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I wish, I wish, I wish
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To every city
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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Every hood
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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And every block
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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Good Ol' America!
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Rollin' through the hood
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Just stopped by to say what's up
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Came to let you know
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That your baby boy ain't doing so tough
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And even though you passed
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Going on four long years
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Still waking up late at night crying tears
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Just thinking about those days
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You used to talk to me
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Smilin' while I'm sippin' on this Hennesy
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And remember we bragged on how rich we would be
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To get up out this hood was like a fantasy
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And now you hear my songs the radio is bangin'
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Oh I can't believe my ears
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And what everybody's sayin'
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And boy I'll tell you
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Folks don't know the half
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I would give it all up
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Just to take one ride
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(With you)
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How I used to kick it on the front porch
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(With you)
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And how I used to lay back and smoke weed
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(With you)
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And all the little days and party joints we'd do
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Now I'm just missing you
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How I wish
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I wish that I could hold you now
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I wish that I could touch you now
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I wish that I could talk to you
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Be with you somehow
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I know you're in a better place
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And you know I can see your face
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I know you're smiling down on me
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Saying everything's okay
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And if I never leave this thug life
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I'll see you again someday
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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Now ever since this money come
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Been nothing but stress
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Sometimes I wish I could trade in my success
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Y'all look at me and say boy you've been blessed
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But y'all don't see the inside of my unhappiness
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Man I swear this shit gets heavy like a ton
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That's why you hear me shootin'
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This real shit off like a gun
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Hmm I wonder how my friends would treat me now
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If I wasn't iced up with a Bentley and a house
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That's why fake ass niggas get fake ass digits
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And fake ass playas get a real playa hatin' 'em
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Honey Love goes platinum and y'all ass come around
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But y'all don't wanna raise the roof
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Until my shit is going down
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And now you hear my songs the radio is bangin'
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Oh I can't believe my ears
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And what everybody's sayin'
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And boy I'll tell you
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Folks don't know the half
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I would give it all up
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Just to take one ride
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(With you)
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How I used to hoop off in them tournaments
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(With you)
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And how I used to club hop on weekends
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(With you)
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Your family called the morning of the tragic end
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Damn, my condolensces
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I wish that I could hold you now
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I wish that I could touch you now
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I wish that I could talk to you
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Be with you somehow
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I know you're in a better place
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And you know I can see your face
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I know you're smiling down on me
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Saying everything's okay
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And if I never leave this thug life
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I'll see you again someday
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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Voices in my head be telling me to come to church
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Saying the Lord is the only way for you to stop the hurt
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Dreaming of windows black tinted like a herse
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When waking up to life sometimes seems worst
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And all I ever wanted is to be a better man
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And I try to keep it real with my homies now
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For me to save the world I don't understand
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How did I become the leader of a billion men?
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And now you hear my songs the radio is bangin'
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Oh I can't believe my ears
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And what everybody's sayin'
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And boy I'll tell you
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Folks don't know the half
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I would give it all up
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Just to take one ride
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(With you)
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How I used to street perform on Friday
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(With you)
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And how I used to go to church on Easter Sunday
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(With you)
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Standing here throwing them songs at me
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Somebody pray for me
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I wish that I could hold you now
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I wish that I could touch you now
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I wish that I could talk to you
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Be with you somehow
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I know you're in a better place
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And you know I can see your face
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I know you're smiling down on me
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Saying everything's okay
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And if I never leave this thug life
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I'll see you again someday
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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I wish, I wish, I wish
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I Wish
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| R.Kelly |
