Polo G - Wishing For a Hero (ft. BJ the Chicago Kid)

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**Wishing For a Hero**, formerly **Still No Changes**, is a song by Polo G, featuring BJ the Chicago Kid, that was released on May 15, 2020 as an audio and May 29, 2020 as a music video. The song appeared to be the last track to Polo's second studio album, The Goat.

## Description

“Wishing For a Hero” is the final track of Polo G’s sophomore album, THE GOAT. The track samples and draws lyrical inspiration from 2Pac’s classic song “Changes.” Polo G speaks on the same subject matter as his predecessor, mainly the oppression of African-Americans in America, especially by the police. He references civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

The track is produced by Father-Son duo The Superiors and features vocals from fellow Chicago native BJ The Chicago Kid. The piano and chorus sampled from 2Pac’s “Changes” were originally sampled from the 1986 hit song “The Way It Is” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.

## Awards and Nominations

**Wishing For a Hero** ended up getting certified Gold by the RIAA on August 17, 2021.

## Lyrics: Polo G, *BJ the Chicago Kid*, and **Leia**

Well respected in this hip-hop, lil' Polo be spittin' facts

A lot of rappers doin' way more stuntin' than givin' back

You ain't my color, then you don’t know the struggle of livin' black

Cops kill us and we protest, what type of shit is that?

Man, if the police shoot at one of my brothers, I'm blickin' back

We hate each other, so we just wanna score and go tit-for-tat

All these shorties want is points, they ain't chasin' a different stat

Really riskin' it all, what’s the point when that n\*gga rat?

We seventeen, got forty years in that court when we gettin' cracked

Stuck in the system, they just watchin' us fail while they sittin' back

The government cuttin' checks, but can't cut a n\*gga some slack

It's hard to get a job, so we hustle and flip a pack

It's all a set-up, no wonder why they call this bitch a trap

Life was messed up, a matter of time 'til that n\*gga snap

Post-traumatic stress, so them triggers keep gettin' tapped

R.I.P. Malcolm, I promise to conquer and fill them gaps

Them corners leave a n\*gga boxed in, tryna break free

Crazy how I love the same block that tried to break me

Pray that I ain't in my own hood when they take me

This all we know, a life of peace what we can't see

I'm from where we unheard and we can't speak

We go to school, they try to tell us what we can't be

Profit with a billion-dollar mind like I'm JAY-Z

They killed Martin for dreamin' and now I can't sleep

Why would the devil take my brother if he close to me?

Now if you stare into my soul, you'll see my bros in me

We missin' you, man, this ain't how this shit supposed to be

Feel like I'm stuck, I wish them streets never proposed to me

Out there posted in the field with them soldiers deep

So now the other side wanna put a hole in me

Like every day might be the end of the road for me

We die young, so I couldn't picture a older me

Fightin' demons, let them drugs take control of me

All in my head, go and kill what they told to me

'Member we ain't have a thing, same clothes for weeks

Hardbody, that's how them situations molded me

Needed money and grew accustomed to this fast life

Pressure from this way of livin', so we blast pipes

Shit got me stressin' three hundred and sixty-five nights

Them people workin' against us like we don't have rights

It don't matter what this money and this fame can give

I've been hurtin', tryna smile through the pain and tears

Wish we could go back to them days when we played as kids

A lot of shit changed, that's just the way it is

*That's just (That's just the way it is)*

*Some things'll never (Some things'll never change)*

*Oh, oh, that's just the way it is (Way it is)*

*The way it is (Ooh)*

*That's just (That's just the way it is)*

*Some things'll never (Some things'll never change, no-no-no-no-no)*

*Yeah, that's just the way it is (Way it is)*

*The way it is (Yeah)*

*Never, never (Ayy)*

*Some things will never change (Some things'll never change)*

*Never, never (No, that's just the way it is)*

*Some things'll never change*

*Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm*

*Mmm-mmm-mmm*

*Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm*

*Mmm-mmm-mmm*

**You finally made it, big brother**

**You're the G.O.A.T.**

T

* This song is one of Polo's favorite song on the album.
* On the tracklist, Wishing For a Hero was named Still No Changes. This might be a reference to one of Polo's big influences, 2Pac, and his song Changes. 2Pac's song was directed to the racial injustice and how 2Pac want this solved as soon as possible. And Polo might've named the track Still No Changes because of how the racial injustice never was solved and how 2Pac's song was just not taken to heart by the former police officer, Derek Chauvin.

## Links

* **Genius Page:** https://genius.com/Polo-g-wishing-for-a-hero-lyrics