These are Hope chords by NF on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Intro]
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Hope
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I'm on my way, I'm comin'
Don't
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Don't lose faith in me
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I know you've been waiting
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I know you've been prayin'
for my soul
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Hope
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Hope
Thirty years you been draggin'
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your feet, tellin' me I'm the
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reason we're stagnant
Thirty years you've been
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claiming you're honest and
promising progress, well,
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where's it at?
I don't want you to feel
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like a failure
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I know this hurts
But I gave you your
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chance to deliver
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Now it's my turn
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Don't get me wrong
Nate, you've had a
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great run
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But it's time to
Give the people somethin'
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different
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So without furthеr ado, I'd
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Like to introduce my
My album (My album)
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My album (My album), my album
My album (My album),
my album (My album),
my album (My album)
My album—
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HOPE
[Verse 1]
What's my definition of succеss?
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(Of success)
Listening to what your
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heart says (Your heart says)
Standing up for what
you know is (Is)
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Right, while everybody
else is (Is)
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Tucking their tail between
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their legs (Okay)
What's my definition of
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success? (Of success)
Creating something no one
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else can (Else can)
Being brave enough to
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dream big (Big)
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Grinding when you're told
to just quit (Quit)
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Giving more when you got nothing
left (Left)
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It's a person that'll
take a chance on
Something they were told
could never happen
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It's a person that can
see the bright side
Through the dark times
when there ain't one
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It's when someone who
ain't never had nothin'
Ain't afraid to walk away from
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More profit 'cause they'd
rather do somethin'
That they really love
and take the pay cut
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It's a person that
would never waver
Or change who they are
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Just to try to and gain
some credibility
So they could feel accepted
by a stranger
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It's a person that can take
the failures in their life and
turn them into motivation
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It's believing in yourself
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when no one else does, it's amazin'
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What a little bit of faith
can do if you don't even
believe in you
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Why would you think or expect
anybody else that's around you to?
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I done did things that I regret,
I done said things
I can't take back
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Was a lost soul at a crossroad
who had no hope,
but I changed that
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I spent years of my life holdin'
on to things I never should've kept,
full of hatred
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Years of my life carryin'
a lot of baggage that
I should've walked away from
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Years of my life wishin'
I was someone different,
lookin' for some validation
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Years of my life tryna fill
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the void, pretending I was in—
They get it
[Verse 2]
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Growing pain's a necessary evil
Difficult to go through,
yes, but beneficial
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Some would say having a
mental breakdown is
a negative thing
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Which on one hand, I agree with
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On the other hand,
it was the push I needed
To get help and start
the healing process, see
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If I'd have never hit
rock bottom
Would I be the person
that I am today?
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I don't believe so
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I'm a prime example of
what happens
when you choose to not
accept defeat and face
your demons
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Took me thirty years to realize
that if you wanna get
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that opportunity
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To be the greatest version
of yourself, sometimes you
got to be someone you're not
To hear the voice of reason
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Having kids will make
you really take a step back
and look in the mirror
At least for me, that's
what it did, I
[Outro]
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Wake up every day and
pick my son up
Hold him in my arms and
let him know he's loved (Loved)
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Standing by the window,
questioning if dad is ever
going to show up (Up)
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Isn't something he's goin'
to have to worry 'bout
Don't get it twisted,
that wasn't a shot
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Mama, I forgive you
I just don't want him to grow up
thinkin' that he'll
never be enough
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Thirty years of running,
thirty years of searchin'
Thirty years of hurting,
thirty years of pain
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Thirty years of fearful,
thirty years of anger
Thirty years of empty,
thirty years of shame
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Thirty years of broken,
thirty years of anguish
Thirty years of hopeless,
thirty years of (Hey)
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Thirty years of never,
thirty years of maybe
Thirty years of later,
thirty years of fake
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Thirty years of hollow,
thirty years of sorrow
Thirty years of darkness,
thirty years of (Nate)
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Thirty years of baggage,
thirty years of sadness
Thirty years of stagnant,
thirty years of chains
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Thirty years of anxious,
thirty years of suffering
Thirty years of torment,
thirty years of (Wait)
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Thirty years of bitter,
thirty years of lonely
Thirty years of pushing
everyone away ('Way)
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(You'll never evolve)
I know I can change
(We are not enough)
We are not the same
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(You don't have the heart)
You don't have the strength
(You don't have the will)
You don't have the faith
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(You'll never be loved,
you'll never be safe)
(Might as well give up)
Not running away
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(You don't have the guts)
You're the one afraid
(I'm the one in charge)
I'm taking the— (No)
I'm taking the
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