd be alive
[01:23.240] So, so pray for me, pray for YG
[01:26.254] Pray for PC, pray for TC
[01:29.111] Pray for Reem, H-Jade, and Clean
[01:31.417] India and Ty, forever be the squad
[01:34.103] Gotta pray for Teddy, gotta pray for Lays
[01:36.317] Big S and lil' S, I love 'em both the same
[01:38.957] They a big part of the reason why I didn't bang
[01:41.449] And that's a big part of the reason I'm still here today
[01:44.360] So pray for Migo and pray for Ella Mai
[01:46.646] Everything we done together kept our family straight
[01:49.241] Pray for anybody rockin' the 10 Summers chain
[01:52.041] And any other homies that I didn't name
[01:54.300] Know it's a lot of homies I ain't name and shit, man
[01:56.175] Pray for B-Wade, a real childhood friend
[01:58.271] Pray for Norah, my assistant, man
[01:59.734] Pray for ShaqO, the handicap foo
[02:01.630] Pray for my engineer, David, who been in this mother****er day in, day out, blood, sweat and tears, for five years
[02:06.475] Pray for my **** Dae-Dae and Glove, man, them **** kept us safe so many mother****in' nights
[02:10.773] Pray for my **** Uno too, man, you know?
[02:12.830] I can't do this shit without thankin' that **** K-Dot, man
[02:15.228] He came through, swang through with the number one right before the album dropped, I ain't even need no rollout
[02:19.635] So you gotta pray for him
[02:21.075] Pray for Auntie Diane, Roddy and Keefa too
[02:23.384] And last but definitely not least, you gotta pray for all my kids, Kylan, Kauner, and Kody
[02:27.822] Most definitely gotta pray for the apple of my eye and the love of my life, Brittney
[02:31.540] And Bebe McFarlane, the newest addition to the family
[02:34.075] And even if I ain't say your name, you know what's up with me
[02:36.272] I pray that God direct my steps on this path I'm going
[02:39.300] Give me peace of mind so that I stay focused
[02:41.898] Give me discipline so that I keep going
[02:44.547] To the gym even when results ain't showin'
[02:47.147] Lord, give me the faith I need to move mountains
[02:49.701] Give me financial freedom, know that there's no accountant
[02:51.836] That's more able than you
[02:53.438] There's no problems on this Earth greater than you
[02:56.139] And if it's your will, then let me do everything that I was created to do
[03:00.029] Help me change lives
[03:01.377] Like you changed mines
[03:02.682] Like you changed Mom's
[03:04.038] How could I forget?
[03:05.000] How you made a millionaire out of fifteen cent
[03:07.677] When a dollar and a dream wasn't always what it seem
[03:10.335] Sometime I couldn't see, but I still believed
[03:12.919] And then you made it real, you gave me everything I need
[03:15.574] And all I had to have was the faith of a mustard seed
[03:19.000] So the point of this album is to have faith
[03:21.600] No matter what field of work you in
[03:23.649] No matter what you doin' in life, have faith in it and believe in it at all times
[03:28.300] And especially having God in your life first
[03:31.500] Because in a world full of the devil doing God knows what
[03:34.511] Long as you keep God first, you'll be alright
[03:38.000] I've always had the ultimate confidence
[03:41.093] I've always believed in myself
[03:43.829] And I always tried to be the best I could be
[03:46.500] It was instilled in me as a kid
[03:49.021] When I was making this album, man
[03:51.600] I went through three different titles
[03:53.600] And about a hundred different emotions
[03:55.982] And I just remember a conversation I had with Neil when he was doing "Perfect Ten"
[03:59.885] Said, "Man you should name your album, 'Faith of a Mustard Seed'"
[04:02.480] At that very moment, I didn't know exactly what he meant by it
[04:05.600] But I knew it was something out the Bible
[04:07.885] When I went and I did my research on what "Faith of a Mustard Seed" meant
[04:12.600] It says that with the faith of a mustard seed, God will allow you to move mountains
[04:17.700] And I feel like where I come from, I moved just about every mountain that was in my way
[04:22.500] And still movin' em with the faith of God
[04:26.215] You know, when I was young, you know, when I say, "First giving honor to God"
[04:29.219] To Ms. Carol who had first brought me and my moms
[04:31.268] You know that was, like, that's a real thing
[04:33.067] You know, I moved from the jungles to West LA
[04:35.700] And I met this lady named Carol, her son was a drummer at the church
[04:38.405] And I remember one day I seen her going to church, she was like, "You wanna go to church with me?" And I'm like "Yeah," and I went
[04:43.432] You know I really went 'cause I really wanted to be the drummer
[04:45.425] But Jermaine was always the drummer, so I never became the drummer, or whatever
[04:48.879] But I, um, I went, and I became a member of Believers Community Baptist Church
[04:54.569] And after I went a few times and I became a real member of the church, I got baptized
[04:59.200] And I think after that, I told my mom, well I, guess, my mom was at the baptize ceremony
[05:03.700] But I asked my mom, "Mom, you wanna go to church?"
