Hope Songtext
von Kardinal Offishall

...Let me just say to all of the sound system them inna the place
Send a representative right now, so we can start the war!

What if my time comes before it′s time?
So much so that I can't finish my rhyme?

Yeah, hmm

I was writing this sitting on a German airline
I paid thirty euros for my airtime
Just got news Barack won again
While he′s saying his speech, somebody got shot again
On Twitter, we vexed, they still calling us n
But an hour later, we screaming, "Shouts to my niggas!"

LOL, SMH, ETC
A red rope does not make you a VIP (No!)
Visions of leaders with real legacies
Reality will just lead you to drink Remy, huh
The same city that they president came from
Has multiple homicides, possibly with the same gun

Being black outweighs the fame
When you fit the description, you know it outweighs your name


Last seen in a white car wearing all black

Arrest everybody because we are all strapped
I met folks who never left the East Coast

Unemployed, but ironically eat the most
It's not a trap if you've never seen outside the cage
And you don′t know my story if you′ve only seen a page
I guess it's hard to go back to your inner self
When outside influences increase your wealth

I′ve seen humble cats change 'fore my very eyes
It′s like even in a dialogue, wear a disguise
There's still a lot of Malcolms in the neighborhood

Troubled by their exes ′cause the s-s-s was good
Couple children together, but they live very alone
No DNA of Jaggers, but fathers were Rolling Stones
My father deviated from most the way he was shown
Tried to correct it so I would inherit stolen thrones
I see the roses, but I'm greeted with the hidden thorns


Watching the heavens rain, still trying to weather the storm
They say that it gets the darkest 'fore the brightest light
Both my hands are tied, but I′m prepping for the fight
I′m spending time alone, praying, sending God a kite
Mama told me, "Don't worry," but the prize is out of my sight

I′m starting to notice others living in dimming lights

The trumpets blaring in the distance, I welcome the night
When I close my eyes, all hope is realized
I hope when I part my lashes, they materialize
I'm getting by on a dollar and a dream
When the government taxes that, Jah intervenes

What if my time comes before it′s time?
So much so that I can't finish my rhyme
What if my stars collide with moons ago?
So now I′m a reflection in your eyes
Is there really a heaven for someone like me?
Will you help me get there?
Is there really a heaven for someone like me?
Will you help me?

I feel like I was born to say more
Than feeling you win on bright lights and good ore
For those who ain't never left they shores
And feel bound to the mindset of struggling poor, ayo!
Never take no, never say can't, never think not
Never only have one plan, never listen to your man
Never listen to your girl
Nobody was born too out of time to this world, yo

Live your life for the first time with every breath that you breathing

A few million dollars ain′t enough for me even
I gotta make so much bread that my kids′ kids good when I'm dead

I speak gifted like annual occurrences
Oratory dietician, every word nourishes
Every prince flourishes before he claims king
This is my raspberry beret for the win!

What if my time comes before it′s time?
So much so that I can't finish my rhyme
What if my stars collide with moons ago?
So now I′m a reflection in your eyes
Is there really a heaven for someone like me?
Will you help me get there?
Is there really a heaven for someone like me?
Will you help me?

You don't know me, but as the dance goes on, you′re gonna
Know about me. I saw my thing set up, set up, set up...