"Hope" by Twista

9/8/2015

Background Photo by Arun Negi

"Hope"
Written by Carl Mitchell (Twista),
Frederick Taylor (Toxic)
and Thomas Callaway (Cee-Lo)

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 (I wish)
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 within this song, And I (I wish)
Wish I could teach us all to fly
Take away the pain out ya hands
And help you hold them 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 wrongs so that all the soldiers
That were sent overseas come home, And I
[With that God never gave the men power
To be able to hurt the people
Inside the Twin Towers, And I (I wish)
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 today
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 go on
Let's hope

Though 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
Let's be 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 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 (I wish)
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, (you feel me) (I wish)
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 with him
Or your man's gone, And I (I wish)
Wish I could give every celly some coversary
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, (shit) (I wish)
Then one day they could 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
Eddie, too
[I wish that enemies could talk
And that super homie Christopher Reeve
Could still walk, (I wish)]
I wish that we could walk a path
Stay doin' the right thing
Hustle hard so the kids maintain
Up in the game
Let's hope

Though 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
Let's be 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 Mr. King
"Why can't we all just get along"
Or we can find a better way
To shout for peace, And I
Hope we find a better way to cop a keys, And I
Wish everybody would just stop and freeze
And ask why are we fulfillin'
These downfalls and 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
And let's hope

Though 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
Let's be hopeful

Though 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
Let's be hopeful

Twista featuring Faith Evans