I Wish

R. Kelly

I WISH 

CHORUS 1A 

I wish, I wish, I wish 
(To every city, every hood and every block) 
I wish, I wish, I wish (Ghetto America) 
I wish, I wish, I wish 
I wish, I wish, I wish 

VERSE 1 

Rollin’ through the hood 
Just stopped by to say what’s up 
And let you know your baby boy ain’t doin’ so tough 
Even though you passed 
Going on four long years 
Still waking up late at night cryin’ tears 
Just thinkin’ about those days 
You used to talk to me 
Smilin’ while I’m sippin’ on this Hennessy 
And remember we’d brag on how rich we would be 
To get up out this hood was like a fantasy 

PRE-CHORUS 

And now you hear my songs 
The radio is playin’ 
Oh I can’t believe my ears and what everybody’s sayin’ 
Boy I tell you folks don’t know the half 
I would give it all up just to take one ride with you 
How I used to kick it on the front porch 
With you 
And how I used to lay back and smoke weed 
With you 
And all the little basement party joints we’d do 
Now I’m just missing you 
How I wish 

CHORUS 1 

I wish that I could hold you now 
I wish that I could touch you now 
I wish that I could talk to you 
Be with you somehow 
I know you’re in a better place 
Even though I can’t see your face 
I know you’re smilin’ down on me 
Sayin’ everything’s OK 
And if I make it out this thug life 
I’ll see you again someday 
I wish, I wish, I wish 
I wish, I wish, I wish 

VERSE 2 

Ever since this money come 
It’s been nothing but stress 
Sometimes I wish that I could just trade in my success 
Y’all look at me and say 
Boy, you’ve been blessed 
But y’all don’t see the inside of my unhappiness 
Man, I swear this shit gets heavy like a ton 
That’s why you hear me shootin’ this real shit off like a gun 
Mmm I wonder how my friends would treat me now 
If I wasn’t iced up with a Bentley and a house 
That’s why 
Fake-ass niggas get fake-ass digits 
And fake-ass players get a real player hatin’ em 
Honey love goes platinum and y’all ass come ’round 
But y’all don’t wanna raise the roof 
Until my shit is goin’ down 

PRE-CHORUS 

And now you hear my songs 
The radio is playin’ 
Oh I can’t believe my ears and what everybody’s sayin’ 
Boy I tell you folks don’t know the half 
I would give it all up just to take one ride with you 
How I used to hoop off in them tournaments 
With you 
And how I used to club hop on weekends 
With you 
Your family called the morning of a tragic end 
Damn…my condolences 

CHORUS 2 

VERSE 3 

Voices in my head 
Be tellin’ me to come to church 
Say the Lord is the only way for you to stop the hurt 
Dreaming of windows 
Black-tinted like a hearse 
But waking up to life sometimes seems worse 
And all I ever wanted is to be a better man 
And I try to keep it real with my homies, man 
Want me to save the world 
I don’t understand 
How did I become the leader of a billion fans 

PRE-CHORUS 

And now you hear my songs 
The radio is playin’ 
Oh I can’t believe my ears and what everybody’s sayin’ 
Boy I tell you folks don’t know the half 
I would give it all up just to take one ride 
With you 
How I used to street perform on Friday 
With you 
And how I’d go to church on Easter Sunday 
With you 
Instead of y’all throwin’ them stones at me 
Somebody pray for me 

CHORUS 3/VAMP