Hope
I'm on my way, I'm coming
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' your rightness
And promisin' progress, but where's it at?
I don't want you to feel like a failure (failure)
I know this hurts (hurts)
But I gave you your chance to deliver
But now it's my turn
Don't get me wrong, nature had a great run
But it's time to give the people somethin' different
So without further ado, I'd like to introduce
My album, my album, my album, my album, my album, my album
Hop?
What's my definition of success?
Listening to what your h?art 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 could
Bein' great enough to dream big
Grindin' when you're told to just quit
Givin' more when you got nothin' left
It's a person that I'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 someone who ain't never had nothin'
Ain't afraid to walk away from more perfect
'Cause they rather do somethin' they really lovin' than takin' a paycut
It's a person who would never waiver
Or change who they are
Just to try to gain some credibility
So they could feel accepted by a stranger
It's a person that take the failures in their life and turn them into motivation
It's believin' in yourself when no one else does, it's amazing
What a little bit of faith can't 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 thing I regret
I done said things I can't take back
Was a lost soul at a cross road with no hope, but I changed that
I spent years on my life holdin' on to things I never shouldn't have kept, full of hatred
Years on my life carryin' a lot of baggage that I should've walked away from
Years on 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
Growing pain's a necessary evil
Difficult to go through, yes, but beneficial
Someone say having a mental breakdown is a negative thing
Was the push I needed to get help I needed and start the healing process
If I never hit rock bottom
Would I be the person I am today?
I don't believe so
Choose to not accept defeat
It took me thirty years to realize if you want to get the opportunity to be the best version of yourself
Sometimes you got to be someone you're not
If you really take a step back
At least for me that's what I did

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 goin' to have to worry about
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 feeling
Thirty years of searching
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 hate
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 hate
Thirty years of baggage
Thirty years of sadness
Thirty years of stagnant
Thirty years of change
Thirty years of anxious
Thirty years of suffering
Thirty years of torment

Thirty years of hate
Thirty years of bitter
Thirty years of lonely
Thirty years of questioning 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
I just wanna give up
Not running away

You don't have the guts
You're the one afraid
I'm the one in charge (no)
I'm taking the
I'm taking the
Reins