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I wish the way I was livin' could stop |
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Servin' rocks, knowin' the cops is hot when I'm on the block |
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And I - wish my brother would've made bail |
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So I won't have to travel six hours to see him in jail |
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And I - wish that my grandmother wasn't sick |
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Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick (I wish) |
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And I - wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer |
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When the streets get the upper hand understand we lose a brother |
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And I - wish I could go deep in the zone |
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And lift the spirits of the world with words within this song (I wish) |
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And I - wish I could teach us all to fly |
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Take away the pain out your hands and help you hold 'em high |
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And I - wish God had never gave the men power |
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To be able to hurt the people inside the Twin Towers (I wish) |
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And I - wish God would've turned they hearts righteous |
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When they started to take innocent lives and become snipers |
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But uh - we will never break though they devastate |
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We shall motivate, and we gotta pray, all we got is faith |
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Instead of thinkin' about who gon' die today |
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The Lord is gon' help you feel better so you ain't gotta cry today |
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Sit at the light so long |
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And then we gotta move straight forward cause we bite so strong |
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So when right go wrong |
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Just say a lil' prayer, get your money man, life goes on... (Let's go) |
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Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today |
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Take this music and use it, let it take you away |
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And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way |
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I know it ain't easy but - that's okay |
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Just be hopeful |
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I wish that you would show some love |
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Instead of hatin' so much when you see some other people comin' up (I wish) |
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I wish I could teach the world to sing |
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Write some music and have them trippin' off the joy I bring |
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Shit - I wish that we can hold hands |
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Listenin' instead of dissin', lessons from a grown man (I wish) |
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And I - wish the families that lack but got love |
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Get some stacks, brand new shack, and a 'Llac that's on dubs |
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And I - wish we could keep achieving wonders |
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See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder (I wish) |
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You feel me - and I hope all the kids eat |
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And don't nobody in my family see six feet - ya dig? |
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I hope the mothers stand strong |
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You can make it whether you with him or your man's gone (I wish) |
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And I - wish I could give every celly some commissary |
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And no popo bring the heat on our peace like they did R. Kelly |
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And I - wish that D.O.C. could scream again |
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And bullets could reverse and Pac and Biggie breathe again |
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Shit - and one day they can speak again |
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I wish that we only saw good news every time we look at CNN |
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I wish that enemies could talk |
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And that Super-homie Christopher Reeve could still walk (I wish) |
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I wish that we could walk the path stay doin' the right thing |
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Hustle hard so them kids maintain up in the game (Let's go) |
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Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today |
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Take this music and use it, let it take you away |
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And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way |
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I know it ain't easy but - that's okay |
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Just be hopeful |
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Wish the earth wasn't so apocaliptic |
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I try to spread my message to the world the best way that I can give it |
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We can make it, always so optimistic |
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If you don't listen, gotta live my life the best way that I can live it |
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I pray for justice when we go to court |
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Wish it was all good so the country wouldn't have to go to war |
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Why can't we kick it and just 'em on |
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And in the famous words of Mister King, 'why can't we all just get along?' |
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Hope we can find a better way to shop in peace |
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And I - hope we find a better way to cop for keys |
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And I - wish everybody would just stop and freeze |
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And ask - why are fulfilling these downfalls and these prophecies |
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You can be wrong if it's you doubtin' |
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With the faith of a mustard seed, you can move mountains |
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And only the heavenly father can ease the hurt |
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Just let it go and keep prayin' on your knees in church (Let's go) |
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Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today |
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Take this music and use it, let it take you away |
| [03:29.000] |
And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way |
| [03:33.500] |
I know it ain't easy but - that's okay |
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Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today |
| [03:42.450] |
Take this music and use it, let it take you away |
| [03:46.890] |
And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way |
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I know it ain't easy but - that's okay |
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Just be hopeful |
