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 woulda made bail
so i won't have to travel 6 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 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 could teach a soul to fly
take away the pain out your hands and help you hold them high
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 soldiers that were sent over seas come home
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
sso you ain't 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
let's HOPE
cuz 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
cuz we're 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 trippin of the joy i bring
(shit)
i wish that we could 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 staying 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 on them 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
let's HOPE
cuz 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
cuz we're hopeful
wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic
i try to spread my message to the world the best way i can give it
we can make it always so optimistic
if you don't listen gotta live my life the best way i can live it
i pray for justice when we go to court
(i wish)
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 (i wish)
wish everybody would just stop and freeze
and ask why are we fulfilling these downfalls and 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 prayin on your knees in church
and let's HOPE
cuz i'm hopeful
yes i amhopeful 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
cuz we're hopeful