[05:06.481] And she was like, "Yeah, I'll go" (Yeah, I'll go)
[05:08.500] And my mom never stopped going to church, even when I stopped
[05:11.700] You know? So I guess that was like a sign from God
[05:15.500] And it also brought me and my mom closer
[05:17.850] You know, she lived by
[05:18.859] Alright, you know I'm prayin' for you (You know I'm praying for you always)
[05:21.000] And I don't know, you know, my mom probably gon' be mad at me
[05:23.032] But she used to be real bad at, like, cussin' us out, me and my sisters
[05:25.767] Just start, like, cussin' like, "Get your ass in the house," you know, that type of thing (Get your ass in the house)
[05:28.904] But uh, you know, once she, once she, she went to church, it kind of like changed her for the better
[05:35.446] You know, and it, uh, softened her up a lil' bit
[05:38.048] And I never told her that, but, uh
[05:40.500] I think that was the best thing that ever happened to me and her
[05:43.658] You know, 'cause it was me and her, my sister moved to Atlanta with her husband and stuff
[05:46.953] And had her own family
[05:47.900] Recently just moved 'em back here to be closer to us, but
[05:51.000] You know, um
[05:53.400] Not to make it about that, but
[05:55.376] For the most part, man, I just want everybody out there, you know
[05:58.153] You've been watchin' me this whole time
[06:00.162] Studyin' my career and you watchin' my whole journey
[06:03.800] You've seen me grow, you've seen who I am, you've seen who I've become
[06:07.064] You've seen how I'm into my kids 'cause I didn't have a father, I had my uncle, but he taught me how to be a father
[06:12.200] And, uh, I always admired that about him, that he took me in like I was his son that he never had 'cause he only got daughters
[06:18.100] But, um, it made me be the best father that I could be and know that, you know
[06:23.673] Not to never take that for granted 'cause all you got is time and you can't get time back
[06:28.850] Um, but to the fans, you know, the little kids, the little producers in the hood that look at me and look at it like it's too far
[06:37.622] It's really not, I came exactly from where you come from
[06:40.750] And anything is possible with the faith
[06:44.100] And hard work gon' always beat talent, every time
[06:48.730] So I want you to understand, you know
[06:50.677] You can do anything you put your mind to
[06:52.682] "Faith of a Mustard Seed" is a, is a testimony of me, just, you know, growing and bein'
[06:57.138] Who I knew I always could be and who I was gon' always strive to be
[07:00.126] No matter what, nobody could've gotten in the way of me being who I am
[07:03.700] And to show you that nobody can get in the way of you
[07:06.700] Until next time
[07:09.900] And, oh, yeah
[07:11.080] If you ever in doubt of what I'm thinking about you, just know I'm praying for you
[07:15.700] So you should pray for me too