The Hope Business

10) The Hope Business

Verse 1

Thought i was numb didn't think i ca feel
Novocain wore off drill still in my grill
Now the pain is insane i don't think i ca take it
I’m alone and afraid but i ain’t laying naked
I’m in an office with a nurse convincing myself i’m not insane
Staring at a SONOR image of my momma’s brain
Machine making a sound reminiscent of tidal waves
What do we say to the God of death? not today
Strongest person I've ever known the matriarch
I ain’t got it together to watch her break apart
Doc said “nothing that we ca do”
Had me phenin to leave him on a feeding tube
Heard mom asked if she gon die soon
Not the convo you wanna have at high noon
All of us sad argue with dad
End of my rope i held on to hope
It was all that i had

Hook 1

Hope Business
Man hope is free
We in the hope business
Yeah you know me
We in the hope business
You ca ask OG
Why sell dope when hope is key
We in The Hope Business
Man hope is free
We in the hope business
Just don't OD
We in the hope business
You ca ask OG
Why sell dope when hope is key

Verse 2

Hope
Wanted to be Nas cause i’m sincere
Hope
The only thing thats always been there
I hoped i ca pass that test
Hoped the D’s don’t peep the weed
Stashed in my vest
Man i hoped my way to the present
Thats a whole lotta hope
Nothing to show for the effort
A couple records
Did i hope for the wrong things
Trying to fight in the ring
When i shoulda been Don King
But could i live being Don King
Leave ya peoples in the cold
While you in Palm Springs
Of all things
I ain’t got the stomach for that
But then again
I never had my stomach touching my back
I once asked
My Momma why she believe in God
She said “jun i seen miracles i beat the odds”
And its so true
All the pain we go through
Try to maintain while we remain hopeful

Hook 2

The Hope Business
Man hope is free
We in the hope business
Yeah you know me
We in the hope business
You ca ask OG
Why sell dope when hope is key
We in The Hope Business
Man hope is free
We in the hope business
Just don't OD
We in the hope business
You ca ask OG
Why sell dope when hope is key
We in The Hope Business