So Many People

So many people

So many people

So many people

So many people

So many people seek her, me especially

The her I'm talking 'bout right now is Destiny

She and I was supposed to meet to chop it up

I wanted to ask her in life why I was getting stuck many times

She said some of that was in my mind

And grind plus the right time equals divine

Ask if I will see a sign where I'm supposed to be

She said, "Just be free and get close to me, Destiny"

To get dough, you got the recipe

And I'm Anita Baker, giving you the best of me

I got to a spot where I didn't know if you were true

With so many voices, how do I know when it's you?

She said, "I met you, boy, when you was ten years old"

"That rap that I gave you was a part of your soul"

"Anytime you feel that, know that it's gold"

"Stick with me and your story will forever be told by many people"

So many people

So many people

So many people

So many people

Some people live by her, some ignore her

Her name is Faith, I always loved her aura

The more I got to know her, I became like Noah

The arc of my life, a prover, and shower

She showed up for me in the darkest times

Conversations with her re-spark my mind

My heart would find reasons that I needed her

She saw a future in me, reputation proceeded her

Eager to be with her, my soul will leak for her

I lost loved ones but still kept keeping her

My miseducation was the doubting in me

Through valleys and Lauryn Hill, she moved mountains for me

The time I was broke, she was counting for me

Money I would make rapping over breaks

A faith like Evans or light from the Heavens

Her personality pleasant, still use her like a weapon, many people

So many people

So many people

So many people

So many people

Some people see her for the future, some see her for now

Her name is Hope, she first spoke to me as a child

I would listen, I could see the glisten in her eyes

Her wisdom, it was wise

She envisioned I would rise under Chi City skies

She said I'd become king

She sat by my side and reminded me the dream through

Schemes of rhymes, a queen sublime

The gates of Heaven on Earth, yeah, we would climb

Though, it seemed at times I would lose her

To get her back like the mack, I had to choose her

Dews of light strike, struggle to survive

She ran with Jesse and them, they kept Hope alive

She spoke in the eyes of the first Black president

He would bring her 'round the Southside residents

Medicine for the masses seen through Hope's glasses

I pray destiny, faith, and hope everlasting for people

So many people

So many people

So many people

So many people

And what you and I have to let the man know (so many people)

Is we are peaceful people, we are loving people

We love everybody who loves us (so many people)

And what you and I have to let the man know (so many people)

Is we are peaceful people, we are loving people

We love everybody who loves us (so many people)

We're nonviolent with people

(So many people)

(So many people)

(So many people)

(So many people)

(So many people)

(So many people)

(So many people)

(So many people)

You are the very people of God

You do have a responsibility to wake up, clean up, and stand