[Intro: Twista]

Man, I know we had a lot of tragedies lately

I just wanna say rest in peace to Aaliyah

Rest in peace to Left Eye

Rest in peace to Jam Master Jay

And everybody lost in the Twin Towers

And everybody lost period

All we got is hope

[Verse 1: Twista]

I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks

Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block, And I

Wish my brother woulda made bail

So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail, And I

Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick

Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick, And I (I wish)

Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer

When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother, And I

Wish I could go deep in a zone

And lift the spirits of the world with the words with in this song, And I (I wish)

Wish I could teach us all to fly

Take away the pain out cha hands and help you hold them high, And I

Wish God never gave the men power

To be able to hurt the people inside the Twin Towers, And I (I wish)

Wish God woulda turned they hearts righteous

When they started to take innocent lives and become snipers, But uh

We will never break, though they devastate, we shall motivate

And we gotta pray, all we got is faith

Instead of thinking about who gonna die today

The Lord is gonna help you feel better, so you ain't gotta cry today

Sit at the light so long

And then we gotta move straight forward, cuz we fight so strong

So when right go wrong

Just say a little prayer, get ya money man, life goes on

Let's hope

[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

'Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am

Hopeful for today

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful

And he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay

'Cause we hopeful

[Verse 2: Twista]

I wish that you could show some love

Instead of hatin so much when you see some other people comin up (I wish)

I wish I could teach the world to sing

Watch the music and have 'em trippin off the joy I bring, (shiit)

I wish that we could hold hands

Listen instead of dissin lessons from a grown man, And I (I wish)

Wish the families that lack, but got love, get some stacks

Brand new shack and a lack that's on dubs, And I

Wish we could keep achieving wonders

See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder, (you feel me) (I wish)

And I hope all the kids eat

And don't nobody in my family see six feet, (ya dig)

I hope them mothers staying strong

You can make it whether you wit him or your man's gone, And I (I wish)

Wish I could give every celly some commissary

And the po po bring the heat on them priests like they did R. Kelly

And I wish that D.O.C. could scream again

And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie breath again, (shit) (I wish)

Then one day they could speak again

I wish that we only saw good news every time we look at CNN

I wish that enemies could talk

And that super homie Christopher Reeve could still walk, (I wish)

I wish that we could walk a path, stay doin the right thing

Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game

Let's hope

[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am

Hopeful for today

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful

And he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy, but that's okay

'Cause we hopeful

[Verse 3: Twista]

Wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic

I try to spread my message to the world the best way I can give it

We can make it always so optimistic

If you don't listen gotta live my life the best way I can live it

I pray for justice when we go to court

Wish it was all good so the country wouldn't have to go to war

Why can't we kick it and just get em on

And in the famous words of Mr. King "Why can't we all just get along"

Or we can find a better way to shop and please, And I

Hope we find a better way to cop a keys, And I

Wish everybody would just stop and freeze

And ask way are we fulfillin these downfalls and prophecies

You can be wrong if it's you doubting

With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains

And only the heavenly father and ease the hurt

Just let it go and keep prayin on your knees in church

And let's hope

[Chorus: Cee-Lo Green]

'Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am

Hopeful for today

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful

And he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay

'Cause we hopeful

[Outro: Cee-Lo Green]

'Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am

Hopeful for today

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful

And he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay

'Cause we hopeful (Hopeful, hopeful)