I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I don't care, don't care What you started to say I rule this place From the dawn through the day And I try, you know I try, you know I try To keep myself far away from the dark I know it's hard But I try, you know I try, you know I try I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I was just a kid now I'm grown (now I'm grown) Lately I've been looking for some hope (hella hope) Baby, I've been feeling so alone I've been out here tryna cope (tryna cope) I was walking down the street In my black skin Feeling hella proud to be In my black skin Hey, mama, look at me In my black skin I was killed by the police In my black skin I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I've been looking for some hope, I need that I've been out here tryna cope, believe that I've been looking for some hope, I need that That, I need that