I Wish-R. Kelly

[00:01.72]I wish, I wish, I wish [00:03.70]To every city [00:04.68]I wish, I wish, I wish [00:06.46]Every hood [00:06.99] [00:07.50]I wish, I wish, I wish [00:08.84]And every block [00:09.56] [00:10.46]Ghetto America [00:11.34] [00:12.82]Rollin' through the hood [00:13.67]Just stopped by to say, what's up [00:15.25] [00:15.78]Came to let you know [00:16.54]Your baby boy ain't doing so tough [00:18.44] [00:19.09]And even though you passed [00:20.18]Going on four long years [00:21.95]Still waking up late at night, [00:23.59]Crying tears [00:24.71] [00:25.44]Just thinking about those days [00:27.02]You used to talk to me [00:28.64]Smilin', while I'm sippin' [00:29.71]On this Hennesey [00:30.70] [00:31.48]And remember, [00:32.17]We'd brag on how rich we would be [00:34.68]To get up out this hood [00:35.96]Was like a fantasy [00:36.81]And now you hear my songs, [00:38.06]The radio is bangin' [00:39.77]Oh, I can't believe my ears [00:41.09]And what everybody's sayin' [00:42.98] [00:43.72]And boy, I'll tell ya'll [00:44.60]Folks don't know the half [00:46.09]I would give it all up [00:47.49]Just to take one ride [00:49.04](With you) [00:49.98]How I used to kick it [00:51.19]On the front porch [00:52.12](With you) [00:52.74]And how I used to lay back [00:54.23]And smoke **** [00:54.86](With you) [00:55.64]And all the little basement [00:56.84]Party joints we'd do [00:58.81]Now I'm just missing you [01:00.82]How I wish [01:01.87]I wish that I could hold you now (oh, I) [01:04.96]I wish that I could touch you now (oh, I) [01:07.78]I wish that I could talk to you [01:09.62] [01:10.17]Be with you somehow [01:12.18] [01:12.86]I know you're in a better place [01:16.20] [01:16.93]Even though I can't see your face [01:19.09] [01:19.99]I know you're smiling down on me [01:22.08]Sayin' everything's okay [01:24.99] [01:28.14]And if I make it out this thug life [01:29.95]I'll see you again someday [01:31.49] [01:32.76]I wish, I wish, I wish [01:34.87] [01:35.78]I wish, I wish, I wish [01:38.00]Now ever since this money come [01:39.11]Been nothing but stress [01:40.15] [01:40.87]Sometimes I wish I could [01:42.06]Just trade in my success [01:43.26] [01:44.07]Y'all look at me and say, [01:45.62]Boy you've been blessed [01:47.05]But y'all don't see the inside [01:48.49]Of my unhappiness [01:49.59] [01:50.12]Man, I swear this **** [01:51.23]Gets heavy like a ton [01:52.64]That's why you hear me shootin' [01:53.86]This real **** off like a gun [01:55.93]Hmm, I wonder how my friends [01:57.48]Would treat me now [01:58.90]If I wasn't iced up with a Bentley [02:00.77]And a house [02:01.69]That's why fake-ass ****** [02:03.09]Get fake-ass digits [02:04.47]And fake-ass playas [02:06.18]Get a real playa hatin' 'em [02:08.33]'Honey Love' goes platinum [02:09.68]And y'all ass come around [02:11.22]But y'all don't wanna raise [02:12.35]The roof until my **** is going down [02:14.21]And now you hear my songs [02:15.24]The radio is bangin' [02:16.80]Oh, I can't believe my ears [02:18.21]And what everybody's sayin' [02:19.85] [02:20.86]And boy, I'll tell ya'll [02:21.85]Folks don't know the half [02:23.23]I would give it all up [02:24.53]Just to take one ride [02:26.05](With you) [02:27.04]How I used to hoop off [02:28.45]In them tournaments [02:29.20](With you) [02:29.97]And how I used to club [02:31.16]Hop on weekends [02:31.96](With you) [02:32.90]Your family called