[Intro]    
G  D/F#  Em  C
G  D/F#  Em  C
G  D/F#  Em  C
Am  Am  D  Dsus4  D


[Verse 1]
G                    D/F#
I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks,
Em                  C
Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block, And I
G               D/F#
Wish my brother woulda made bail,
Em                          C
So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail, And I
G                 D/F#
Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick,
Em                                     C
Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick, And I (I wish)
Am                      Am
Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer,
D                                           Dsus4           D          G
When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother, And I

G               D/F#
Wish I could go deep in the zone,
             Em                            C
And lift the spirits of the world with the words within this song, And I (I wish)
G                            D/F#
Wish I could teach a soul to fly,
              Em                              C
Take away the pain out cha hands and help you hold them hi, And I
          G                     D/F# 
Wish My hommie Butch was still alive
                      Em                       C
And on the day of his death we had never took that ride, And I (I wish)
Am                     Am
Wish that God could protect us from the wrong,
 D             Dsus4                   D              G
so all the soldiers that were sent overseas come home.

G
we would never break,
D/F#
though they devastate,
Em
We shall motivate,
C
And we gotta pray, all we got is faith.
G                              D/F#
Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day,
Em                                      C
The Lord is gonna help you feel better, so you ain't gotta cry today.
G                 D/F#
Sit at the light so long,
Em                                     C
And then we gotta move straight forward, cuz we fight so strong,
Am            Am
So when right go wrong,
  D              Dsus4              D                      G 
Just say a little prayer, get ya money man, life goes on!!!
    G
Let's Hope!


[Chorus]
G                     D/F#    Em            C
Though I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,
G                    D/F#       
Take this music and use it
 Em              C
Let it take you away,
G                D/F#        Em          C
And be hopeful! Hopeful and he'll make a way
  C                       D  Dsus4 D Dsus4
I know it ain't easy but that's okay.
          G
'Cause we hopeful!


[Verse 2]

G                     D/F#
I wish that you could show some love,
Em                                 C
Instead of hatin so much when you see some other people commin up (I wish)
G              D/F#       
I wish I could teach the world to sing,
Em                           C
Watch the music and have 'em trippin of the joy I bring,
G                    D/F#
I wish that we could hold hands,
Em                                     C
Listen instead of dissin lessons from a grown man, And I (I wish)
Am                            Am
Wish the families that lack, but got love, get some stacks
D          Dsus4                  D              G
Brand new shack and a lac' that's on dubs, And I
G                   D/F#
Wish we could keep achieving wonders,
Em                     C
See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder, (you feel me) (I wish)
G                  D/F#
And I hope all the kids eat,
Em                                C
And don't nobody in my family see six feet, (ya dig)
G                   D/F#
I hope them mothers stand strong,
Em                                           C
You can make it whether you with him or your mans gone, And I (I wish)
G                             D/F#
Wish I could give every celly some commissary,
Em                                                  C
And the po po bring the heat on the peace like they did R. Kelly, And I
G                   D/F#
Wish that DOC could scream again
Em                                          C
And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie breath again, (I wish)
G                       D/F#
That one day they could speak again,
 Em                                            C
I wish that we only saw good news every time we look at CNN,
G                    D/F#
I wish we could never get the blues,
Em                                      C
Wish I could bring back the people that died at E2*, (I wish)
Am                               Am
I wish that we could walk a path, stay doin the right thing
D       Dsus4       D                      G
Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game,
     G
Let's Hope!


[Chorus]
G                     D/F#    Em            C
Though I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,
G                    D/F#       
Take this music and use it
 Em              C
Let it take you away,
G                D/F#        Em          C
And be hopeful! Hopeful and he'll make a way
  C                       D  Dsus4 D Dsus4
I know it ain't easy but that's okay.
          G
'Cause we hopeful!


[Verse 3]
G                      D/F#
Wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic,
Em                                        C
I try to spread my message to the world the best way I can give it,
G                     D/F#
We can make it always be optimistic,
Em                                       C
If you don't listen gotta live my life the best way that I can live it,
G                          D/F#
I pray for justice when we go to court,
Em                                        C
Wish it was all good so the country wouldn't have to go to war,
Am                       Am
Why can't we kick it and just get em on,
D             Dsus4           D                                    G
And in the famous words of Mr. King "Why can't we all just get along",
G                              D/F#
Hope we can find a better way to shop and please, And I
Em                               C
Hope we find a better way to cop a keys, And I
G                         D/F#
Wish everybody would just stop and freeze,
Em                                       C
And ask way are we fulfilling these downfalls and these prophecies,
G                      D/F#
You can be wrong if it's you doubting,
Em                            C
With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains,
Am                       Am
And only the heavenly father can ease the hurt,
D            Dsus4           D                 G
Just let it go and keep prayin on your knees in church!!
          G
And let's Hope!


[Chorus] x2

G                     D/F#    Em            C
Though I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,
G                    D/F#       
Take this music and use it
 Em              C
Let it take you away,
G                D/F#        Em          C
And be hopeful! Hopeful and he'll make a way
  C                       D  Dsus4 D Dsus4
I know it ain't easy but that's okay.
          G
'Cause we hopeful!