NF - HOPE lyrics

Hope yeah, I'm on my way, I'm comin'
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
Thirty years you been draggin' your feet
Tellin' me I'm the reason we're stagnant
Thirty 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 somethin' different
So without furthеr ado, I'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 (My album) my album hOPE

What's my definition of succеss? (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 nothing 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 somethin'
That they really love and take the pay cut
It's a person that would never waver
Or change who they are
Just to try and gain some credibility
So they could feel accepted by a stranger
It's a person that can take the failures in
Their life and turn them into motivation
It's believing in yourself when
No one else does, it's amazin'
What a little bit of faith can 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 holdin' on
To things I never should've kept
Full of hatred
Years of my life carryin' 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 tryna fill the void
Pretending 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 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 thirty years to realize that if you
Wanna get that opportunity to be the
Greatest version of yourself
Sometimes you got to 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
Thinkin' that he'll never be enough
Thirty years of running
Thirty years of searchin'
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
(Hey)
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
(Nate) thirty years of baggage
Thirty years of sadness
Thirty years of stagnant
Thirty years of chains
Thirty years of anxious
Thirty years of suffering
Thirty years of torment, thirty years of
(Wait) thirty years of bitter
Thirty years of lonely
Thirty 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 reins