Karaoké Hope NF

Hope

Yeah I'm on my way

I'm comin'

Don't

Don't lose faith in me

I know you've been waitin'

I know you've been prayin' for my soul

Hope

Hope

Thirty years you been draggin' your feet

Tellin' me

I'm the reason we're stagnant

Thirty years you've been claimin' you're honest and promisin' 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 somethin' different

So without further ado I'd like to introduce my

My album

My album, my album

My album, my album

My album, my album

Hope

What's my definition of success

Listenin' to what your heart says

Standin' up for what you know is right while everybody else is

Tuckin' their tail between their legs

What's my definition of success

Creatin' somethin' no one else can

Bein' brave enough to dream big

Grindin' when you're told to just quit

Givin' more when you got nothin' left

It's a person that'll take a chance on somethin' 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 nothin' ain't afraid to walk away from

More profit 'cos they'd rather do somethin' that they really love and take the pay cut

It's 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

It's a person that can take the failures in their life and turn them into motivation

It's believin' in yourself when no one else does

It's amazin'

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 holdin' on to things

I never should've kept

Full of hatred

Years of my life carryin' 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 tryna fill the void

Pretendin' I was in

They get it

Growin' pain's a necessary evil

Difficult to go through yes but beneficial

Some would say havin' 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 healin' process

See if I'd have never hit rock bottom would I be the person that I am today

I don't believe so

I'm 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 gotta be someone you're not to hear the voice of reason

Havin' 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

Standin' by the window

Questionin' if Dad is ever goin' to show up

Isn't somethin' he's gon' have to worry 'bout

Don't get it twisted

That wasn't a shot

Mama I forgive you

I just don't want him to grow up thinkin' that he'll never be enough

Thirty years of runnin'

Thirty years of searchin'

Thirty years of hurtin'

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 sufferin'

Thirty years of torment

Thirty years of Wait

Thirty years of bitter

Thirty years of lonely

Thirty years of pushin' 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 runnin' away

You don't have the guts

You're the one afraid

I'm the one in charge

I'm takin' the No

I'm takin' the reins