[Part I] ~#**************#~ [Intro] ~#**************#~ Hope ~#**************#~ Yeah, Im on my way, Im comin ~#**************#~ Dont ~#**************#~ Dont lose faith in me ~#**************#~ I know youve been waiting ~#**************#~ I know youve been prayin for my soul ~#**************#~ Hope ~#**************#~ Hope ~#**************#~ Thirty years you been draggin your feet, tellin me Im the reason were stagnant ~#**************#~ Thirty years youve been claiming youre honest and promising progress, well, wheres it at? ~#**************#~ I dont want you to feel like a failure ~#**************#~ I know this hurts ~#**************#~ But I gave you your chance to deliver ~#**************#~ Now its my turn ~#**************#~ Dont get me wrong ~#**************#~ Nate, youve had a great run ~#**************#~ But its time to ~#**************#~ Give the people somethin different ~#**************#~ So without furthеr ado, Id ~#**************#~ Like to introduce my ~#**************#~ My album (My album) ~#**************#~ My album (My album), my album ~#**************#~ My album (My album), my album (My album), my album (My album) ~#**************#~ My album— ~#**************#~ HOPE ~#**************#~ [Verse 1] ~#**************#~ Whats my definition of succеss? (Of success) ~#**************#~ Listening to what your heart says (Your heart says) ~#**************#~ Standing up for what you know is (Is) ~#**************#~ Right, while everybody else is (Is) ~#**************#~ Tucking their tail between their legs (Okay) ~#**************#~ Whats my definition of success? (Of success) ~#**************#~ Creating something no one else can (Else can) ~#**************#~ Being brave enough to dream big (Big) ~#**************#~ Grinding when youre told to just quit (Quit) ~#**************#~ Giving more when you got nothing left (Left) ~#**************#~ Its a person thatll take a chance on ~#**************#~ Something they were told could never happen ~#**************#~ Its a person that can see the bright side ~#**************#~ Through the dark times when there aint one ~#**************#~ Its when someone who aint never had nothin ~#**************#~ Aint afraid to walk away from ~#**************#~ More profit cause theyd rather do somethin ~#**************#~ That they really love and take the pay cut ~#**************#~ Its a person that would never waver ~#**************#~ Or change who they are ~#**************#~ Just to try and gain some credibility ~#**************#~ So they could feel accepted by a stranger ~#**************#~ Its a person that can take the failures in their life and turn them into motivation ~#**************#~ Its believing in yourself when no one else does, its amazin ~#**************#~ What a little bit of faith can do if you dont even believe in you ~#**************#~ Why would you think or expect anybody else thats around you to? ~#**************#~ I done did things that I regret, I done said things I cant take back ~#**************#~ Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had no hope, but I changed that ~#**************#~ I spent years of my life holdin on to things I never shouldve kept, full of hatred ~#**************#~ Years of my life carryin a lot of baggage that I shouldve walked away from ~#**************#~ Years of my life wishin I was someone different, lookin for some validation ~#**************#~ Years of my life tryna fill the void, pretending I was in— ~#**************#~ They get it ~#**************#~ [Verse 2] ~#**************#~ Growing pains a necessary evil ~#**************#~ Difficult to go through, yes, but beneficial ~#**************#~ Some would say having a mental breakdown is a negative thing ~#**************#~ Which on one hand, I agree with ~#**************#~ On the other hand, it was the push I needed ~#**************#~ To get help and start the healing process, see if ~#**************#~ Id have never hit rock bottom, would I be the person that I am today? I dont believe so ~#**************#~ Im a prime example of what happens when you choose to not accept defeat and face your demons ~#**************#~ Took me thirty years to realize that if you wanna get that opportunity to be the ~#**************#~ Greatest version of yourself, sometimes you got to be someone youre not to hear the voice of reason ~#**************#~ Having kids will make you really take a step back and look in the mirror, at least for me, thats what it did, I ~#**************#~ [Part II] ~#**************#~ [Outro] ~#**************#~ Wake up every day and pick my son up, hold him in my arms and let him know hes loved (Loved) ~#**************#~ Standing by the window, questioning if Dad is ever going to show up (Up) ~#**************#~ Isnt something hes gon have to worry bout, dont get it twisted, that wasnt a shot ~#**************#~ Mama, I forgive you, I just dont want him to grow up thinkin that hell never be enough ~#**************#~ Thirty years of running, thirty years of searchin ~#**************#~ Thirty years of hurting, thirty years of pain ~#**************#~ Thirty years of fearful, thirty years of anger ~#**************#~ Thirty years of empty, thirty years of shame ~#**************#~ Thirty years of broken, thirty years of anguish ~#**************#~ Thirty years of hopeless, thirty years of (Hey) ~#**************#~ Thirty years of never, thirty years of maybe ~#**************#~ Thirty years of later, thirty years of fake ~#**************#~ Thirty years of hollow, thirty years of sorrow ~#**************#~ Thirty years of darkness, thirty years of (Nate) ~#**************#~ Thirty years of baggage, thirty years of sadness ~#**************#~ Thirty years of stagnant, thirty years of chains ~#**************#~ Thirty years of anxious, thirty years of suffering ~#**************#~ Thirty years of torment, thirty years of (Wait) ~#**************#~ Thirty years of bitter, thirty years of lonely ~#**************#~ Thirty years of pushing everyone away (‘Way) ~#**************#~ (Youll never evolve) I know I can change ~#**************#~ (We are not enough) We are not the same ~#**************#~ (You dont have the heart) You dont have the strength ~#**************#~ (You dont have the will) You dont have the faith ~#**************#~ (Youll never be loved, youll never be safe) ~#**************#~ (Might as well give up) Not running away ~#**************#~ (You dont have the guts) Youre the one afraid ~#**************#~ (Im the one in charge) Im taking the— (No) ~#**************#~ Im taking the ~#**************#~ Reins