[00:00:00] HOPE - Twista (Carl Mitchell) [00:00:19] I wish the way I was living could stop serving rocks [00:00:21] Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block and I [00:00:24] Wish my brother woulda made bail [00:00:25] So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail and I [00:00:28] Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick [00:00:30] Or that we would just come up on [00:00:31] Some stacks and hit a lick and I [00:00:33] Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer [00:00:35] When the streets get the upper hand on us [00:00:36] And we lose a brother and I [00:00:38] Wish I could go deep in a zone [00:00:39] And lift the spirits of the world [00:00:40] With the words with in this song and I [00:00:42] Wish I could teach a soul to fly [00:00:43] Take away the pain out cha hands [00:00:44] And help you hold them high and I [00:00:46] Wish my hommie Butch was still alive [00:00:47] And on the day of his death [00:00:49] We had never took that ride and I [00:00:50] Wish God could protect us from the wrong [00:00:52] So that all the soldiers [00:00:53] That were sent over seas come home [00:00:55] We will never break though [00:00:56] They devastate we shall motivate [00:00:57] And we gotta pray all we got is faith [00:00:59] Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day [00:01:01] The Lord is gonna help you feel better [00:01:03] So you ain't gotta cry today [00:01:04] Sit at the light so long [00:01:05] And then we gotta move straight forward [00:01:07] 'Cuz we fight so strong [00:01:08] So when right go wrong [00:01:10] Just say a little prayer get ya money man [00:01:12] Life go on let's hope [00:01:13] Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today [00:01:16] Take this music and use it let it take you away [00:01:21] And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way [00:01:25] I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful [00:01:31] I wish that you could show some love [00:01:33] Instead of hatin' so much [00:01:33] When you see some other people comin' up [00:01:35] I wish I could teach the world to sing [00:01:37] Watch the music and have [00:01:38] 'Em trippin' of the joy I bring shit [00:01:40] I wish that we could hold hands [00:01:41] Listen instead of dissin' lessons from a grown man and I [00:01:44] Wish the families that lack but got love get some stacks [00:01:47] Brand new shack and a lack that's on dubs and I [00:01:49] Wish we could keep achieving wonders [00:01:50] See the vision of the world through [00:01:52] The eyes of Stevie Wonder you feel me [00:01:53] And I hope all the kids eat [00:01:55] And don't nobody in my family see six feet ya dig [00:01:57] I hope them mothers stand strong [00:01:59] You can make it whether [00:02:00] You wit' him or your man's gone and I [00:02:02] Wish I could give every celly some commissary [00:02:04] And the po po bring the heat on [00:02:06] Them priest like they did R Kelly and I [00:02:07] Wish that DOC could scream again [00:02:08] And bullets could reverse so Pac [00:02:10] And Biggie breath again shit [00:02:12] Then one day they could speak again [00:02:13] I wish that we only saw good news [00:02:14] Every time we look at CNN [00:02:16] I wish that we could never get the blues [00:02:17] Wish I could bring back the people that died at E2 [00:02:20] I wish that we could walk a path stay doin' the right thing [00:02:22] Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game let's hope [00:02:24] Though I'm hopeful yes I am hopeful for today [00:02:28] Take this music and use it let it take you away [00:02:32] And be hopeful hopeful and He'll make a way [00:02:37] I know it ain't easy but that's okay 'cause we hopeful [00:02:43] Wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic [00:02:44] I try to spread my message to the world [00:02:46] The best way I can give it [00:02:47] We can make it always so optimistic [00:02:48] If you don't listen gotta live my life the best way I can live it [00:02:51] I pray for justice when we go to court [00:02:53] Wish it was all good so the country never even went to war [00:02:56] Why can't we kick it and just get em on [00:02:58] And in the famous words of Mr King