[Intro]
Black people don't have no, nowhere to go
You know, all we got to do is kick it
We gonna kick it in our hood, you know
What we gonna do, we might
We might go kill a couple of n***as mane
You know, go in they hood and do a drive-by
Then come back in the hood and laugh about that stuff
You know, just sit there and think
Only time you really gonna get deep into it
Is when one of your friends die
Just like when my partners died
(we got some problems)
How do we solve our problems?

[Refrain: Nate Dogg]
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride

[Verse 1: Nate Dogg]
He was my brother
Loved him like no other
To top it off
I introduced him to this game
I knew his mother
Loved her like my mother
A part of me is gone
Why’d you take my brother home?
[Hook: Isaac Reese & Nate Dogg]
What're ya gonna do?
When the trials come
Are ya gonna ride?
Or you gonna run?
What're ya gonna do
First I'm gonna pray
Are ya gonna ride?
You muthafuckin' right

[Refrain: Nate Dogg]
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride

[Verse 2: Kurupt]
I ain't got nothin' but love for you Locs and hogs
And I ain't got nothin' but love for my muthafuckin' dogs
In the mist of the war zone, its on site
Daylight tonight the heat held close and tight
Beware here I come with the DPG on my chest
Heat gonna spit like Elliot Ness
In the darkest zone you feel alone and on your own
And after I bust, n***as call me Kurupt Corleone
All I'm about is money, loot and cash
Homies in the DPG Nate, Snoop and Daz
Now with these emotions how you approach yourself
Knowin' you all about your wealth and as it is to health
First I pray, get my thoughts intact
Ask for forgiveness cause I'm 'bout to lay this n***a flat
Can you adapt, can you feel me? I doubt it
Cause the closest you see it, is when n***as write about it
I can't live without it and it ain't shit I could do
But stay down with the homeys in grey and blue
So just keep the heat close in hand
Cause I done see n***as get shit while they homeboys ran
[Verse 3: Nate Dogg]
Heavenly father shine your light on me
I know I promise to slow down on this weed
Seems I remember someone used to say
One life gets taken, if you take one life away

[Hook: Isaac Reese & Nate Dogg]
What're ya gonna do?
When the trials come
Are ya gonna ride?
Or you gonna run?
What're ya gonna do
First I'm gonna pray
Are ya gonna ride?
You muthafuckin' right

[Refrain: Nate Dogg]
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride
First we pray, then we ride