This is how I pray Ev’ryone here is my friend Ev’ryone knows who I am Ev’ryone knows I need help Better than I do myself Ev’ryone can what I can’t Ev’ryone comes to comment Ev’ryone here understands What I said is not what I meant This is how I pray Trust me, when I say Haters will hate Lovers will fade Nothing will stay This is how I pray Some of them say I’m not bright Some tell me that I am trite The only thing that they get right Is that I’m ev’rything that they dislike Some do not like what I write Some are afraid I will bite And ev’ryone gives me advice How I should better be living my life This is how I pray Trust me, when I say Haters will hate Lovers will fade Nothing will stay This is how I pray Ev’ryone’s cussing my name Ev’ryone comes to complain Ev’ryone loves to explain Why I am the one who’s to blame It’s not about what I say It’s not about what I do It’s that All that you hate about me Is what you hate about you [Ev’ryone, ev’ryone] Deep in the night when you sleep Nothing is quite what it seems But I will be there To sing you a prayer Every time when we meet This is how I pray Trust me, when I say Haters will hate Lovers will fade Nothing will stay This is how I pray