Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Travis Scott
Vocals
The Weeknd
Vocals
Four Tops
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jacques Bermon Webster II
Songwriter
MIKE DEAN
Songwriter
Allen Ritter
Songwriter
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
Songwriter
Benjamin Diehl
Songwriter
Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Weeknd
Producer
MIKE DEAN
Mixing Engineer
Allen Ritter
Co-Producer
Ben Billions
Producer
Illangelo
Producer
Kez Khou
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Stuart Innis
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Oh, oh, don't pray for love
Oh, oh, say it loud
Just ask the lonely, oh-oh
Just ask the lonely, oh-oh
[Verse 1]
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 livin'
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 feelin' kinda lit
Contemplatin' fornicatin', might as well fuck up some shit
They lookin' at me way too crazy, got me feelin' communist
But I'm just tryna 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
[Chorus]
Oh, oh, don't pray for love
Oh, oh, say it loud
Just ask the lonely, oh-oh
Just ask the lonely, oh-oh
[Bridge]
Pills, have you ever been through life's challenges? Promises? Promises?
Get down, I'm prayin'
[Verse 2]
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 gettin' all the knots, dodgin' cops, yeah
'Fore a **** had the locks
'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 thinkin' 'bout this new girl, and she doin' pop
Wanna know my dick longer than a Pringle box
Don't pray for love
Tired of seein' these Black kids on the face of FOX
And fuck 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 ninetieth floor
You always told me what I plant, that shit gotta grow
Just ask the lonely
And anything I detonate, that shit gotta blow
Pray for y'all
[Bridge]
No, oh, oh
Whoa
We don't pray for love 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 all alone
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hmm, no, no, no, no, no, no, hmm, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Just ask the lonely
Hmm, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Just ask the lonely
Hmm, no, no, no, no, no, no, yeah
[Verse 3]
Underrated is an understatement
They tryna test greatness, a **** 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 balling
And my daughter gon' never meet a **** like me
My **** pull up in that Rolls-Royce
Like they sell that coke, boy, shout out to the Coke Boys
They never pray for us, nobody pray for us
Nobody pray, no, no, no, no, no
[Chorus]
Oh, oh, don't pray for love (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh, oh, say it loud (Oh, oh)
Just ask the lonely
Just ask the lonely, oh-oh
Just ask the lonely
Written by: Abel Tesfaye, Allen Ritter, Ben Billions, Carlo Montagnese, DJ Khaled, Jacques Bermon Webster II, MIKE DEAN