i wish i wish i wish 
to every city 
i wish i wish i wish 
every hood 
i wish i wish i wish 
and every block 
i wish i wish i wish 
good ol' america 

rollin' through the hood 
just stopped by to say what's up 
came to let you know 
that your baby boy ain't doing so tough 
and even though you passed 
going on four long years 
still waking up late at night crying tears 
just thinking about those days 
you used to talk to me 
smilin' while i'm sippin' on this hennesy 
and remember we bragged on how rich we would be 
to get up out this hood was like a fantasy 

and now you hear my songs the radio is bangin' 
oh i can't believe my ears 
and what everybody's sayin' 
and boy i'll tell you 
folks don't know the half 
i would give it all up 
just to take one ride 

with you 
how i used to kick it on the front porch 
with you 
and how i used to lay back and smoke weed 
with you 
and all the little days and party joints we'd do 
now i'm just missing you 
how i wish 

i wish that i could hold you now 
i wish that i could touch you now 
i wish that i could talk to you 
be with you somehow 
i know you're in a better place 
and you know i can see your face 
i know you're smiling down on me 
saying everything's okay 
and if i never leave this thug life 
i'll see you again someday 
i wish i wish i wish 
i wish i wish i wish 

now ever since this money come 
been nothing but stress 
sometimes i wish i could trade in my success 
y'all look at me and say boy you've been blessed 
but y'all don't see the inside of my unhappiness 
man i swear this shit gets heavy like a ton 
that's why you hear me shootin' 
this real shit off like a gun 
hmm i wonder how my friends would treat me now 
if i wasn't iced up with a bentley and a house 
that's why fake ass niggas get fake ass digits 
and fake ass playas get a real playa hatin' 'em 
honey love goes platinum and y'all ass come around 
but y'all don't wanna raise the roof 
until my shit is going down 

and now you hear my songs the radio is bangin' 
oh i can't believe my ears 
and what everybody's sayin' 
and boy i'll tell you 
folks don't know the half 
i would give it all up 
just to take one ride 

with you 
how i used to hoop off in them tournaments 
with you 
and how i used to club hop on weekends 
with you 
your family called the morning of the tragic end 
damn my condolensces 

i wish that i could hold you now 
i wish that i could touch you now 
i wish that i could talk to you 
be with you somehow 
i know you're in a better place 
and you know i can see your face 
i know you're smiling down on me 
saying everything's okay 
and if i never leave this thug life 
i'll see you again someday 
i wish i wish i wish 
i wish i wish i wish 

voices in my head be telling me to come to church 
saying the lord is the only way for you to stop the hurt 
dreaming of windows black tinted like a hurst 
when waking up to life sometimes seems worst 
and all i ever wanted is to be a better man 
and i try to keep it real with my homies now 
for me to save the world i don't understand 
how did i become the leader of a billion men 

and now you hear my songs the radio is bangin' 
oh i can't believe my ears 
and what everybody's sayin' 
and boy i'll tell you 
folks don't know the half 
i would give it all up 
just to take one ride 

with you 
how i used to street perform on friday 
with you 
and how i used to go to church on easter sunday 
with you 
standing here throwing them songs at me 
somebody pray for me 

i wish that i could hold you now 
i wish that i could touch you now 
i wish that i could talk to you 
be with you somehow 
i know you're in a better place 
and you know i can see your face 
i know you're smiling down on me 
saying everything's okay 
and if i never leave this thug life 
i'll see you again someday 
i wish i wish i wish 
i wish i wish i wish