Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
F#
G#m
B
D#m
G#m
B
F#
G#m
C#m
D#m
E
Verse 1
B
F#
I wish the way I was living could stop,
Knowing the cops is hot
when I'm on the block, and I
B
D#m
Wish my brother would of made bail,
travel 6 hours to see him in jail, and I
B
F#
Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick
on some stacks and hit a lick, and I
and we lose a brother, and I
B
F#
Wish I could go deep in a zone
with the words with in this song, and I
B
D#m
Wish I could teach a soul to fly
and help you hold them high, and I
B
F#
Wish my homie Butch was still alive
we had never took that ride, and I
that were sent over seas come home and, uh,
B
F#
We will never break, though they devastate,
And we gotta pray, all we got is faith
G#m
The Lord is gonna help you feel better,
so you ain’t gotta cry today
B
F#
Sit at the light so long
G#m
And then we gotta move straight forward,
cause we fight so strong
C#m
D#m
So when right go wrong
get ya money man, life..
Chorus 1
B
F#
G#m
Cause I’m hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today
B
D#m
Take this mu sic and use it
B
F#
G#m
And be hopeful, hopeful and he’ll make a way
C#m
D#m
E
I know it ain’t easy but that’s okay
Verse 2
cause we hopeful
B
F#
I wish that you could show some love
when you see some other people coming up
B
D#m
I wish I could teach the world to sing
and have ‘em tripping off the joy I bring
B
F#
I wish that we can hold hands
from a grown man, and I
C#m
D#m
Wish the families that lack,
Brand new shack and a lack that’s on dubs,
and I
B
F#
Wish we could keep achieving wonders,
through the eyes of Stevie Wonder, you feel
B
D#m
And I hope all the the kids eat
G#m
And don’t nobody in my family see six feet,
(ya dig)
B
F#
I hope them mothers stain’ strong
or your mans gone, and I
C#m
D#m
Wish I could give every celly
some commissary
on them priest like they did R. Kelly, and I
B
F#
Wish that DOC could scream again
and Biggie breath again
B
D#m
(I wish) Then one day they could speak again
every time we look at CNN
B
F#
I wish we could never get the blues
that died at E2
Chorus 2
B
F#
G#m
Cause I’m hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today
B
D#m
Take this mu sic and use it
B
F#
G#m
And be hopeful, hopeful and he’ll make a way
C#m
D#m
E
I know it ain’t easy but that’s okay
Verse 3
cause we hopeful
B
F#
Wish the earth wasn’t so apocalyptic
G#m
I try to spread my message to the world
the best way that I can give it
B
D#m
We can make it, always be optimistic
G#m
If you don’t listen gotta live my life
the best way that I can live it
B
F#
I pray for justice when we go to court
so the country never even went to war
C#m
D#m
Why can’t we kick it and just get em on
“Why can’t we all just get along"
B
F#
Or we can find a better way to shop
and please, And I
to cop a keys, and I
B
D#m
Wish everybody would just stop and freeze
G#m
And ask why are we fulfilling these downfalls
and these prophecies
B
F#
You can be wrong if it’s you doubting
you can move mountains
on your knees at church!
Chorus 3
B
F#
G#m
Cause I’m hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today
B
D#m
Take this mu sic and use it
B
F#
G#m
And be hopeful, hopeful and he’ll make a way
C#m
D#m
E
I know it ain’t easy but that’s okay
Chorus 4
B
F#
G#m
Cause we hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today
B
D#m
Take this mu sic and use it
B
F#
G#m
And be hopeful, hopeful and he’ll make a way
C#m
D#m
E
I know it ain’t easy but that’s okay
Outro 1
B
F#
G#m
Cause we hopeful
B
D#m
G#m
[Fade out]
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