Hope

I feel you

To every girl who ain't never have a daddy

And every boy who ain't never have a mother

To that pretty woman lost in the world

Who seem to think another man won't love her

All the homies locked up in the pen

Who could never seem to dodge that trouble

Hold your head up high 'cause there's better days

Hard times, I was praying for them better ways

I don't know a ****'s struggle but I know the pain

Cold world but a **** tryna maintain

Still praying for a little change

Bills due and I can't pay

Or when your money running low, when your rent late

And doc say granny going after thirty days

You don't even know the half of my heartache

Too many I done lost, it's a heartbreak

And they wonder why this young **** going hard

I done came too far from my boulevard

Couple war wounds, a few battle scars

But I'm still here living, gotta thank God

It's a cold world, it don't love you

Funny what a little faith and the hope do

Lord

And I know my momma praying for me

And my granny praying for me

I'm hustling for my family and that's every day and night

And the day I witnessed my daughter born

It was the greatest day of my life, my life

Aye, take a look in my eyes

Look how far a **** came

You can search my soul

You understand my pain

****, trust nobody

And that probably never change

With a little bit of hope

You can reach your dreams

For anybody who done never had a dream

You are just like me

Still believing in myself even when them **** hated

And they told me that it could not be

You's a motherfucking lie

Motivate a **** when you see him on the block

Tell me how it feel when you struggle with the bills

And your momma take pills and you've never seen your pop

That put a dent right into my childhood

Still praying that I wanna live good

Selling dope get you hoes and them nice cars

I'm just thinking if I really should

Small city, young **** with a mindset

Ain't never tryna be another convict

See, I can't lose and I won't quit

Long as God in my heart then I'm conscious

'Member when they said I wouldn't be shit?

People doubted that I ever had a gift

Who the fuck are you to judge me, ****?

I will never let 'em sink my ship

Through the trials and tribulations

****, still I stand

Thank God in advance

And I know my momma praying for me

And my granny praying for me

I'm hustling for my family and that's every day and night

And the day I witnessed my daughter born

It was the greatest day of my life, my life

Aye, take a look in my eyes

Look how far a **** came

You can search my soul

You understand my pain

****, trust nobody

And that probably never change

With a little bit of hope

You can reach your dreams

Growing up I wanted to be like Jordan

Even though I couldn't really afford it

Who's to say I can't be an Obama

A Tiger Woods worth about a billion dollars

E'rybody wanna sell a little coke

'Cause it's cool to them ****, you know

Don't nobody wanna be another judge

Young **** only looking for the plug

Hope, watch your momma doing dope

Daddy locked in the pen

And you on your own

Gotta keep your head up

When you're tired and fed up

Better days gonna come

Better days gonna come

And I know my momma praying for me

And my granny praying for me

I'm hustling for my family and that's every day and night

And the day I witnessed my daughter born

It was the greatest day of my life, my life

Aye, take a look in my eyes

Look how far a **** came

You can search my soul

You understand my pain

****, trust nobody

And that probably never change

With a little bit of hope

You can reach your dreams