I Wish Lyrics - The R. In R&b Collection, Vol. 1 - 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 

I wish, I wish, I wish 

Ghetto America 

Rollin' through the hood, just stopped by to say, what's up? 

And let you know your baby boy ain't doin' so tough 

Even though you passed, goin' on four long years 

Still wakin' up late at night cryin' tears 

Just thinkin' about those days you used to talk to me 

Smilin' while I'm sippin' on this Hennessey 

And remember, we'd brag on how rich we would be 

To get out this hood was like a fantasy 

And now you hear my songs the radio is playin' 

Oh, I can't believe my ears 

And what everybody is sayin' 

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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 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, I know you're in a better place 

Even though I can't see your face 

I know you're smilin' down on me 

Sayin' everything's okay 

Photos 

And if I make it out, this thug life 

See you again someday 

I wish, I wish, I wish 

I wish, I wish, I wish 

Ever since this money come, it's been nothing but stress 

Sometimes I wish that 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 

I wonder how my friends would treat me now 

If I was iced up with a Bentley and a house 

That's why fake-ass niggas get fake-ass digits 

And fake-ass players get a real player hatin 'em 

'Honey Love' goes platinum and y'all ass come round 

But y'all don't wanna raise the roof until my shit is goin' down 

And now you hear my songs the radio is playin' 

Oh, I can't believe my ears 

And what everybody is sayin' 

Boy, I tell you folks don't know the half 

I would give it all up just to take one ride 

With you 

And how I used to hoop off in them to 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 

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 smilin' down on me 

Sayin' everything's okay 

And if I make it out this thug life 

See you again someday 

I wish, I wish, I wish 

I wish, I wish, I wish 

Voices in my head been tellin' me to come to church 

Say, the Lord is the only way for you to stop the hurt 

Dreamin' of windows, black-tinted like a hearse 

But wakin' up to life sometimes seems worse 

And all I ever wanted is to be a better man 

And I try to keep it real with my homies, man 

Want 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 playin' 

Oh, I can't believe my ears 

And what everybody's sayin' 

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 throwin' them stones at me 

Somebody pray for me 

Oh, 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 smilin' down on me 

Sayin' everything's okay 

Oh, 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 smilin' down on me 

Sayin' everything's okay 

Oh, 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 smilin' down on me 

Sayin' everything's okay 

Oh, 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