R. Kelly - I Wish    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  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 brag on how rich we would be  To get up out this hood was like a fantasy    oha oha oha  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 weed  (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  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  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  (wind)  Oh son, what does it profit a man to gain the  whole world, and lose his soul?  I want out.. but it's hard, i need answers mama  Robert  I need answers  Son    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 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 nigga's 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 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  (oooh)  I wish that I could touch you now  (oooh)  I wish that I could talk to you  Be with you somehow  (oh I know yeah)  I know you're in a better place  (oooh)  Even though I can't see your face  (oooh)  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  (ooh I)  I wish that I could talk to you  (talk to you)  Be with you somehow  (Still I know yeah)  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  (oooh)  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  (ooooh)  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