Hope is the notion
to swim across the ocean
and pray you won't drown
when it gets thick and brown
Hope is that dope
that get you hooked
when you're goose is cooked
and you’re up against the ropes
Hope things are going well and
Hope we won't panic
I've got my beachfront land
And the best seat on the Titanic!
Hope I get paid
hope I get laid
Hope we get to grope
In the cool grassy shade
Hope I don't mope
If she says nope
Hope for no isotopes
In my cantaloupe
Hope for one, hope for two
hoping is the dopiest thing to do
Hope, I sure hope we don’t get screwed
Mostly I hope there’s hope for you
You hope to God
hope to Hope
Hope the Pope
doesn't rope-a-dope
Hope in one hand, whizz in the other
hope that other hand
ain’t the last strand
of your brother
Hope is what you’re smoking
Hope is what you’re shooting
Hope is what you’re doing
When you should be executing
Hope you have a plan
Hope you follow through
Hope you’re the (wo-)man
Who doesn’t hope in lieu
Hope your slope is up
Hope your time is long
Hope you fill your cup
Hope you finish strong
8/16/16
The Horn
By Nate Spears
It’s fantastic I take drastic measures
Blasting treasure
Chests for the tokens
I’m focused
Some say the dopiest
I know this
For the hopeless
Don’t smoke this
Resilient
Brilliant
Conceal it
Then build it
Your life grows strong
Blessings
Value the millions
When heads become hot
Knowledge sooths the spot
Anger brings the pain
Life is a game
Don't play
Work hard to win
After the begin
Comes repeat
Don't blink
Here comes again
Bull never stops
Beef,
Never ends
Then becomes trends
The horns has never been your friend.
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