Hope by Twista ft Faith Evans
Twista and Faith Evans have come together to create a relevant yet uplifting song, Hope. Which throughout this hopeful song the message of whatever life throws at you, you've just got to keep pushing on through. ' I know it ain't easy, but that's okay cause we hopeful." Weaved throughout the lyrics of the song, subtle yet personal messages that different people could relate to. People who could relate to this song are people who have been through or going through a tough time. For example parents who have low income that struggle to feed there kids 'And I hope that all the kids eat, and don't nobody in my family see six feet.' Which is why I really love this song.
The first verse is about drugs. 'I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks, knowing the cops are hot when I'm on the block.' This sentence is about about selling drugs on the street, when he is sayings 'rocks' he is talking about crystal meth. I tend to look down on people who sell drugs on the street, I do understand that some people are doing it for a living, but in my eyes people are just digging a deeper hole that they can't get out of. I do think there are much better jobs to go and get to make a living, like working at a supermarket or a cleaner. Anything is better than putting your life on the line.This is where I think the song comes into play, its talking about the bad situation (selling drugs, brother being in jail, his grandmother being sick.) but then towards the end of the verse it becomes uplifting and positive and talks about moving forward. 'Sit at the lights so long, then we gotta move straight forward cause we fight so strong.'
One of my favorite quotes from this song is 'see the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder.' I love this quote, 1, I love his music and he would be one of my idols, but 2 this generally is a great quote, if you dig deep you get a lot of of it. What I got was that he's blind yet he's successful he what he does, being blind didn't stop him reaching his dreams at all. Since he's blind he doesn't get to see what we see, yet he doesn't let that get him down at all. He is happy and loves life.
Twista talks a lot about God in this song, 'The lord gon make you feel better so you ain't gotta cry today,' I have to disagree with, personally I don't believe that "God" is gonna do anything. You make yourself feel better, yourself is the one that is pushing on and not letting things get to you, why should god get all the credit for the hard work you've done to get yourself out of a bad situation? Yourself would have been the one that got you out of this bad situation, a man in the clouds isn't putting these thoughts and motives into your head, your brain is. I understand the controversy this paragraph can cause, but this is my personal belief and what I stand for. Some people believe in God, and like to go to God as an outlet source, which is why I think this song has a lot of references to it. Twista wants people to turn to God when times get tough. 'And only the heavenly father can ease the hurt, just let go and keep prayin on your knees in church and let's hope!'
