NF – Hope (Guitar)

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[Intro]

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I'm on my way, I'm comin'

Don't

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Don't lose faith in me

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I know you've been waiting

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I know you've been prayin' for my soul

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Hope

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Hope

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Thirty years you been draggin' your feet, tellin' me I'm the reason we're stagnant

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Thirty years you've been claiming you're honest and promising progress, well, where's it at?

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I don't want you to feel like a failure

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I know this hurts

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But I gave you your chance to deliver

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Now it's my turn

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Don't get me wrong

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Nate, you've had a great run

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But it's time to

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Give the people somethin' different

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So without furthеr ado, I'd

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Like to introduce my

My album (My album)

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My album (My album), my album

My album (My album), my album (My album), my album (My album) My album—

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HOPE

[Verse 1]

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What's my definition of succеss? (Of success)

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Listening to what your heart says (Your heart says)

Standing up for what you know is (Is)

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Right, while everybody else is (Is)

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Tucking their tail between their legs (Okay)

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What's my definition of success? (Of success)

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Creating something no one else can (Else can)

Being brave enough to dream big (Big)

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Grinding when you're told to just quit (Quit)

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Giving more when you got nothing left (Left)

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It's a person that'll take a chance on

Something they were told could never happen

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It's a person that can see the bright side

Through the dark times when there ain't one

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It's when someone who ain't never had nothin'

Ain't afraid to walk away from

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More profit 'cause they'd rather do somethin'

That they really love and take the pay cut

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It's a person that would never waver

Or change who they are

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Just to try to and gain some credibility

So they could feel accepted by a stranger

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It's a person that can take the failures in their life and turn them into motivation

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It's believing in yourself when no one else does, it's amazin'

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What a little bit of faith can do if you don't even believe in you

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Why would you think or expect anybody else that's around you to?

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I done did things that I regret, I done said things I can't take back

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Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had no hope, but I changed that

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I spent years of my life holdin' on to things I never should've kept, full of hatred

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Years of my life carryin' a lot of baggage that I should've walked away from

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Years of my life wishin' I was someone different, lookin' for some validation

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Years of my life tryna fill the void, pretending I was in—

They get it [Verse 2]

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Growing pain's a necessary evil

Difficult to go through, yes, but beneficial

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Some would say having a mental breakdown is a negative thing

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Which on one hand, I agree with

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On the other hand, it was the push I needed

To get help and start the healing process, see

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If I'd have never hit rock bottom

Would I be the person that I am today?

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I don't believe so

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I'm a prime example of what happens when you choose to not accept defeat and face your demons

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Took me thirty years to realize that if you wanna get that opportunity

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To be the greatest version of yourself, sometimes you got to be someone you're not

To hear the voice of reason

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Having kids will make you really take a step back and look in the mirror

At least for me, that's what it did, I [Outro]

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Wake up every day and pick my son up

Hold him in my arms and let him know he's loved (Loved)

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Standing by the window, questioning if dad is ever going to show up (Up)

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Isn't something he's goin' to have to worry 'bout

Don't get it twisted, that wasn't a shot

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Mama, I forgive you

I just don't want him to grow up thinkin' that he'll never be enough

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Thirty years of running, thirty years of searchin'

Thirty years of hurting, thirty years of pain

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Thirty years of fearful, thirty years of anger

Thirty years of empty, thirty years of shame

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Thirty years of broken, thirty years of anguish

Thirty years of hopeless, thirty years of (Hey)

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Thirty years of never, thirty years of maybe

Thirty years of later, thirty years of fake

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Thirty years of hollow, thirty years of sorrow

Thirty years of darkness, thirty years of (Nate)

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Thirty years of baggage, thirty years of sadness

Thirty years of stagnant, thirty years of chains

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Thirty years of anxious, thirty years of suffering

Thirty years of torment, thirty years of (Wait)

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Thirty years of bitter, thirty years of lonely

Thirty years of pushing everyone away ('Way)

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(You'll never evolve) I know I can change

(We are not enough) We are not the same

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(You don't have the heart) You don't have the strength

(You don't have the will) You don't have the faith

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(You'll never be loved, you'll never be safe)

(Might as well give up) Not running away

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(You don't have the guts) You're the one afraid

(I'm the one in charge) I'm taking the— (No) I'm taking the N.C. Reins