Hope

I wish the way I was living could stop

Serving rocks, knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block

And I wish my brother would have made bail

So I won't have to travel six hours to see him in jail

And I wish that my grandmother wasn't sick

Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick

And I ( I wish) wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer

When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother

And I wish I could deep in a zone

And lift the spirits of the world with the words within the song

And I (I wish) wish I could teach us all to fly

Take away the pain out your hands and help you hold them high

And I wish my homie Butch was still alive

And on the day of his death we had never took that ride

And I (I wish) wish that God could protect us from the wrong

So that all the soldiers that were sent overseas come home

And uh, we will never break, though they devastate

We shall motivate, and we gotta pray, all we got is faith

Instead of thinking about who gon' die today

The Lord is gon' help you feel better, so you ain't gotta cry today

Sit at the light so long

And then we gotta move straight forward 'cause we fight so strong

So when right go wrong

Just say a little prayer, get your money, man, life goes on, let's hope

Though I'm hopeful, yes, I am, hopeful for today

Take this music and use it, let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way

I know it ain't easy, but that's okay 'cause we hopeful

I wish that you could show some love

Instead of hating so much when you see some other people coming up

(I wish) I wish I could teach the world to sing

Watch the music and have them tripping off the joy I bring

Shit, I wish that we can hold hands

Listen instead of dissing lessons from a grown man

And I (I wish) wish the families that lack but got love

Get some stacks, brand new shack, and a 'Lac that's on dubs

And I wish we could keep achieving wonders

See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder

You feel me? (I wish) And I hope all the kids eat

And don't nobody in my family see six feet

You dig? I hope the mothers stand strong

You can make it whether you with him or your man's gone

And I (I wish) wish I could give every celly some commissary

And the po-po bring the heat them priests like they did R. Kelly

And I wish that D-O-C could scream again

And bullets could reverse and Pac and Biggie breathe again

Shit (I wish), then one day they could speak again

I wish that we only saw good news every time we look at CNN

I wish we could never get the blues

Wish I could bring back the people that died at E2

(I wish) I wish that we could walk a path, stay doing the right thing

Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game, let's hope

Though I'm hopeful, yes, I am, hopeful for today

Take this music and use it, let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way

I know it ain't easy, but that's okay 'cause we hopeful

Wish the world wasn't so apocalyptic

I try to spread my message the the world the best way that I can give it

We can make it, always be optimistic

If you don't listen, gotta live my life the best way that I can live it

I pray for justice when we go to court

Wish it was all good so the country never even went to war

Why can't we kick and just get 'em on

And in the famous words of Mr. King, why can't we all just get along?

Hope we can find a better way than shoppin' p's

And I hope we find a better way than coppin' keys

And I wish everybody would just stop and freeze

And ask why are we fulfilling these downfalls and these prophecies?

You can be wrong if it's you doubting

With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains

And only the Heavenly Father can ease the hurt

Just let it go and keep praying on your knees at church

Though I'm hopeful, yes, I am, hopeful for today

Take this music and use it, let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful

Though I'm hopeful, yes, I am, hopeful for today

Take this music and use it, let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful

Hopeful

Hopeful