HOPE Lyrics
Hope… I’m on my way I’m coming
Don’t… don’t lose faith in me
I know you’ve been waiting…
I know you’ve been praying for my soul…
Hope… hope
30 years you’ve been draggin’ your feet telling me I’m the reason we’re stagnant
30 years you’ve been claiming you’re honest and promising progress, well where’s it at?
I don’t want you to feel like a failure
I know this hurts
But I gave you your chance to deliver
Now it’s my…turn
Don’t get me wrong…
(Nate you’ve had a great run)
But it’s time to…
(Give the people something different)
So without further ado I’d
Like to introduce my…
My album…my album … my album…
HOPE
What’s my definition of success?
Listening to what your heart says
Standing up for what you know is
Right while everybody else is
Tucking their tail between their legs
(Okay)
What’s my definition of success?
Creating something no one else can
Being brave enough to dream big
Grinding when you’re told to just quit
Giving more when you got nothin’ left
It’s a person that’ll take a chance on
Something they were told could never happen
It’s a person that can see the bright side
Through the dark times when there ain’t one
It’s when someone who ain’t never had nothing
Ain’t afraid to …walk away from
More profit ‘cause they’d rather do something that they really love and take the pay cut
It’s person that would never waver
Or change who
They are just to try and gain some
Credibility so they can feel accepted by a stranger
It’s a person that can take the failures in their life and turn ‘em into motivation
It’s believing in yourself when no one else
Does it’s amazing
What a little bit of faith can do
If you don’t even believe in you
Why would you think or expect anybody else
That’s around you to
I done did things that I regret
I done said things I can’t take back
Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had no hope but I changed that
I spent years of my life holding on to things
I never should kept full of hatred
Years of my life carrying a lot of baggage
That I should’ve walked away from
Years of my life wishin’ I was someone different
Lookin’ for some validation
Years of my life trying to fill a void pretending I was…they get it
Growing pain’s 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 but
On the other hand it was the push I needed
To get help and start the healing process see if
I’da never hit rocket bottom would I be the person that I am today I don’t believe so
I’m a prime example of happens when you
Choose to not accept defeat and face your demons
Took me 30 years to realize that if you wanna get the opportunity
To be the greatest version of yourself sometimes you gotta be someone you’re 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 that’s what it did
I wake up every day and pick my son up
Hold him in my arms and let him know he’s loved (loved)
Standing by the window questioning if dad is ever going to show up (up)
Isn’t something he’s gon’ have to worry bout
Don’t get it twisted that wasn’t a shot
Mamma I forgive you I just don’t want him to
Grow up thinking that he’ll never be enough
30 years of running
30 years of searching
30 years of hurting
30 years of pain
30 years of fearful
30 years of anger
30 years of empty
30 years of shame
30 years of broken
30 years of anguish
30 years of hopeless
30 years of (hey)
30 years of never
30 years of maybe
30 years of later
30 years of fake
30 years of hollow
30 years of sorrow
30 years of darkness
30 years of (Nate)
30 years of baggage
30 years of sadness
30 years of stagnant
30 years of chains
30 years of anxious
30 years of suffering
30 years of torment
30 years of (wait)
30 years of bitter
30 years of lonely
30 years of pushing everyone away
You’ll never evolve
(I know I can change)
We are not enough
(We are not the same)
You don’t have the heart
(You don’t have the strength)
You don’t have the will
(You don’t have the faith)
You’ll never be loved
You’ll never be safe
Might as well give up
(Not running away)
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
Reigns…