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