DMX Prayer - Why "I Miss You" Was Such a Hit

It’s not often that there are hit rap songs that resonate with Christians and rap heads. When DMX dropped I miss you featuring Faith Evans, it made every Christian who loves rap think of the people in their family that have passed that brought them to know Jesus. The only knock on the song was that the name of Jesus was not mentioned explicitly, but the song did at least point people to the Holy Bible.

Why The Song Was Hit For Christian Rap Heads

I remember hearing this song for the first time and falling in love with it. First of all, for a DMX song to not have any cursing was amazing. Secondly, the song brought home real family values. It was not about drugs, killing, or getting money. It was about the things in life that matter most and the people that matter most.

Personally, I gave my life to Christ with my grandma. She was the one who taught me the Lord’s Prayer, she was the one who brought me to church and really showed me the life of someone following Christ. My parents came along later in life, but my grandma first brought me to who Jesus is and taught me what he did for me.

Lyrics to DMX Prayer from “I Miss You”

I know that my Savior livesAnd at the end, He will stand on this EarthMy flesh may be destroyedBut from this body, I will see GodYes, I will see Him for myselfAnd I long for that moment

Grandma, I really miss you, and it ain’t been the sameI drop a tear when I hear your nameMary Ella Holloway, why you gotta be so far away?You used to say, “Don’t worry, it’s gone be okay.”But it ain’t, it’s like when you left, you took the Lord with youWhy could not I come when He came to get you?Damn, I really miss you, I had to say it againI remember the time when I was, like, tenCrept up in the neighbor’s yardBein’ hard headed, you told me I would get it, you said itBoy, did I get it, but after you spanked me, you hugged meKissed me on my forehead and told me that you loved meAnd I saw that it hurt you more than it hurt meI thought, how bad could this hurt be?I know now, that’s why it’s only done out of loveWhat I wouldn’t give for one more hug from grandma

But I’m about to say a couple of family members gonna hate meBut I’m gon’ let you know what’s been goin’ on latelyYou know, since you left, a lot of things ’bout your kids done changedYah, Jackie’s still crazy, and I don’t know what’s up with JamesAin’t seen Jerry in a while, you know he walk like youAnd Rene’s back in jail, you know she talk like youBut Riculah’s doin’ real good now, she workin’Rhonda’s still runnin’ around, trickin’, jerkin’Buckeye’s buggin’, he done lost his mindAnd Jarvis back outta jail, doin’ fineKylie, he done changed it ain’t all about his selfAs for my father, well, that’s somethin’ elseButt that’s my dog he hold his grandmother downMy great grandmother, makin’ a lot of trips outta townBut that’s a good thing if only I could hear you say once moreOh Lord, the comfort it would bring her

You left behind a mother, eleven kids, and eleven grand kidsAnd since then, two of your grand kids then had kidsI had a boy named Tacoma, Xavier’s brotherThat’s right, it was Xavier that made you a great grandmotherI thank you for the best times of my lifeI thank you for when you first met her, accepted and lovin’ my wifeI thank you for those Sunday dinners, they were vitalI thank you for my life, I thank you for the BibleI thank you for the song that you sang in the morning“Amazing Grace” while I’m yawningI thank you for the two beatings you gave meIs that I know somewhere along the lineThe lessons I learned from those two beatin’s saved meWhen you died, I cried like a baby, I begged the Lord to take me‘Cause no one else could give me what you gave meAnd in life, when everything comes to an endI pray that I go to Heaven to see you again, Amen

Baby, it’s gon’ be okay(She used to tell me that)Baby, it’s gon’ be okay now(I really miss hearin’)Baby, it’s gon’ be okay(She used to tell me that)Baby, it’s gon’ be okay now(I really miss hearin’)Baby, it’s gon’ be okay(She used to tell me that)Baby, it’s gon’ be okay now(I really miss hearin’)Baby, it’s gon’ be okay(She used to tell me that)Baby, it’s gon’ be okay now(I really miss hearin’)

Amazing graceHow sweet the sound that saved a wretch like meI once was lost, but now I’m foundWas blind, but now I see, yeah yeah

DMX Prayer – Why “I Miss You” Was Such a Hit

Why The Song Was Hit For Christian Rap Heads

Lyrics to DMX Prayer from “I Miss You”

Music Video for the DMX Prayer Song

Ahne Dumalo

Add comment

Cancel reply

Recent Posts

Boast in Christ Clothing

Categories