[Verse 1 (Twista)]
I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks,
Knowing the cops is hot when Iâm on the block, And I
Wish my brother woulda made bail,
So I wonât have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail, And I
Wish that my grandmother wasnât sick,
Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick, And I (I wish)
Wish my homies wouldnât have to suffer,
When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother, And I
Wish I could go deep in a zone,
And lift the spirits of the world with the words with in this song, And I (I wish)
Wish I could teach a soul to fly,
Take away the pain out cha hands and help you hold them hi, And I
Wish my hommie Butch was still alive
And on the day of his death we had never took that ride, And I (I wish)
Wish God could protect us from the wrong
So that all the solders that were sent over seas come home And a
We will never break, though they devastate, we shall motivate,
And we gotta pray, all we got is faith.
Instead of thinking about who gonna die today,
The Lord is gonna help you feel better, so you ainât gotta cry today.
Sit at the light so long,
And then we gotta move straight forward, cuz we fight so strong,
So when right go wrong,
Just say a little prayer, get ya money man, life go on!!!
Letâs HOPE!
[Chorus (Faith Evans)]
Cuz Iâm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,
Take this music and use it
Let it take you away,
And be hopeful (hopeful) and heâll make a way
I know it ainât easy but thatâs okay.
cause we hopeful
[Verse 2 (Twista)]
I wish that you could show some love,
Instead of hatin so much when you see some other people comin' up (I wish)
I wish I could teach the world to sing,
Watch the music and have âem trippin of the joy I bring,
I wish that we can hold hands,
Listen instead of dissin 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 lack thatâs 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 donât nobody in my family see six feet, (ya dig)
I hope them mothers stainâ strong,
You can make it whether you wit 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 on the priest like they did R. Kelly, And I
Wish that DOC could scream again
And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie breath 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 that we could never get the blues,
Wish I could bring back the people that died, Eddy too
I wish that we could walk a path, stay doin' the right thing
Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game,
Letâs HOPE
[Chorus (Faith Evans)]
Tho' Iâm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,
Take this music and use it
Let it take you away,
And be hopeful (hopeful) and heâll make a way
I know it ainât easy but thatâs okay.
cause we hopeful
[Verse 3 (Twista)]
Wish the earth wasnât so apocalyptic,
I try to spread my message to the world the best way I can give it,
We can make it always be optimistic,
If you donât 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 canât we kick it and just get em on,
And in the famous words of Mr. King âWhy canât we all just get along?â,
Or we can find a better way to shop and please, And I
Hope we find a better way to cop a keys, And I
Wish everybody would just stop a priest,
And ask "Why are we fulfillin' these downfalls and these prophecies?"
You can be wrong if itâs 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 prayin on your knees in church!
And letâs HOPE
[Chorus (Faith Evans) X2]
Oh Iâm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,
Take this music and use it
Let it take you away,
And be hopeful (hopeful) and heâll make a way
I know it ainât easy but thatâs okay.
'cause we hopeful