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