Verse 1
Let this be a little hope, for the no hopers
Let them know that to know hope, you needa go broke cuz
Only then you can see the bigger pic, you can't look at it so close up
So we dream big enough to cover the sky we got a spirit that almost does
Pre Chorus
From a generation raised on pipe dreams
Smoked up with our parents regret nightly
So we’re told we can do it all oooah
And we’ll never be afraid to fall oooah
But nothing’s gonna fall in our laps while we're kicking back ‘stead we gotta kick it back, grab for it give us that
Chorus
You make me wanna
I think I'm gonna
I know I'm bout to try for a minute
You make me wanna
I think gonna
I know gonna strive for the finish line
You see it in my
Eyes I'm gonna
Try to hit the sky while I'm getting mine
I know that if all I do is hope then I won't get to where I wanna go in this life yeeeeaaah
Oohh and I don't know what's got in to me,
But I don't needa see an end to my enemies
It's allgood I love the hate in this vicinity
Hate means I'm all up in your face seems finicky,
Cuz this is all so subjective, one mans trash is another man’s treasure
One might pass on this young boys letter they tryna be the one I can do one better eh
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Chorus
Bridge
You can't see the light from your window
You gotta open it up and let the wind blow
Let the sunshine and it will glow
And it may rain too you gotta still go hard
Till the end bro
Nothing gonna happen if you don’t show up
May as well make a start on your path to the stars
You can't see the light from your window
You gotta open it up and let the wind blow
Let the sunshine and it will glow
And it may rain too you gotta still go hard
Till the end bro
Nothing gonna happen if you don’t show up
But nothing’s gonna fall in our laps while we're kicking back ‘stead we gotta kick it back, grab for it give us that
Chorus
Outro
For the know hopers, for the know hopers for the know hopers….
Oakland’s Roots & Tings offer a bracing take on the classic roots reggae sound, updating it with splashes of digital dub. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 19, 2020