I Wish-Deja Vu

[ti:I Wish] [ar:Deja Vu] [al:A Tribute to R&B Star R. Kelly, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Wish - Deja Vu [00:02.37]I wish i wish i wish [00:04.01]To every city [00:04.72] [00:05.33]I wish i wish i wish [00:06.92]Every hood [00:07.44] [00:08.32]I wish i wish i wish [00:09.57]And every block [00:10.08] [00:10.84]Ghetto america [00:11.46]I wish i wish i wish [00:13.55]Rollin through the hood [00:14.67]Just stopped by to say what's up [00:16.55]And let you know [00:17.41]Your baby boy ain't doing so tough [00:19.13] [00:19.77]And even though you passed [00:21.14]Going on four long years [00:22.85]Still waking up late at night crying tears [00:25.38] [00:26.07]Just thinking about those days [00:27.50]You used to talk to me [00:29.00]Smilin while i'm sippin on this hennessey [00:31.59] [00:32.12]And remember we bragged on how rich we would be [00:35.39]To get up out this hood was like a fantasy [00:37.60]And now you hear my songs the radio is bangin [00:40.23]Oh i can't believe my ears [00:41.95]And what everybody's sayin [00:43.38] [00:44.12]And boy i'll tell you folks don't know the half [00:47.03]I would give it all up just to take one ride [00:49.95]With you [00:50.65]How i used to kick it on the front porch [00:53.03]With you [00:53.69]And how i used to lay back and smoke w**d [00:55.54]With you [00:56.67]And all the little basement party joints we'd do [00:59.71]Now i'm just missing you [01:01.46]How i wish [01:02.30]I wish that i could hold you now [01:04.45] [01:05.62]I wish that i could touch you now [01:07.39] [01:08.75]I wish that i could talk to you [01:10.87]Be with you somehow [01:13.76]I know i know you're in a better place [01:16.47] [01:17.61]Even though i can't see your face [01:19.55] [01:20.59]I know you're smiling down on me [01:22.67]Saying everything's okay [01:27.10] [01:28.89]And if i make it out this thug life [01:30.80]I'll see you again someday [01:32.60] [01:33.46]I wish i wish i wish [01:35.53] [01:36.42]I wish i wish i wish [01:38.63]Now ever since this money come [01:39.87]It's been nothing but stress [01:41.60]Sometimes i wish that i could just trade in my success [01:44.78]Y'all look at me and say boy you've been blessed [01:47.58]But y'all don't see the inside of my unhappiness [01:50.78]Man i swear this sh*t gets heavy like a ton [01:53.53]That's why you hear me shootin this real sh*t off like a gun [01:56.95]Hmm i wonder how my friends would treat me now [01:59.71]If i wasn't iced up with a bentley and a house [02:02.44]That's why fake a** niggas get fake a** digits [02:05.86]And fake a** playas get a real playa hatin em [02:08.80]Honey love goes platinum and y'all a** come around [02:11.91]But y'all don't want to raise the roof [02:13.47]Until my sh*t is going down [02:14.98]And now you hear my songs the radio is bangin [02:17.56]Oh i can't believe my ears [02:19.10]And what everybody's sayin [02:20.61] [02:21.32]Boy i'll tell you folks don't know the half [02:23.90]I would give it all up just to take one ride [02:26.79]With you [02:27.70]How i used to hoop off in them tournaments [02:30.01]With you [02:30.69]And how i used to club hop on weekends [02:32.93]With you [02:33.59]Your family called the morning of the tragic end [02:36.71]Damn my condolences [02:38.89] [02:39.69]I wish that i could hold you now [02:41.51] [02:42.66]I wish that i could touch you now [02:44.57] [02:45.86]I wish that i could talk to you [02:47.62] [02:48.18]Be with you somehow [02:50.61]I know i know you're in a better place [02:53.69] [02:54.71]Even though i can't see your face [02:56.98] [02:57.60]I know you're smiling down on me [02:59.87]Saying everything's okay [03:04.09] [03:05.92]And if i make it out this thug life [03:07.86]I'll see you again someday [03:09.68] [03:10.54]I wish i wish i wish [03:12.64] [03:13.43]I wish i wish i wish [03:15.89]Voices in my head be telling me to come to church [03:18.68]Said the lord is the only way for you to stop the hurt [03:21.33] [03:22.01]Dreaming of windows black tinted like a hearse [03:24.97]When waking up to life sometimes seems worst [03:27.70] [03:28.56]And all i ever wanted is to be a better man [03:31.76]And i try to keep it real with my homies now [03:34.46] [03:34.98]For me to save the world i don't understand [03:37.78]How did i become the leader of a billion men [03:39.76]And now you hear my songs the radio is bangin [03:42.39]Oh i can't believe my ears [03:44.17]And what everybody's sayin [03:45.86] [03:46.45]Boy i'll tell you folks don't know the half [03:49.03]I would give it all up just to take one ride [03:51.71]With you [03:52.52]How i used to street perform on friday [03:54.78]With you [03:55.52]And how i used to go to church on easter sunday [03:57.83]With you [03:58.48]Standing here throwing them songs at me [04:01.45] [04:02.58]Somebody pray for me [04:03.98] [04:04.73]I wish that i could hold you now [04:06.47] [04:07.89]I wish that i could touch you now [04:09.54] [04:10.78]I wish that i could talk to you talk to you [04:13.02]Be with you somehow [04:15.38]I know i know you're in a better place in a better place [04:19.92]Even though i can't see your face [04:21.64] [04:22.89]I know you're smiling down on me [04:24.62]Saying everything's okay [04:27.51]This only home me [04:28.96]I wish that i could hold you now [04:30.56] [04:32.06]I wish that i could touch you now touch you now [04:34.44] [04:35.03]I wish that i could talk to you talk to you [04:37.60]Be with you be with you somehow somehow [04:40.64]I know i know you're in a better place [04:42.90] [04:43.93]Even though i can't see your face see your face [04:47.53]I know you're smiling down on me smiling [04:49.36]Saying everything's okay [04:51.60] [04:53.27]I wish that i could hold you now [04:54.90] [04:56.62]I wish that i could touch you now [04:58.19] [04:59.36]I wish that i could talk to you [05:01.10]Come on [05:01.71]Be with you somehow [05:03.86] [05:05.42]I know you're in a better place [05:07.48] [05:08.62]Even though i can't see your face [05:10.24] [05:11.15]I know you're smiling down on me [05:13.09] [05:14.19]Saying everything's okay [05:15.85]Come on wish my eys [05:17.81]I wish that i could hold you now