HOPE

IntroHCmope
YeGah, I'm on my way, I'm comin'
Cm..Don't, don't lGose faith in me
I know you've bCmeen waiting
I know yoGu've been prayin' for my soul
Cm..Hope, hGope
Cm..Thirty years you been draggin' your fGeet, tellin' me I'm the reason we're stagnant
Cm..Thirty years you've been claiming you're hGonest and promising progress, well, where's it at?
Cm..I don't want you to feel like a faGilure
I know this hurts
Cm..But I gave you your chance to delGiver
Now it's my turn
Cm..Don't get me wrGong
Nate, you've had a great run
Cm..But it's time Gto give the people somethin' different
Cm..So without furth?r ado, IG'd
Like to introduce my
Cm..My album (My album)
My album (My album), my album
My albGum (My album), my album (My album), my album (My album)
My album—
HOPEVerse 1Cm..What's my definition of succ?ss? (Of success)
G..Listening to what your heart says (Your heart says)
Cm..Standing up for what you know is (Is)
RGight, while everybody else is (Is)
Tucking their tail between their legs (Okay)
Cm..What's my definition of success? (Of success)
G..Creating something no one else can (Else can)
Cm..Being brave enough to dream big (Big)
GrGinding when you're told to just quit (Quit)
Giving more when you got nothing left (Left)
It's a pCmerson that'll take a chance on
Something they were told could never happen
It's a peGrson that can see the bright side
Through the dark times when there ain't one
It's when sCmomeone who ain't never had nothin'
Ain't afraid to walk away from more prGofit
'Cause they'd rather do somethin' that they really love and take the pay cut
It's a pCmerson that would never waiver
Or change who they are
Just to try to and gGain some credibility
So they could feel accepted by a stranger
It's a pCmerson that can take the failures in their life and turn them into motivation
It's beliGeving in yourself when no one else does, it's amazing
What a lCmittle bit of faith can do if you don't even believe in you
Why would yGou think or expect anybody else that's around you to?
I done Cmdid things that I regret
I done said things I can't take back
Was a loGst soul at a crossroad who had no hope, but I changed that
I spent yCmears of my life holdin' on to things I never should've kept, full of hatred
YeGars of my life carryin' a lot of baggage that I should've walked away from
YCmears of my life wishin' I was someone different, lookin' for some validation
YGears of my life tryna fill the void, pretending I was in—
They get it InterludeGm..Insidious is blind inception
Eb..What's reality with all these questions?
Cm..Feels like I missed my alarm and slept in
Eb..Slept in
Gm..Broken legs, but I chase perfection
Eb..These walls are my blank expression
Cm..My mind is a home I'm trapped in
Eb..And it's lonely inside this—Verse 2GCmrowing pain's a necessary evil
Difficult to go through, yes, but beneficial
Some would sGay having a mental breakdown is a negative thing
Which on one hand, I agree with
On the oCmther hand, it was the push I needed
To get help and start the healing process, see
If I'd have nGever hit rock bottom
Would I be the person that I am today?
I don't believe so
I'm a pCmrime example of what happens when you choose to not accept defeat and face your demons
Took me thGirty years to realize that if you wanna get that opportunity
To be the greatest vCmersion of yourself, sometimes you got to be someone you're not
To hear the voice of reason
Having kGids will make you really take a step back and look in the mirror
At least for me, that's what it did, I OutroWCmake up every day and pick my son up
Hold him in my arms and let him know he's loved (Loved)
SG/Btanding by the window, questioning if dad is ever going to show up (Up)
Isn't sCmomething he's goin' to have to worry 'bout
Don't get it twisted, that wasn't a shot
Mama, I forG/Bgive you
I just don't want him to grow up thinkin' that he'll never be enough
Thirty years of rCmunning, thirty years of searchin'
Thirty years of hurting, thirty years of pain
Thirty years of fG/Bearful, thirty years of anger
Thirty years of empty, thirty years of shame
Thirty years of bCmroken, thirty years of anguish
Thirty years of hopeless, thirty years of (Hey)
Thirty years of nG/Bever, thirty years of maybe
Thirty years of later, thirty years of fake
Thirty years of hCmollow, thirty years of sorrow
Thirty years of darkness, thirty years of (Nate)
Thirty years of bG/Baggage, thirty years of sadness
Thirty years of stagnant, thirty years of chains
Thirty years of aCmnxious, thirty years of suffering
Thirty years of torment, thirty years of (Wait)
Thirty years of bG/Bitter, thirty years of lonely
Thirty years of pushing everyone away ('Way)
(You'll never evCmolve) I know I can change
(We are not enough) We are not the same
(You don't have the hG/Beart) You don't have the strength
(You don't have the will) You don't have the faith
(You'll never be lCmoved, you'll never be safe
Might as well give up) Not running away
(You don't have the gG/Buts) You're the one afraid
(I'm the one in charge)
I'm taking the— (No)
I'm taking the
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