| Man, I know we had a lot of tragedies lately.
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| I just wanna say rest in peace to Aaliyah,
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| Rest in peace to Left Eye,
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| Rest in peace to Jam Master Jay,
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| And everybody lost in the Twin Towers,
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| And everybody lost period.
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| All we got is HOPE!
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| VERSE 1 (Twista)
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| I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks,
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| Knowing the cops is hot when I’m on the block, And I Wish my brother woulda made bail,
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| So I won’t have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail, 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, And I (I wish)
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| Wish my homies wouldn’t have to suffer,
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| When the streets get the upper had on us and we lose a brother, And I Wish I could go deep in a zone,
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| And lift the spirits of the world with the words with in this song,
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| And I (I wish)
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| Wish I could teach a could teach a soul to fly,
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| Take away the pain out cha hands and help you hold them hi, And I Wish God never gave the men power
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| To be able to hurt the people inside the Twin Towers, And I (I wish)
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| Wish God woulda turned they hearts righteous,
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| When they started to take innocent lives and become snipers, But uh We will never break, though they devistate, we shall motivate,
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| And we gotta pray, all we got is faith.
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| Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day,
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| The Lord is gonna 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, cuz we fight so strong,
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| So when right go wrong,
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| Just say a little prayer, get ya money man, life go on!!!
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| Let’s HOPE!
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| CHORUS (Cee-Lo)
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| Cuz 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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| Let’s be hopeful!
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| VERSE 2 (Twista)
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| I wish that you could show some love,
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| Instead of hatin so much when you see some other people commin up (I wish)
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| I wish I could teach the world to sing,
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| Watch the music and have Ђ?em trippin of the joy I bring, (shiit)
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| I wish that we could hold hands,
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| Listen instead of dissin lessons from a grown man, And I (I wish)
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| Wish the families that lack, but got love, get some stacks
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| Brand new shack and a lack that’s on dubs, And I Wish we could keep achieving wonders,
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| See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder, (you feel me) (I wish)
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| 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 them mothers stain’strong,
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| You can make it whether you wit him or your mans gone, And I (I wish)
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| Wish I could give every celly some commissary,
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| And the po po bring the heat on them priest like they did R. Kelly, And I Wish that DOC could scream again
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| And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie breath again, (shit) (I wish)
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| Then one day they could 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 Reeves could still walk, (I wish)
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| I wish that we could walk a path, stay doin the right thing
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| Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game,
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| Let’s HOPE
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| CHORUS (Cee-Lo)
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| Cuz 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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| Let’s be hopeful!
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| VERSE 3 (Twista)
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| Wish the earth wasn’t so apocalyptic,
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| I try to spread my message to the world the best way 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 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 get em on,
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| And in the famous words of Mr. King ЂњWhy can’t we all just get alongЂќ,
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| 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,
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| And ask way are we fulfillin these downfalls and prophecies,
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| You can be wrong if it’s you doubting,
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| With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains,
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| And only the heavenly father and ease the hurt,
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| Just let it go and keep prayin on your knees in church!
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| And let’s HOPE
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| CHORUS (Cee-Lo) X 2
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| Cuz 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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| Let’s be hopeful!
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