the morning [02:34.22]Of the tragic end [02:36.16]Damn, my condolences [02:38.29] [02:38.85]I wish that I could hold you now (oh) [02:41.48] [02:41.99]I wish that I could touch you now (oh) [02:44.95]I wish that I could talk to you [02:46.86] [02:47.40]Be with you somehow [02:49.13] [02:49.90](Oh, I know yeah) [02:51.03]I know you're in a better place (oh) [02:54.00]Even though I can't see your face (oh) [02:56.41] [02:57.01]I know you're smiling down on me [02:59.03]Sayin' everything's okay [03:01.99] [03:05.25]And if I make it out this thug life [03:07.15]I'll see you again someday [03:08.85] [03:09.93]I wish, I wish, I wish [03:11.94] [03:12.95]I wish, I wish, I wish [03:15.21]Voices in my head be telling me [03:16.90]To come to church [03:18.11]Saying, the Lord is the only way [03:19.53]For you to stop the hurt [03:21.15]Dreaming of windows, [03:22.54]Black-tinted like a hurst [03:24.42]When waking up to life, [03:25.78]Sometimes it seems worst [03:27.97]And all I ever wanted [03:29.06]Is to be a better man [03:31.20]And I try to keep it real [03:32.65]With my homies man [03:34.32]For me to save the world, [03:35.74]I don't understand [03:37.24]How did I become the leader [03:38.58]Of a billion fans [03:39.27]And now you hear my songs [03:40.34]The radio is bangin' [03:41.63]Oh, I can't believe my ears [03:43.19]And what everybody's sayin' [03:45.03] [03:46.02]And boy, I tell you [03:46.87]Folks don't know the half [03:48.58]I would give it all up [03:49.73]Just to take one ride [03:50.94](With you) [03:51.85]How I used to street perform on Friday [03:54.15](With you) [03:54.90]And how I'd go to church on Easter Sunday [03:56.98](With you) [03:57.78]Instead of y'all throwing them stones at me [04:00.76] [04:01.90]Somebody pray for me [04:03.11]Oh, I wish that I could hold you now [04:05.89](oh, I) [04:07.01]I wish that I could touch you now (oh, I) [04:10.12]I wish that I could talk to you [04:11.66](talk to you) [04:12.50]Be with you somehow [04:13.98] [04:14.67](Still I know) [04:15.56] [04:16.17]But I know you're in a better place [04:18.00](In a better place) [04:19.43]Even though I can't see your face (oh, I) [04:22.19]I know you're smiling down on me (smilin') [04:24.54]Saying everything's okay [04:26.05] [04:26.80]To all of my homies [04:28.21]I wish that I could hold you now (oh) [04:31.30]I wish that I could touch you now [04:33.06](right now) [04:34.19]I wish that I could talk to you [04:35.77](talk to you) [04:36.74]Be with you (be with you) [04:38.09]Somehow [04:38.27] [04:38.93](Somehow I know) [04:40.56]But I know you're in a better place (oh) [04:43.23]Even though I can't see your face [04:45.15](See your face) [04:46.58]I know you're smiling down on me [04:48.17](smilin') [04:48.57]Saying everything's okay [04:50.47] [04:51.05]My mom, I'm at the crossroads [04:52.95]I wish that I could hold you now [04:54.45](of my my, my, my, life) [04:57.42] [04:58.79]I wish that I could talk to you [05:00.15]Come on and braid my hair [05:01.68] [05:03.39]Come on and braid my hair [05:04.98] [05:06.39]Come on and braid my hair [05:08.35] [05:09.21]Come on and braid my hair [05:11.47] [05:12.40]Come on and braid my hair, [05:14.74]My hair [05:15.88] [05:16.80]I wish that I could hold you now [05:18.63] [05:19.85]I wish that I could touch you now [05:21.58] [05:22.92]I wish that I could talk to you [05:24.67] [05:25.35]Be with you [05:26.48]Somehow