Chords for HOPE

Oh, [Eb] _ _ [Bb] I'm on my way, I'm coming
[Ebm] _ Don't, [Bb] don't lose faith in me
[Ebm] I know you've been waiting
_ [Bb] I know you've been [F] praying for my soul
[Eb] Oh, _ _ [Bb]
oh
_ _ [Ebm] _ Thirty years you've been [Bb] dragging your [D] feet
Telling me I'm the reason we're [Ebm] stagnant
Thirty years you've been [Bb] claiming you're [D] honest
And promising progress, well [Ebm] where is it at?
[Eb] I don't want you to [Bb] feel like a [D] failure
I know [Ebm] this hurts
[Eb] But I gave you your [Bb] chance to deliver
Now it's [Ebm] my turn
Don't get [Bb] me wrong
Nature has a [Ebm] great life
But it's [Bb] time to
Give the people something [Ebm] new
So without further [Bb] ado I
[Eb] _ Like to [Ebm] introduce my
My album, my album, [Bb] my album, my album, my album, my album, my album [Ebm] Hope
What's my definition of [Bb] success?
_ Listening to what your [Ebm] heart says
_ Standing up for what you [Bb] know is
Right while everybody else is
Talking their tongue between [Ebm] their legs
What's my definition of [Bb] success?
_ Creating something no one [Ebm] else can
Being brave enough to [Bb] dream big
Grinding when you're told to just quit
Ain't more when you got [Ebm] nothing left
Listen, that'll take a chance on
Something that we told could never [Bb] happen
It's a person that can see the bright side
Through the dark times when there ain't [Ebm] one
It's when someone who ain't never had nothing
Ain't afraid to walk away [Bb] from
More imperfect cause they'd rather do something
That they really love and take the pain [Ebm] cut
It's a person that would never waver or change who they are
[Bb] Just to try and gain some credibility
So they can feel accepted by a [Ebm] stranger
It's a person that can take the fears in their life
And turn them into motivation
[Bb] It's believing in yourself when no one else does
It's [Gm] amazing what a little bit of faith can [Bb] do
If you don't even believe in you
Why would you [Ebm] think or expect
Anybody else that's around you to?
I done did [Bb] things that I regret
I done said things I can't take back
Was a lost soul at a [Em] crossroad
Who had no hope but I changed [Eb] that
Years of my life holding on to things
I never should've kept full of [Bb] hatred
Years of my life carrying a lot of baggage
That I should've walked away from
Years of my life wishing I was someone different
Looking for some [Bb] validation
Years of my life trying to [F] feel a void
But then you know what's true, they [Eb] get it
Things are necessary, [A] evil, difficult to go through
You've got beneficial [Bb] so much healing
Your mental breakdown is a negative thing
Which I'm one head I agree [Ebm] with
On the other hand it was the push I [A] needed
To get help and start the healing process
See [Bb] if I didn't never hit rock bottom
Would I be the person that I am today?
I don't believe [Ebm] so
I'm a good example of what happens
When you choose to not accept defeat
In fact your [Bb] demons took me 20 years to realize
That if you want to get that opportunity
To be [Ebm] the greatest version of yourself
Sometimes you gotta be someone you're not to hear the voice of reason
[Bb] Having fun that you really can't
You step back and look in the mirror
At least for me that's what [Ebm] it did to me
I wake up everyday and pick my son
I hold him in my arms and let him know he's loved
[Bb] Now I'm standing by the window
Questioning if that is ever going to show up
[Ebm] Isn't something he's gonna have to worry about
Don't get it twisted, that wasn't a shot
Mama [Bb] I forgive you, I just don't want him to grow up
Thinking that he'll never be enough
30 [Ebm] years of running, 30 years of searching
30 years of hurting, 30 years of pain
30 [Bb] years of fearful, 30 years of anger
30 years of empty, 30 years of shame
30 [Ebm] years of broken, 30 years of anguish
30 years of hopeless, 30 years of pain
30 [Bb] years of never, 30 years of maybe
30 years of later, 30 years of fame
30 [Ebm] years of hollow, 30 years of sorrow
30 years of darkness, 30 years of hate
30 [Bb] years of banging, 30 years of sadness
30 years of thanging, 30 years of change
30 [Ebm] years of aching, 30 years of suffering
30 years of torment, 30 years of pain
30 [Bb] years of bitter, 30 years of lonely
30 years of pushing [Ebm] everyone away
You'll never evolve, I know I can change
We are not enough, we are not the same
You don't [Bb] have the heart, you don't have the strength
You don't have the will, you don't have the faith
You'll never [Ebm] be loved, you'll never be saved
Might as well give up, not running away
You don't have [Bb] the guts, you're the one