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've 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 go deep in the 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 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 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 gonna die to day
The Lord is gonna 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 ya money man, life goes on

Yo 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 'em tripping off the joy I bring
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 lack 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 (Ya dig)
I hope them mothers stand strong
You can make it whether you with him or your mans gone, and I (I wish)
Wish I could give every celly some commissary
And the po-po bring the heat on them priest like they did R. Kelly, and I

Wish that DOC could scream again
And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie breathe again, (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 that we could walk a path, stay doing the right thing
Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game, let's hope

Yo 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 earth wasn't so apocalyptic
I try to spread my message to 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 it and just get 'em on
And in the famous words of Mr. King, "Why can't we all just get along?"

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 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
And let's hope

Yo 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