Not that it's going to make me love him any less... but it kind of pains me to know my favorite artists just sample other people's songs. It seems that Taeyang's "Prayer" is in fact a sample of Chinese music artist, Jacky Cheung's "Cry." Once you hear the original, it's almost funny because it literally sounds like it was chewed up in the 80's and spit back out out in 2008! The opening sounds exactly the same and the chorus' are very similar, except for the difference in tempo. You can never fault the artists for these kinds of things, just their companies. And even though it's obvious that my opinion is insanely bias, Taeyang's version is better. If not because "Prayer" is more catchy, but merely because Taeyang had his shirt off for half the video and... and... well I think that's good enough reason, don't you? And in case you forgot... Yeah... that's what I thought. Jacky Cheung's "Cry". Taeyang's "Prayer". Thanks aznkid for the tip!