Momma's Prayers
by JP Cooper (featuring Stormzy)

Album: Under Grey Skies (2017)
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Songfacts®:

  • Stormzy joins JP Cooper on this softly sung ballad, which is dedicated to the pair's respective mothers.

    I witnessed harshness, I've felt darkness in the night
    Shadows may chase me down but your words keep them behind
    You got me covered and I had no idea
    You put your hands together and you dry up all of my tears


    The two artists testify to the way their momma's prayers have protected and guided them.
  • Cooper told HMV.com how the collaboration came about. "Me and Stormzy go way back," he said. "He's been turning up at my shows for years, I've been doing the same at his shows. We've been meaning to get in the studio together for ages and we finally managed to pin each other down for four hours and we wrote this song. We made what we thought was a demo, but we never got back in the studio again to do it properly so we've had to spend some time adding to it on our own."

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