[Intro]
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Hope
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I'm on my way, I'm comin'
Don't
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Don't lose faith in me
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I know you've been waiting
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I know you've been prayin' for my soul
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Hope
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Hope
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Thirty years you been draggin' your feet, tellin' me I'm the reason we're stagnant
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Thirty years you've been claiming you're honest and promising progress, well, where's it at?
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I don't want you to feel like a failure
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I know this hurts
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But I gave you your chance to deliver
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Now it's my turn
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Don't get me wrong
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Nate, you've had a great run
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But it's time to
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Give the people somethin' different
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So without furthеr ado, I'd
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Like to introduce my

My album (My album)
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My album (My album), my album
My album (My album), my album (My album), my album (My album)
My album—
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HOPE

[Verse 1]
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What's my definition of succеss? (Of success)
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Listening to what your heart says (Your heart says)
Standing up for what you know is (Is)
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Right, while everybody else is (Is)
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Tucking their tail between their legs (Okay)
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What's my definition of success? (Of success)
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Creating something no one else can (Else can)
Being brave enough to dream big (Big)
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Grinding when you're told to just quit (Quit)
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Giving more when you got nothing left (Left)
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It's a person that'll take a chance on
Something they were told could never happen
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It's a person that can see the bright side
Through the dark times when there ain't one
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It's when someone who ain't never had nothin'
Ain't afraid to walk away from
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More profit 'cause they'd rather do somethin'
That they really love and take the pay cut
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It's a person that would never waver
Or change who they are
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Just to try to and gain some credibility
So they could feel accepted by a stranger
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It's a person that can take the failures in their life and turn them into motivation
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It's believing in yourself when no one else does, it's amazin'
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What a little bit of faith can do if you don't even believe in you
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Why would you think or expect anybody else that's around you to?
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I done did things that I regret, I done said things I can't take back
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Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had no hope, but I changed that
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I spent years of my life holdin' on to things I never should've kept, full of hatred
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Years of my life carryin' a lot of baggage that I should've walked away from
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Years of my life wishin' I was someone different, lookin' for some validation
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Years of my life tryna fill the void, pretending I was in—
They get it

[Verse 2]
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Growing pain's a necessary evil
Difficult to go through, yes, but beneficial
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Some would say having a mental breakdown is a negative thing
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Which on one hand, I agree with
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On the other hand, it was the push I needed
To get help and start the healing process, see
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If I'd have never hit rock bottom
Would I be the person that I am today?
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I don't believe so
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I'm a prime example of what happens when you choose to not accept defeat and face your demons
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Took me thirty years to realize that if you wanna get that opportunity
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To be the greatest version of yourself, sometimes you got to be someone you're not
To hear the voice of reason
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Having kids will make you really take a step back and look in the mirror
At least for me, that's what it did, I

[Outro]
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Wake up every day and pick my son up
Hold him in my arms and let him know he's loved (Loved)
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Standing by the window, questioning if dad is ever going to show up (Up)
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Isn't something he's goin' to have to worry 'bout
Don't get it twisted, that wasn't a shot
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Mama, I forgive you
I just don't want him to grow up thinkin' that he'll never be enough
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Thirty years of running, thirty years of searchin'
Thirty years of hurting, thirty years of pain
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Thirty years of fearful, thirty years of anger
Thirty years of empty, thirty years of shame
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Thirty years of broken, thirty years of anguish
Thirty years of hopeless, thirty years of (Hey)
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Thirty years of never, thirty years of maybe
Thirty years of later, thirty years of fake
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Thirty years of hollow, thirty years of sorrow
Thirty years of darkness, thirty years of (Nate)
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Thirty years of baggage, thirty years of sadness
Thirty years of stagnant, thirty years of chains
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Thirty years of anxious, thirty years of suffering
Thirty years of torment, thirty years of (Wait)
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Thirty years of bitter, thirty years of lonely
Thirty years of pushing everyone away ('Way)
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(You'll never evolve) I know I can change
(We are not enough) We are not the same
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(You don't have the heart) You don't have the strength
(You don't have the will) You don't have the faith
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(You'll never be loved, you'll never be safe)
(Might as well give up) Not running away
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(You don't have the guts) You're the one afraid
(I'm the one in charge) I'm taking the— (No)
I'm taking the
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