[ti:Hopeless] [ar:Ludacris] [00:02.03]Ooooh you feel that as i take you to them dirt roads deep in your southern roots [00:08.33]When nobody said life was going to be easy [00:11.94]and we travel to this emotional roller coaster called life [00:15.29]And we have our ups and downs [00:16.64]Just keep in mind [00:17.44]When you hit rock bottom [00:18.64]There aint no where to go but up baby [00:20.74]Just all you about how you deal wit it you feel me.. [00:24.00]listen here [00:24.90]chorus [00:25.35]When life seems hopeless [00:27.05]It make a nigga lose focus [00:28.95]Empty beer bottles and roaches, [00:31.75]helps to get it off my chest cause [00:33.75]Im so stressed and all i here is "fuk tha world"2x [00:39.71]verse 1:ludacris [00:49.67]Man ever since life been a gamble [00:51.82]My life been in shamblez [00:53.33]Double edge sword burnin both sides of the candle [00:55.83]but cris but you cant handle the truth [00:58.38]Dont wanna face reailty [01:00.03]So lord accept my apology [01:02.84]Please like when police say freeze [01:04.99]And i aint do shit [01:06.59]But im down on my knees [01:08.34]Its a crooked system but gin straight take the pain away i charge the game [01:12.45]And put my problems on layaway [01:14.75]A black man but i feel so blue [01:17.21]So i smoke green and purple til my dreams come true [01:20.21]Then my eyes turn red [01:21.96]Sky turns grey [01:23.71]Children slangin white in the hood [01:25.56]We call it yaay drink old gold [01:27.57]Down my yellow brick road [01:29.27]Then rewrite my script til my story is untold [01:32.47]See i got a little money and my life sped up now [01:35.54]Im fallin and i cant get up [01:37.64]chorus 2x [02:01.26]verse 2:trick daddy [02:02.61]I had to dream about a dope fiend [02:04.61]And its strange cause he can bearly write or read [02:07.36]but seems to get folkz about anything curious about him [02:10.11]I wanted to talk to him but he was to busy fo that [02:12.96]But i was more then welcome to walk with him [02:15.27]As we walked [02:16.02]He talked and i just listen [02:18.12]He said theres a big differnce between crackas and niggas [02:20.67]See he said white folks look out fo the white folks [02:23.68]but uh black folks blang wit tha black folks [02:26.38]When they aint enough black roakz [02:27.58]When you ooh to make a long story short [02:29.88]We need pay more attenion and do things that are more compleset and he told me [02:34.28]You kno i woulldnt say something that wouldnt work [02:36.49]and i wouldnt damnwaste my time telling something that would hurt you [02:39.64]But you would fall for anything [02:40.84]If you dont stand for something [02:42.39]But thats for certain but niggas dont be listen and that shit be hurting [02:45.49]No all of us but some of us [02:47.74]And if we dont hurry up [02:49.30]They going to bury each and every one of us [02:51.65]And if we dont hurry up [02:53.40]chorus repeat 2x w/trick daddy [03:14.87]verse 3:ludacris [03:15.58]Sometimes i cant deal wit my daily issues [03:17.83]Just being sober lifes a bitch and i cant control her [03:21.28]I wish i could and sometimes to cry on [03:23.78]We need a shoulder [03:25.13]The goverment stand us up [03:26.28]To run us over [03:26.98]And in the hood they dont seem to understand [03:29.79]God damn whats really got me wondering [03:31.79]Is if its a part of a bigger plan man [03:34.14]I smell some thing fishy goin on and its way beyond blowin away [03:37.20]the smoke from these swisher [03:39.35]Goin on it aint much i can do about it but preach the word of telling my people to spend ya money wisely dont be obcared [03:45.66]By some things that depresiated like what like a home to open ya eyes to [03:50.46]Whats the fuks thats goings on cause the constantly getting rid of us one by one wither its drugs or diesase or gun by [03:57.47]Gun i aint no saint either i feel that im even doing wrong by usein this chorus to get thru this song [04:03.27]chorus repeat 2x w/trick daddy [04:09.13]outro:trick daddy [04:23.26]You know yall going to mess around and complain about slavery [04:33.07]that was over 4050years ago black folks need to move on [04:39.12]Yall keep playin wit a crackerthey going to have yo ass tied up wired up to them back roads south florida and they made [04:50.79]Them laws say they cant do anything for you can a church get a amen [04:57.04]and god for the thugs.