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I wish, I wish, I wish |
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To every city |
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I wish, I wish, I wish |
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Every hood |
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I wish, I wish, I wish |
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And every block |
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Ghetto America |
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Rollin' through the hood |
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Just stopped by to say, what's up |
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Came to let you know |
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Your baby boy ain't doing so tough |
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And even though you passed |
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Going on four long years |
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Still waking up late at night, |
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Crying tears |
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Just thinking about those days |
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You used to talk to me |
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Smilin', while I'm sippin' |
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On this Hennesey |
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And remember, |
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We'd brag on how rich we would be |
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To get up out this hood |
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Was like a fantasy |
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And now you hear my songs, |
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The radio is bangin' |
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Oh, I can't believe my ears |
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And what everybody's sayin' |
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And boy, I'll tell ya'll |
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Folks don't know the half |
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I would give it all up |
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Just to take one ride |
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(With you) |
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How I used to kick it |
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On the front porch |
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(With you) |
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And how I used to lay back |
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And smoke weed |
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(With you) |
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And all the little basement |
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Party joints we'd do |
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Now I'm just missing you |
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How I wish |
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I wish that I could hold you now (oh, I) |
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I wish that I could touch you now (oh, I) |
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I wish that I could talk to you |
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Be with you somehow |
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I know you're in a better place |
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Even though I can't see your face |
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I know you're smiling down on me |
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Sayin' everything's okay |
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And if I make it out this thug life |
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I'll see you again someday |
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I wish, I wish, I wish |
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I wish, I wish, I wish |
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Now ever since this money come |
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Been nothing but stress |
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Sometimes I wish I could |
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Just trade in my success |
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Y'all look at me and say, |
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Boy you've been blessed |
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But y'all don't see the inside |
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Of my unhappiness |
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Man, I swear this shit |
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Gets heavy like a ton |
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That's why you hear me shootin' |
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This real shit off like a gun |
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Hmm, I wonder how my friends |
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Would treat me now |
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If I wasn't iced up with a Bentley |
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And a house |
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That's why fake-ass niggas |
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Get fake-ass digits |
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And fake-ass playas |
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Get a real playa hatin' 'em |
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'Honey Love' goes platinum |
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And y'all ass come around |
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But y'all don't wanna raise |
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The roof until my shit is going down |
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And now you hear my songs |
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The radio is bangin' |
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Oh, I can't believe my ears |
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And what everybody's sayin' |
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And boy, I'll tell ya'll |
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Folks don't know the half |
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I would give it all up |
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Just to take one ride |
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(With you) |
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How I used to hoop off |
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In them tournaments |
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(With you) |
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And how I used to club |
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Hop on weekends |
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(With you) |
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Your family called the morning |
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Of the tragic end |
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Damn, my condolences |
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I wish that I could hold you now (oh) |
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I wish that I could touch you now (oh) |
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I wish that I could talk to you |
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Be with you somehow |
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(Oh, I know yeah) |
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I know you're in a better place (oh) |
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Even though I can't see your face (oh) |
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I know you're smiling down on me |
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Sayin' everything's okay |
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And if I make it out this thug life |
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I'll see you again someday |
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I wish, I wish, I wish |
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I wish, I wish, I wish |
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Voices in my head be telling me |
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To come to church |
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Saying, the Lord is the only way |
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For you to stop the hurt |
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Dreaming of windows, |
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Black-tinted like a hurst |
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When waking up to life, |
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Sometimes it seems worst |
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And all I ever wanted |
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Is to be a better man |
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And I try to keep it real |
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With my homies man |
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For me to save the world, |
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I don't understand |
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How did I become the leader |
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Of a billion fans |
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And now you hear my songs |
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The radio is bangin' |
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Oh, I can't believe my ears |
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And what everybody's sayin' |
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And boy, I tell you |
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Folks don't know the half |
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I would give it all up |
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Just to take one ride |
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(With you) |
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How I used to street perform on Friday |
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(With you) |
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And how I'd go to church on Easter Sunday |
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(With you) |
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Instead of y'all throwing them stones at me |
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Somebody pray for me |
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Oh, I wish that I could hold you now |
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(oh, I) |
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I wish that I could touch you now (oh, I) |
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I wish that I could talk to you |
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(talk to you) |
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Be with you somehow |
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(Still I know) |
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But I know you're in a better place |
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(In a better place) |
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Even though I can't see your face (oh, I) |
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I know you're smiling down on me (smilin') |
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Saying everything's okay |
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To all of my homies |
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I wish that I could hold you now (oh) |
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I wish that I could touch you now |
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(right now) |
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I wish that I could talk to you |
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(talk to you) |
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Be with you (be with you) |
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Somehow |
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(Somehow I know) |
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But I know you're in a better place (oh) |
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Even though I can't see your face |
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(See your face) |
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I know you're smiling down on me |
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(smilin') |
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Saying everything's okay |
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My mom, I'm at the crossroads |
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I wish that I could hold you now |
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(of my my, my, my, life) |
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I wish that I could talk to you |
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Come on and braid my hair |
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Come on and braid my hair |
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Come on and braid my hair |
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Come on and braid my hair |
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Come on and braid my hair, |
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My hair |
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I wish that I could hold you now |
[05:18.63] |
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I wish that I could touch you now |
[05:21.58] |
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I wish that I could talk to you |
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Be with you |
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Somehow |