DmHope
AIʼm on my way, Iʼm cominʼ
DmDonʼt
Donʼt Alose faith in me
I know youʼve Dmbeen waiting
I know youʼve Abeen prayinʼ for my soul

DmHope
AHope

DmThirty years you been dragginʼ your feet,
ATellinʼ me Iʼm the reason weʼre stagnant
DmThirty years youʼve been claiming
Youʼre Ahonest and promising progress, well, whereʼs it at?

DmI donʼt want you to feel like a Afailure

I know this hurts
DmBut I gave you your chance to deAliver

Now itʼs my turn

DmDonʼt get me Awrong

Nate, youʼve had a great run
DmBut itʼs time Ato

Give the people somethinʼ different

DmSo without furthеr ado, IʼdA 

Like to introduce my
DmMy album (my album), my album (my album), my album
AMy album (my album), my album (my album), my album

My album — HOPE

DmWhatʼs my definition of succеss? (AOf success)
Listening to what your heart says (DmYour heart says)
Standing up for what you know is (Is)
ARight, while everybody else is (Is)

Tucking their tail between their legs (DmOkay)
Whatʼs my definition of success? (Of Asuccess)
Creating something no one else can (DmElse can)
Being brave enough to dream big (Big)
AGrinding when youʼre told to just quit (Quit)
Giving more when you got nothing left (Left)

Itʼs a Dmperson thatʼll take a chance on
Something they were told could never happen
Itʼs a Aperson that can see the bright side
Through the dark times when there ainʼt one
Itʼs when Dmsomeone who ainʼt never had nothinʼ
Ainʼt afraid to walk away from
More Aprofit ʼcause theyʼd rather do somethinʼ
That they really love and take the pay cut

Itʼs a Dmperson that would never waver
Or change who they are
Just to try to and Again some credibility
So they could feel accepted by a stranger
Itʼs a Dmperson that can take the failures
in their life and turn them into motivation
Itʼs Abelieving in yourself
when no one else does, itʼs amazinʼ

What a Dmlittle bit of faith
can do if you donʼt even believe in you
Why would Ayou think or expect
anybody else thatʼs around you to?
I done Dmdid things that I regret,
I done said things I canʼt take back
Was a Alost soul at a crossroad who had
no hope, but I changed that

I spent Dmyears of my life holdinʼ on to things
I never shouldʼve kept, full of hatred
AYears of my life carryinʼ a lot of baggage that
I shouldʼve walked away from
DmYears of my life wishinʼ I was someone different,
lookinʼ for some validation
AYears of my life tryna fill the void,
pretending I was in they get it

DmGrowing painʼs a necessary evil
Difficult to go through, yes, but beneficial
Some would Asay having a mental breakdown is a negative thing
Which on one hand, I agree with
On the Dmother hand, it was the push I needed
To get help and start the healing process, see
If Iʼd have Anever hit rock bottom
Would I be the person that I am today? I donʼt believe so

Iʼm a Dmprime example of what happens when you choose
to not accept defeat and face your demons
Took me Athirty years to realize that
if you wanna get that opportunity
To be the greatest Dmversion of yourself,
sometimes you got to be someone youʼre not
To hear the voice of reason
Having Akids will make you really take a step back
and look in the mirror
At least for me, thatʼs what it did, I

DmWake up every day and pick my son up
Hold him in my arms and let him know heʼs loved (Loved)
AStanding by the window, questioning if dad
is ever going to show up (Up)
Isnʼt sDmomething heʼs goinʼ to have to worry ʼbout
Donʼt get it twisted, that wasnʼt a shot
Mama, AI forgive you
I just donʼt want him to grow up thinkinʼ that heʼll never be enough

Thirty years of Dmrunning, thirty years of searchinʼ
Thirty years of hurting, thirty years of pain
Thirty years of Afearful, thirty years of anger
Thirty years of empty, thirty years of shame
Thirty years of Dmbroken, thirty years of anguish
Thirty years of hopeless, thirty years of (Hey)
Thirty years of Anever, thirty years of maybe
Thirty years of later, thirty years of fake

Thirty years of Dmhollow, thirty years of sorrow
Thirty years of darkness, thirty years of (Nate)
Thirty years of Abaggage, thirty years of sadness
Thirty years of stagnant, thirty years of chains
Thirty years of Dmanxious, thirty years of suffering
Thirty years of torment, thirty years of (Wait)
Thirty years of Abitter, thirty years of lonely
Thirty years of pushing everyone away (ʼWay)

(Youʼll never Dmevolve) I know I can change
(We are not enough) We are not the same
(You donʼt have the Aheart) You donʼt have the strength
(You donʼt have the will) You donʼt have the faith
(Youʼll never be Dmloved, youʼll never be safe)
(Might as well give up) Not running away
(You donʼt have the Aguts) Youʼre the one afraid
(Iʼm the one in charge) Iʼm taking the— (No)
Iʼm taking the
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