Man I know we had
a lot of tragedies lately
I just wanna say rest in peace to Aaliyah
Rest in peace to Left Eye
Rest in peace to Jam Master Jay
And everybody lost in the Twin Towers
And everybody lost period
All we got is 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 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
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
wish I could teach us all to fly
Take away the pain out cha hands
and help you hold them high and I
wish God never gave the men power
to be able to hurt the people inside
the Twin Towers and I
wish God woulda turned they hearts righteous
when they started to take innocent lives
and become snipers but 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
cuz we fight so strong
So when right go wrong
Just say a little prayer
get ya money man life goes on
'Cause I'm hopeful
let's hope
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 hatin so much
when you see some other people comin up
I wish I could teach the world to sing
Watch the music and have 'em trippin off
the joy I bring shiit
I wish that we could hold hands
Listen instead of dissin lessons
from a grown man and I
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
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 wit him
or your man's gone and I
Wish I could give every celly some commissary
and the po po bring the heat on them
priests like they did R. Kelly and I
wish that D.O.C. could scream again
And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie
breath again
Then one day they could speak again
I wish that we only saw good news
every time we look at CNN
I wish that enemies could talk
And that super homie Christopher Reeve
could still walk
I wish that we could walk a path
stay doin the right thing
Hustle hard so the kids
maintain up in the game
'Cause I'm hopeful
Let's hope
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 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
Wish it was all good
so the country wouldn't have to go 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 way are we fulfillin 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
and ease the hurt
Just let it go and keep prayin
on your knees in church
'Cause I'm hopeful
and let's hope
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 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
'Cause we hopeful
'Cause we hopeful