I Wish (LP Version) - R. Kelly

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

Ghetto America

Rollin' through the hood

Just stopped by to say, what's up

Came to let you know

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 Hennesey

And remember,

We'd brag 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 ya'll

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 w**d

(With you)

And all the little basement

Party joints we'd do

Now I'm just missing you

How I wish

I wish that I could hold you now (oh, I)

I wish that I could touch you now (oh, I)

I wish that I could talk to you

Be with you somehow

I know you're in a better place

Even though I can't see your face

I know you're smiling down on me

Sayin' everything's okay

And if I make it out 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

Just 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 sh*t

Gets heavy like a ton

That's why you hear me shootin'

This real sh*t 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-a** n***as

Get fake-a** digits

And fake-a** playas

Get a real playa hatin' 'em

'Honey Love' goes platinum

And y'all a** come around

But y'all don't wanna raise

The roof until my sh*t 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 ya'll

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 condolences

I wish that I could hold you now (oh)

I wish that I could touch you now (oh)

I wish that I could talk to you

Be with you somehow

(Oh, I know yeah)

I know you're in a better place (oh)

Even though I can't see your face (oh)

I know you're smiling down on me

Sayin' everything's okay

And if I make it out 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 it seems worst

And all I ever wanted

Is to be a better man

And I try to keep it real

With my homies man

For me to save the world,

I don't understand

How did I become the leader

Of a billion fans

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 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'd go to church on Easter Sunday

(With you)

Instead of y'all throwing them stones at me

Somebody pray for me

Oh, I wish that I could hold you now

(oh, I)

I wish that I could touch you now (oh, I)

I wish that I could talk to you

(talk to you)

Be with you somehow

(Still I know)

But I know you're in a better place

(In a better place)

Even though I can't see your face (oh, I)

I know you're smiling down on me (smilin')

Saying everything's okay

To all of my homies

I wish that I could hold you now (oh)

I wish that I could touch you now

(right now)

I wish that I could talk to you

(talk to you)

Be with you (be with you)

Somehow

(Somehow I know)

But I know you're in a better place (oh)

Even though I can't see your face

(See your face)

I know you're smiling down on me

(smilin')

Saying everything's okay

My mom, I'm at the crossroads

I wish that I could hold you now

(of my my, my, my, life)

I wish that I could talk to you

Come on and braid my hair

Come on and braid my hair

Come on and braid my hair

Come on and braid my hair

Come on and braid my hair,

My hair

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