<P> `` I Wish '' is an R&B song recorded by American singer - songwriter R. Kelly , from the album TP-2.com . It was released as the album 's first single . It spent three weeks at number - one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the U.S. Hot 100 chart . The song is dedicated to his mother as well as friends and other loved ones of his who have died . This song was originally going to feature rapper 2Pac , but he died before recording his verse . The remix , which was titled `` I Wish - Remix ( To the Homies That We Lost ) featured Hip Hop duo Boo & Gotti , who were then signed to his Rockland Records imprint . </P>
who was i wish by r kelly about
his mother as well as friends and other loved ones of his who have died