HOPE

Hope
 Yeah, 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 prayin' for my soul
 Hope
 Hope
 30 years you've been draggin' your feet
 Tellin' 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, l'd
 Like to introduce my
 My album (my album), my album (my album), my album
 My album (my album), my album (my album), my album
 HOPE
 What's my definition of success? (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)
 What's my definition of success? (Of success)
 Creating something no one else can (else can)
 Being brave enough to dream big (big)
 Grinding when you're told to just quit (quit)
 Giving more when you got nothin' left (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 nothin'
 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 the person that would never waiver
 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 amazin'
 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 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 tryin' to fill a void
 Pretendin' I was in-, 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 the 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 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 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
 Mama, I forgive you, I just don't want him to grow up
 Thinking that he'll never be enough
 30 years of runnin', 30 years of searchin'
 30 years of hurtin', 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 sufferin'
 30 years of torment, 30 years of (wait)
 30 years of bitter, 30 years of lonely
 30 years of pushing everyone away ('way)
 (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
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