Hopeless-Ludacris

[ti:Hopeless] [ar:Ludacris] [al:Red Light District] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hopeless - Ludacris [00:01.49]Written by：Chris Bridges/F. ST. Amand/M. Young [00:02.99]Ooooh you feel that as I take you to them dirt roads [00:07.76]Deep in your southern roots [00:09.30] [00:10.21]When nobody said life was going to be easy [00:12.21] [00:12.89]And we travel through this emotional rollercoaster called life [00:15.76]And we have our ups and downs [00:17.06]Just keep in mind when you hit rock bottom [00:18.81] [00:19.45]There ain't no where to go but up baby [00:21.22] [00:21.97]It's just all you about how you deal wit it you feel me [00:24.01] [00:24.99]Listen here [00:25.92]When life seems hopeless [00:27.15] [00:27.88]It make a ni**a lose focus [00:29.25] [00:29.84]Empty beer bottles and roaches [00:31.67] [00:32.39]Helps to get it off my chest [00:34.31]Cause I'm so stressed [00:35.65]And all I here is "f**k da world" [00:38.06]When life seems hopeless it make a ni**a lose focus [00:42.03]Empty beer bottles and roaches [00:43.98] [00:44.56]Helps to get it off my chest 'cause I'm so stressed [00:47.95]And all I here is "F**k da world" [00:49.62] [00:50.18]Man ever since life's been a gamble [00:52.48]My life been in shambles [00:54.05]Double edge sword burnin' both sides of the candle [00:57.01]But Cris you can't handle the truth [00:59.28]Don't wanna face reality [01:00.84]So Lord accept my apology [01:02.67] [01:03.48]Please like when police say freeze [01:05.68] [01:06.31]And I ain't do sh*t [01:07.63]But I'm down on my knees [01:09.01]It's a crooked system but gin straight take the pain away [01:12.54]I charge the game [01:13.24]And put my problems on lay away [01:15.06] [01:15.68]A black man but I feel so blue [01:18.10]So I smoke green and purple 'til my dreams come true [01:21.08]Then my eyes turn red the sky turns gray [01:24.32]Children slangin' white in the hood we call it yeah [01:27.13] [01:27.64]Drink old gold down my yellow brick road [01:29.88] [01:30.39]Then rewrite my script until my story's untold [01:33.30]See I got a little money and my life sped up [01:36.15]Now I'm fallin' and I can't get up [01:38.66]When life seems hopeless it make a ni**a lose focus [01:42.04] [01:42.60]Empty beer bottles and roaches [01:45.21]Helps to get it off my chest 'cause I'm so stressed [01:48.41]And all I here is "F**k da world" [01:50.81]When life seems hopeless it make a ni**a lose focus [01:54.10] [01:54.73]Empty beer bottles and roaches [01:57.34]Helps to get it off my chest 'cause I'm so stressed [02:00.71]And all I here is "F**k da world" [02:02.68] [02:03.33]I had this dream about a d**e fiene [02:05.14] [02:05.65]And It's strange cause he can barely write or read [02:07.86]But seemed to get folks about anything [02:10.22]Curious about him I wanted to talk to him [02:12.39]But he was to busy for that [02:13.92]But I was more then welcome to walk with him [02:16.15]So as we walked he talked and I just listen [02:18.77]He said "There's a big difference between crackas and niggas" [02:22.04]See he said "White folks look out for the white folks" [02:24.54]But uh black folks blame otha black folks [02:26.66]When they ain't enough black roaks [02:28.26]But yo to make a long story short [02:30.85]We need pay more attention and do things [02:32.51]That's way more convincing and he told me [02:34.66]You know I wouldn't say something that wouldn't work and I [02:37.36]Damn sure wouldn't waste my time telling something that a hurt you [02:40.54]But you would fall for anything if you don't stand for something [02:42.93]But that's for certain but niggas don't be listenin' [02:44.88]And that sh*t be hurting and uh [02:46.33]Not all of us but some of us [02:48.87]And if we don't hurry up [02:49.88]They going to bury each and every one of us [02:51.88]When life seems hopeless it make a ni**a lose focus [02:55.46]Empty beer bottles and roaches [02:57.31] [02:58.13]Helps to get it off my chest 'cause I'm so stressed [03:00.78] [03:01.45]And all I here is "F**k da world" [03:03.11] [03:03.63]When life seems hopeless it make a ni**a lose focus [03:07.60]Empty beer bottles and roaches [03:10.13]Helps to get it off my chest 'cause I'm so stressed [03:13.54]And all I here is "F**k da world" [03:15.81]Sometimes I can't deal with my daily issues just being sober [03:19.82]Life's a b**ch and I can't control her [03:22.07]I wish I could and sometimes to cry on we need a shoulder [03:25.95]The government stand us up to run us over [03:28.10]And in the hood they don't seem to understand goddamn [03:31.22] [03:31.77]What It's really got me wondering if It's a part of a bigger plan [03:34.54]Man I smell something fishy going on [03:36.89]And It's way beyond blowin' away the smoke [03:38.92]From all these swishers goin' on [03:40.69]It ain't much I can do about it but preach the word [03:43.52]Tell my people to spend ya money wisely [03:45.53]Don't be obscured by some things that's appreciated [03:48.51] [03:49.11]Like a home to open ya eyes to what's the f**k's goings on [03:52.88]'Cause they constantly getting rid of us [03:55.08]One by one whether It's drugs or disease or gun by gun [03:58.96]I ain't no saint either I feel that I'm even doing wrong [04:01.91]By using what's in this chorus to get through this song [04:04.37]When life seems hopeless it make a ni**a lose focus [04:07.78] [04:08.30]Empty beer bottles and roaches [04:10.17] [04:10.90]Helps to get it off my chest 'cause I'm so stressed [04:14.33]And all I here is "F**k da world" [04:16.00] [04:16.51]When life seems hopeless it make a ni**a lose focus [04:20.52]Empty beer bottles and roaches [04:22.35] [04:23.09]Helps to get it off my chest 'cause I'm so stressed [04:26.38]And all I here is "F**k da world" [04:28.18] [04:29.34]You kno' ya'll going to mess around and keep on complaining bout slavery [04:34.33] [04:35.80]That was over 40-50 years ago black folks need to move on stay strong [04:40.87] [04:42.72]Ya'll keep playin' with a cracker they going to have yo a** tied up [04:46.35]Wired up on them back roads of South Florida Georgia [04:49.74] [04:51.18]And they made them laws so they can't do nothing for you [04:53.34] [04:55.84]Can a church get an Amen And God for the thugs too Amen