I've been looking for some hope, I need thatI've been out here trying to cope, but leave thatI've been looking for some hope, I need thatI've been out here trying to cope, but leave thatI've been looking for some hope, I need thatI've been out here trying to cope, but leave thatI don't care, don't care what you're starting to sayI'm all displaced from the dawn through the nightAnd I'm trying, oh, I'm trying, oh, I'm tryingTo keep myself from a windstormFrom the dark, I know, I knowAnd I'm trying, oh, I'm trying, oh, I'm tryingI've been looking for some hope, I need thatI've been out here trying to cope, but leave thatI've been looking for some hope, I need thatI've been out here trying to cope, but leave thatI've been looking for some hope, I need thatI've been out here trying to cope, but leave thatI was just a kid, now I'm grownLately I've been looking for some hopeLately I've been feeling so downI've been out here trying to copeI was walking down the street in my black skinFeeling hella proud to be in my black skinHey mama, look at me in my black skinI was killed by the police in my black skinI've been looking for some hope, I need thatI've been looking for some hope, I need itI've been out here trying to cope, I need itI've been looking for some hope, I need itI've been out here trying to cope, I need itI've been looking for some hope, I need itI've been out here trying to cope, I need itI've been looking for some hope, I need itI need it