Shaggy, Mister Mydas - Hope lyrics

I remember, wasn't so long ago
We had a one room shack
And the livin' was low
And my mama by herself raised me and my bro
Wasn't easy
But we did it with the little that go
Worked hard, got us up for school every day
And kept her eyes on the stars
When the skies were gray
Gave us pride to survive
Really showed us the way
Now I really understood what she
Was tryin' to say

She said, "Son there'll be times when
The tides are high
And the boat may be rocky, you can cry
Just never give up
You can never give up, " uh uh
In this life you could lead
If you only believe
And in order to achieve what you need
You can never give up you can never give up

And this hope that keep me holding on
On and on and this hope
That makes me carry on on and on

Boom boom, couldn't have made it alone
I got a wonderful life, two kids on my own
With a strong foundation that
Was carved in stone
And my mama for the love that
Made my house a home
Made me wonder some time if
This was meant to be
All this for a humble little guy like me
And all I ever really wanted was a family
To teach my kids the same value
That she gave to me

She said, 'Son there'll be times when
The tides are high
And the boat may be rocky, you can cry
Just never give up
You can never give up, ' uh uh
In this life you could lead
If you only believe
And in order to achieve what you need
You can never give up you can never give up

And this hope that keep me holding on
And on and this hope
That makes me carry on on and on

We nah turn no stepper, things a go better
Never let yourself be overcome by pressure
Cool yah me bredda, have faith instead a
Sid dung and a watch and
All a fight one another
Blaze like fire, we nah go retire
God nah sleep and a within him we inspire
We have to reach higher for what we require
We have to make our mark
Before the time expire

And this hope that keep me holding on
And on and this hope
That makes me carry on on and on
And this hope that keep me holding on
And on and this hope
That makes me carry on on and on
There's hope, yeah
Hope keeps it alive, yeah, uh
Hope keeps it alive, yeah, uh
And it strikes an iron, uh
Hope keeps it alive, yeah, yeah
Hope keeps it alive, yeah
Only the strong survive, yeah
Keep it carry on, keep it carry on, yeah
Uh uh i'll keep it carry on, yeah
I gotta carry on
Gotta carry on and be strong uh uh uh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh uh