NF - HOPE

                [Intro]
 Cm  
Hope
  G                             
Yeah, I'm on my way, I'm comin'
Cm              G            
..Don't, don't lose faith in me
               Cm 
I know you've been waiting
         G                    
I know you've been prayin' for my soul
Cm       G    
..Hope, hope
Cm                                     G                     
..Thirty years you been draggin' your feet, tellin' me I'm the reason we're stagnant
Cm                                          G  
..Thirty years you've been claiming you're honest and promising progress, well, where's it at?
Cm                                  G 
..I don't want you to feel like a failure

I know this hurts
Cm                                 G  
..But I gave you your chance to deliver
           
Now it's my turn
Cm               G 
..Don't get me wrong
                        
Nate, you've had a great run
Cm              G   
..But it's time to give the people somethin' different
Cm                         G 
..So without furth?r ado, I'd
                   
Like to introduce my
Cm
..My album (My album)

My album (My album), my album
      G 
My album (My album), my album (My album), my album (My album)

My album—

HOPE

[Verse 1]
Cm
..What's my definition of succ?ss? (Of success)
G
..Listening to what your heart says (Your heart says)
Cm
..Standing up for what you know is (Is)
 G
Right, while everybody else is (Is)
     
Tucking their tail between their legs (Okay)
Cm
..What's my definition of success? (Of success)
G
..Creating something no one else can (Else can)
Cm
..Being brave enough to dream big (Big)
  G
Grinding when you're told to just quit (Quit)

Giving more when you got nothing left (Left)
        Cm
It's a person that'll take a chance on
     
Something they were told could never happen
         G 
It's a person that can see the bright side

Through the dark times when there ain't one
           Cm 
It's when someone who ain't never had nothin'
                                      G 
Ain't afraid to walk away from more profit
 
'Cause they'd rather Do somethin' that they really love and take the pay cut
        Cm  
It's a person that would never waiver

Or change who they are
                    G 
Just to try to and gain some credibility

So they could feel accepted by a stranger
        Cm                 
It's a person that can take the failures in their life and turn them into motivation
         G   
It's believing in yourself when no one else does, it's amazing
        Cm                 
What a little bit of faith can Do if you don't even believe in you
           G          
Why would you think or expect anybody else that's around you to?
       Cm
I done did things that I regret

I done said things I can't take back
        G 
Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had no hope, but I changed that
         Cm
I spent years of my life holdin' on to things I never should've kept, full of hatred
  G 
Years of my life carryin' a lot of baggage that I should've walked away from
 Cm      
Years of my life wishin' I was someone different, lookin' for some validation
 G 
Years of my life tryna fill the void, pretending I was in—

They get it

[Interlude]
Gm
..Insidious is blind inception
Eb
..What's reality with all these questions?
Cm
..Feels like I missed my alarm and slept in
Eb
..Slept in
Gm
..Broken legs, but I chase perfection
Eb
..These walls are my blank expression
Cm
..My mind is a home I'm trapped in
Eb
..And it's lonely inside this—

[Verse 2]
 Cm
Growing pain's a necessary evil

Difficult to Go through, yes, but beneficial
            G  
Some would say having a mental breakdown is a negative thing
 
Which on one hand, I agree with
        Cm
On the other hand, it was the push I needed

To get help and start the healing process, see
             G 
If I'd have never hit rock bottom
    
Would I be the person that I Am today?

I don't believe so
       Cm 
I'm a prime example of what happens when you choose to not accept defeat and face your demons
          G    
Took me thirty years to realize that if you wanna get that opportunity
                    Cm   
To be the greatest version of yourself, sometimes you got to be someone you're not
  
To hear the voice of reason
        G   
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]
 Cm
Wake up every day and pick my son up

Hold him in my arms and let him know he's loved (Loved)
 G/B                  
Standing by the window, questioning if dad is ever going to show up (Up)
       Cm
Isn't something he's goin' to have to worry 'bout
 
Don't get it twisted, that wasn't a shot
           G/B
Mama, I forgive you
  
I just don't want him to grow up thinkin' that he'll never be enough
                 Cm
Thirty years of running, thirty years of searchin'

Thirty years of hurting, thirty years of pain
                 G/B
Thirty years of fearful, thirty years of anger

Thirty years of empty, thirty years of shame
                 Cm
Thirty years of broken, thirty years of anguish

Thirty years of hopeless, thirty years of (Hey)
                 G/B
Thirty years of never, thirty years of maybe

Thirty years of later, thirty years of fake
                 Cm
Thirty years of hollow, thirty years of sorrow

Thirty years of darkness, thirty years of (Nate)
                 G/B
Thirty years of baggage, thirty years of sadness
          
Thirty years of stagnant, thirty years of chains
                 Cm
Thirty years of anxious, thirty years of suffering

Thirty years of torment, thirty years of (Wait)
                 G/B
Thirty years of bitter, thirty years of lonely

Thirty years of pushing everyone away ('Way)
                Cm
(You'll never evolve) I know I can change

(We are not enough) We are not the same
                     G/B
(You don't have the heart) You don't have the strength

(You don't have the will) You don't have the faith
                  Cm
(You'll never be loved, you'll never be safe

Might as well give up) Not running away
                     G/B
(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

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