Hope-Twista/Faith Evans

[00:19.97]I wish the way I was living could stop serving rocks [00:21.88]Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block and I [00:24.27]Wish my brother woulda made bail [00:25.69]So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail and I [00:28.59]Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick [00:30.25]Or that we would just come up on [00:31.57]Some stacks and hit a lick and I [00:33.06]Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer [00:35.06]When the streets get the upper hand on us [00:36.79]And we lose a brother and I [00:38.05]Wish I could go deep in a zone [00:39.34]And lift the spirits of the world [00:40.45]With the words with in this song and I [00:42.16]Wish I could teach a soul to fly [00:43.70]Take away the pain out cha hands [00:44.81]And help you hold them high and I [00:46.05]Wish my hommie Butch was still alive [00:47.86]And on the day of his death [00:49.42]We had never took that ride and I [00:50.94]Wish God could protect us from the wrong [00:52.82]So that all the soldiers [00:53.73]That were sent over seas come home [00:55.07]We will never break though [00:56.50]They devastate we shall motivate [00:57.98]And we gotta pray all we got is faith [00:59.89]Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day [01:01.76]The Lord is gonna help you feel better [01:03.16]So you ain't gotta cry today [01:04.42]Sit at the light so long [01:05.59]And then we gotta move straight forward [01:07.34]'Cuz we fight so strong [01:08.20]So when right go wrong [01:10.09]Just say a little prayer get ya money man [01:12.26]Life go on let's hope [01:13.16]Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today [01:16.76]Take this music and use it let it take you away [01:21.22]And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way [01:25.67]I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful [01:31.92]I wish that you could show some love [01:33.16]Instead of hatin' so much [01:33.99]When you see some other people comin' up [01:35.40]I wish I could teach the world to sing [01:37.16]Watch the music and have [01:38.44]'Em trippin' of the joy I bring **** [01:40.51]I wish that we could hold hands [01:41.91]Listen instead of dissin' lessons from a grown man and I [01:44.63]Wish the families that lack but got love get some stacks [01:47.22]Brand new shack and a lack that's on dubs and I [01:49.51]Wish we could keep achieving wonders [01:50.81]See the vision of the world through [01:52.23]The eyes of Stevie Wonder you feel me [01:53.83]And I hope all the kids eat [01:55.32]And don't nobody in my family see six feet ya dig [01:57.88]I hope them mothers stand strong [01:59.65]You can make it whether [02:00.67]You wit' him or your man's gone and I [02:02.36]Wish I could give every celly some commissary [02:04.68]And the po po bring the heat on [02:06.05]Them priest like they did R Kelly and I [02:07.63]Wish that DOC could scream again [02:08.92]And bullets could reverse so Pac [02:10.08]And Biggie breath again **** [02:11.18] [02:12.07]Then one day they could speak again [02:13.41]I wish that we only saw good news [02:14.83]Every time we look at CNN [02:16.05]I wish that we could never get the blues [02:17.88]Wish I could bring back the people that died at E2 [02:20.08]I wish that we could walk a path stay doin' the right thing [02:22.49]Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game let's hope [02:24.81]Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today [02:28.18]Take this music and use it let it take you away [02:32.88]And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way [02:37.48]I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful [02:43.30]Wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic [02:44.61]I try to spread my message to the world [02:46.42]The best way I can give it [02:47.62]We can make it always so optimistic [02:48.89]If you don't listen gotta live my life the best way I can live it [02:51.99]I pray for justice when we go to court [02:53.79]Wish it was all good so the country never even went to war [02:56.10]Why can't we kick it and just get em on [02:58.33]And in the famous words of Mr King [02:59.82]"Why can't we all just get along" [03:01.15]Or we can find a better way to shop and please and I [03:03.48]Hope we find a better way to cop a keys and I [03:05.65]Wish everybody would just stop and freeze [03:07.18]And ask way are we fulfillin' these downfalls and prophecies [03:09.97]You can be wrong if it's you doubting [03:11.74]With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains [03:13.98]And only the heavenly father and ease the hurt [03:16.20]Just let it go and keep prayin' on [03:17.71]Your knees in church and let's hope [03:19.07]Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today [03:22.12]Take this music and use it let it take you away [03:26.67]And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way [03:31.31]I know it ain't easy but that's okay [03:35.77]Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today [03:40.29]Take this music and use it let it take you away [03:44.78]And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way [03:49.23]I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful