NF – Hope(Song Lyrics)

NF – Hope(Song Lyrics)

“HOPE”HopeI’m on my way, I’m comingDon’t, don’t lose faith in meI know you’ve been waitin’I know you’ve been prayin’ for my soulHope, hopeThirty years you been draggin’ your feetTellin’ me I’m the reason we’re stagnantThirty years you’ve been claimin’ your rightnessAnd promisin’ progress, but where’s it at?I don’t want you to feel like a failure (Failure)I know this hurts (Hurts)But I gave you your chance to deliverNow it’s my turnDon’t get me wrong, Nate you’ve had a great runBut it’s time to give the people somethin’ differentSo without further ado, I’d like to introduce myMy album, my album, my album, my album, my album, my albumHopeWhat’s my definition of success?Listening to what your heart saysStanding up for what you know isRight, while everybody else isTucking their tail between their legs (Okay)What’s my definition of success?Creating something no one else canBein’ brave enough to dream bigGrindin’ when you’re told to just quitGivin’ more when you got nothin’ leftIt’s a person that’ll take a chance onSomethin’ they were told could never happenIt’s a person that can see the bright side through the dark times when there ain’t oneIt’s when someone who ain’t never had nothin’Ain’t afraid to walk away from more profit’Cause they’d rather do somethin’ that they really love and take the paycutIt’s a person that would never waiverOr change who they areJust to try and gain some credibilitySo they could feel accepted by a strangerIt’s a person that can take the failures in their life and turn them into motivationIt’s believing in yourself when no one else does, it’s amazingWhat a little bit of faith can do if you don’t even believe in youWhy would you think or expect anybody else that’s around you to?I done did things that I regretI done said things I can’t take backWas a lost soul at a cross road who had no hope but I changed thatI spent years of my life holdin’ on to things I never should’ve kept, full of hatredYears of my life carryin’ a lot of baggage that I should’ve walked away fromYears of my life wishin’ I was someone different, lookin’ for some validationYears of my life tryna fill the void, pretending I was in—They get itGrowing pain’s a necessary evilDifficult to go through, yes, but beneficialSome would say having a mental breakdown is a negative thing which on one hand I agree withOn the other hand, it was the push I needed to get help and start the healing process, seeIf I’d have never hit rock bottomWould I be the person that I am today?I don’t believe soI’m a prime example of what happens when you choose to not accept defeat and face your demonsTook me thirty years to realize that if you want to get the opportunity to be the greatest version of yourselfSometimes you got to be someone you’re not to hear the voice of reasonHaving kids will make you really take a step back and look in the mirrorAt least for me that’s what it did, IWake up every day and pick my son upHold him in my armsAnd let him know he’s loved (Loved)Standing by the window questioning if dad is ever going to show up (Up)Isn’t something he’s goin’ to have to worry aboutDon’t get it twisted, that wasn’t a shotMama I forgive youI just don’t want him to grow up thinkin’ that he’ll never be enoughThirty years of running, thirty years of searchingThirty years of hurting, thirty years of painThirty years of fearful, thirty years of angerThirty years of empty, thirty years of shameThirty years of broken, thirty years of anguishThirty years of hopeless, thirty years of (hey)Thirty years of never, thirty years of maybeThirty years of later, thirty years of fakeThirty years of hollow, thirty years of sorrowThirty years of darkness, thirty years of (Nate)Thirty years of baggage, thirty years of sadnessThirty years of stagnant, thirty years of chainsThirty years of anxious, thirty years of sufferingThirty years of torment, thirty years of (wait)Thirty years of bitter, thirty years of lonelyThirty years of pushing everyone awayYou’ll never evolve, I know I can changeWe are not enough, we are not the sameYou don’t have the heart, you don’t have the strengthYou don’t have the will, you don’t have the faithYou’ll never be loved, you’ll never be safeMight as well give up, not running awayYou don’t have the guts, you’re the one afraidI’m the one in chargeI’m taking the— (No)I’m taking theReins