[ (C) 2026 Joseph M Lenard media SEND US FEEDBACK (via CTP Show): https://www.buzzsprout.com/2210487/fan_mail/new - https://tinyurl.com/SubscribeToCTP - CTP Audios: https://tinyurl.com/CTPonBuzzsprout - CTP Videos: https://tinyurl.com/CTPonBITCHUTE - https://tinyurl.com/CTPgear - https://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitGear - AI images/videos/audio CTP uses: https://tinyurl.com/GalaxyMagicaAI - https://tinyurl.com/BookPromotionViaFiverr ] [ HOPE ] [intro] Hope, Hope is great, we need more hope but it in itself is not a strategy Shall be known by Fruits Action, God, demands of you and me. [Verse 1] Hope is a whisper A pretty thought A warm blanket When battles are fought But a whisper wont win No not a single fight Gotta stand up and shout With all of your might [Prechorus] Yeah hope is fine It’s a lovely thing [Chorus] But hope is not a strategy No it ain't a strategy You gotta move your feet Gotta feel that beat Hope is not a strategy For you and for me [Verse 2] Talk is cheap A dime a dozen phrase Pretty words spin Through all of your days But action speaks louder A thunderous sound When your boots hit the ground No turning around [Bridge] We can dream big dreams Paint pictures in our head But if we just sit still We might as well be dead The fruits of our labor Are what the world will see Not just what we wish for But what we choose to be [Chorus] Cause hope is not a strategy No it ain't a strategy You gotta move your feet Gotta feel that beat Hope is not a.... [ Some need re-check Matthew 23 - God gave us Free Will, we choose good, evil, or indifference to it all; and in end will be called on it (as more to Matthew 7 than just the first 7 words within it). ... and, yes, meant to JUST DROP OFF like that... part tongue in cheek LOL... and part point for those who will GET IT -- HOPING the song continued, invalid, it required ACTION on my part I did not take for it to actually happen!!! ]
