Intro: "I wish, I wish, I wish" 3x's

Talking: To every city, every hood, and every block,

ghetto americca.



1st verse: Rolling through the hood, just stopped by

to say whats up, And to let you know your baby boy

ain't doing so tough Eventhough you past going on

four long years I still wake up late at night crying

tears, Just thinking about those days when you used

to talk to me ????? while I am sipping on this

hennessy, And remember we'd brag on how rich we

would be and get up out this hood just like a

peasant see.



Bridge: And now you hear my songs on the radio when

they play Oh and I can't believe my ears in what

everybodies saying Oh and I tell boy folks don't

know the half, I would give it all up just to take

one ride, with you And how we used to kick it on the

front porch with you, and how i used to lay back and

smoke w**d, and all the little baby powdered joints

we'd do and now I'm just missing you.



Chorus: (OH) I wish I could hold you now, (Oh I) I

wish that I can touch you now (OH I) Wish that I

could talk to you, and be with you somehow, I know

you're in a better place, eventhough I can't see

your face, (I know) I know your smiling down on me

saying everything will be ok. And if I make it out

this thug life I'll see you again someday. (I wish,

I wish, I wish)



2nd verse: Every since this money come there's been

nothing but stress, Sometimes I wish that I could

just trade in my success, ya'll look at me and say,

" Boy he's been blessed" But ya'll don't see the

inside of my unhappiness, and man I swear this sh*t

get heavy like a ton, Thats why ya'll see me

shooting this real sh*t off like a gun, You might

wonder how my friends would treat me now, If I

wasn't iced up with a bently, and a house, Thats

why fake a** n*ggas get fake a** digits and fake

a**players get a real playa hating them. How did I

go platinum and ya'll a**es come around, but ya'll

don't want to ring a bell when my sh*t is going

down



Bridge: And now you hear my songs on the radio

when they play Oh and I can't believe my ears in

what everybodies saying Boy I tell you folks don't

know the half, I would give it all up just to take

one ride, with you And how I used to hoop off in

the tournament with you, and how I used to club

hop on weekends with you, The family called the

morning of a tragic end...my condolence.



Chorus: (OH) I wish I could hold you now, (Oh I) I

wish that I can touch you now (OH I) Wish that I

could talk to you, and be with you somehow, I

know you're in a better place, eventhough I can't

see your face, (I know) I know your smiling down on

me saying everything will be ok. And if I make it

out this thug life I'll see you again someday. (I

wish, I wish, I wish)



3rd verse: Voices in my head be telling me to come

to church, That the Lord is the only way for you

to stop the hurt Dreaming of windows black tinted

like a hurst Waking up to light sometimes seems

worst And all I ever really wanted to be was a

better man, And I try to keep it real with my

homies and for me to save the world I don't

understand how did I become a leader of a billion

fans.



Brigde:And now you hear my songs on the radio when

they play Oh and I can't believe my ears in what

everybodies saying Boy I tell you folks don't know

the half, I would give it all up just to take one

ride, with you And how I used to street preform on

Fridays with you, and how i'd go to church on

Easter sundays with you instead of ya'll throwing

them bows at me, somebody pray for me.



Chorus:(OH) I wish I could hold you now, (Oh I) I

wish that I can touch you now (OH I) Wish that I

could talk to you, and be with you somehow, I know

you're in a better place, eventhough I can't see

your face, (I know) I know your smiling down on me

saying everything will be ok. And if I make it out

this thug life I'll see you again someday. (I wish,

I wish, I wish)



repeat with ad-ins

Come on and braid my hair

ENd