Mm mm mm
Oh wo
Yeah eah eah
Mm mm
I wish the way I was livin'
could stop servin' rocks
Knowin' the cops is hot when
I'm on the block and I
Wish my brother would've
made bail
So I won't have to travel six
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 understand
we lose a brother and I
Wish I could go deep in the
zone and lift the spirits of the
world with the words within
this song and I
Wish I could teach us all to fly
Take away the pain out your
hands and help you
hold 'em high and I
Wish my homie Butch was
still alive and on the
day of his death we had never
took that ride and I
Wish that God could protect us
from the wrong ao that all the
soldiers that were sent
overseas come home and uh
We will never break though
They devastate
We shall motivate
And we gotta pray
All we got is faith
Instead of thinkin' about
who gon' die today
The Lord is gon' help you
feel better so you ain't
gotta cry today
Sit at the light so long
And then we gotta move
straight forward
'Cause we fight so strong
So when right go wrong
Just say a lil' prayer
Get your money man
Life goes on
Oh 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
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
Write some music and have
them trippin' off the joy I bring
I wish that we can 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 'Lac that's on dubs and I
Wish we could keep achievin'
wonders see the vision of the
world through the eyes of
Stevie Wonder you feel me
And I hope all the kids eat
And don't nobody in my
family see six feet
Ya dig
I hope the mothers
stand strong you can
make it whether you with him
or your man's gone And I
Wish I could give every celly
some commissary and no popo
bring the heat on our peace
like they did R. Kelly and I
Wish that D.O.C. could
scream again
And bullets could reverse and
Pac and Biggie breathe again
Then one day they can
speak again I wish that we
only saw good news every
time we look at CNN
I wish we could never
get the blues
Wish I could bring back the
people that died at E2
I wish that we could walk the
path stay doin' the right thing
Hustle hard so them kids
maintain up in the game
Oh 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
Wish the Earth wasn't so
apocalyptic I try to spread my
message to the world the
best way that I can give it
We can make it always be
optimistic if you don't listen
Gotta live my life the best way
that I can live it
I pray for justice when we
go to court
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 Mister King
Why can't we all just get along
Hope we can find a better way
to shop in peace and I
Hope we find a better way than
coppin' ki's and I
Wish everybody would just
stop and freeze and ask
Why are we fulfilling these
downfalls and these prophecies
You can be wrong if it's
you doubtin'
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
Oh 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
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
Hopeful
Hopeful