Hopeful

[Intro: Sonta]

You know, life is crazy

We all go through things that sometimes we can't control

We wanna see things changed that we don't have the authority to change

Just have hope, keep faith

[Chorus: Sonta]

Oh, 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

Just be hopeful

[Verse 1: Sonta]

I wish we could get it together

When my heart's up, instead we acting like Chicago's weather

I wish that we could love each other

Hug each other and realize we are sisters and brothers

And I wish that we could stop the killing

Pick a book up, be anti-violent and just stop the drilling

I wish I could bring my cousin back

Decrease the numbers of the deaths that are black-on-black

I wish we wouldn't follow trends

That we would wanna stand out and we wouldn't wanna blend

I wish we could realize the distractions

From what's important and be responsible for our actions

I wish the police would stop killing us

For no remorse and they get off, what's the point of a judge?

I wish my block crew would open their eyes

And see the block don't love you, it's just death in the skies

[Chorus: Faith Evans]

Oh, 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

[Verse 2: Sonta]

I wish women would respect themselves

Realize that the kitty is priceless and protect their health

I wish men would respect us as well

Ladies, we need to stop buying all the dreams that they sell

I could give this message to all my brothers

If you wouldn't make her a wife, then don't make her a mother

We wouldn't depend on the government

They don't care about us no more than we care about them

I wish we gave each other more support

You can count on your hands the number of black-owned stores

I wish we generally cared more

We could really conquer the world, what we scared for?

That we would start to raise these babies right

Don't let them watch Love & Hip Hop, make them watch Nick at Nite

We could love each other 50/50

If Chicago came together, we'd would be a powerful city

[Chorus: Faith Evans]

Oh, 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, 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

[Outro: Sonta & Faith Evans]

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

Just be hopeful

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

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