T. Karras - Hope Lyrics

To those of you out there
Don't give up just yet
For there's a light at the end
You just gotta believe in it
I have hope for the future, that things will get better
Even though there are people who use the word never
I'm optimistic, and I'll always be...
They can never take that away from me
I've have stuck things out for the longest time
And it's getting to a point where it's affecting my mind
But there's a light at the end, I just know there is
I have to believe, I can't accept it doesn't exist
Very few people know about the concept of hope
Never bothering to learn, always being dopes
It's an easy concept, you just gotta understand
That there's potential for things to get better at the end
And I feel like that time has finally come
After all that hard work, I'm finally done...
But there's another plateau that I have to reach
For this is just the beginning, I haven't reached my peak
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
They try to bring me down, leave me so hopeless
But despite all the odds, I'll always resist
For there's a thing called karma that'll bring some balance
And with all the destruction it'll be a challenge...
Just to make sure things are the way they are
And right now things are very hard...
It's really messed up and not very nice
I just want normalcy in this game called life...
I don't want to live in fear until the end of time
I want to have fun just bustin' a rhyme
Music's supposed to be fun, not a horrible chore
Right now I'm stuck as a soldier in a war
But I still have hope that this will pass
And all the trouble and torment will no longer last
And I can be free, to do whatever I want
Without the past haunting me, circling like a hawk
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
I tried to stop believing, I literally tried
But everytime I died, I came back alive
Wanting to try harder to make my dreams a success
It feels like I have to pass this test
I got ambition, I got drive, I got determination
I got so much that it left me contemplatin'
Whether or not I can truly achieve my dreams
Whether or not I can become a part of the scene
I have lost so many times but I have not given up
I'm a believer of faith, I put my trust in luck
Even though lots of people say I cannot do this
I am going to do it and yes, call me foolish...
But you'll never extinguish hope, it'll never die
No matter how many times you people try
I'll still hope for the better, even though it gets worse
And I'll still be hoping even when I'm dead in a hearse
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E
You gotta have hope. H-O-P-E