Hopeless

[Ludacris] Ooh..You feel that As I take you to them dirt roads deep down in your southern roots Where nobody said life was gon be easy And we travel through this emotional rollercoaster called life And we have our ups and downs Just keep in mind, when you hit rock bottom There ain't nowhere to go but up baby Just all about how you deal with it, ya feel me Listen here (Chorus 2X: Ludacris) + [Trick Daddy] When life seems hopeless It make a nigga lose focus Empty beer bottles and roaches [Helps to get it off my chest Cause I'm so stressed And all I hear is] FUCK THE WORLD [Ludacris] Man, ever since life's been a gamble, my lifes been in shambles Double-edge swords burning both sides of the candle But Chris, you can't handle the truth Don't wanna face reality So Lord than accept my apology Please like when police say freeze And I ain't do shit but I'm down on my knees Its a crooked system but gin straight take the pain away I charge the game and put my problems on layaway A black man but I feel so blue So I smoke green and purple til my dreams come true And my eyes turn red, the sky turns grey Children slangin white in the hood, we call it yay Drinkin' Ol' Gold down my yellow brick road Where we write my script until my storys been told See, I got a little money and my lifes been up Now I'm fallen and I can't get up [Hook] [Trick Daddy] I had a dream about a dope fiend And its strange cause he could barely write or read Seem to get just for bout anything Pure survival, I want to talk with him He said he was too busy for that but I was more than willing the walk with him So as we walked, he talked and I just listened He said theres a big difference between crackers and niggas And he said white folks look out for the white folks But uhh...black folks blame other black folks when there ain't enough black brokes But yo...to make a long story short We need to pay more attention and do things thats way more convincing He told me you know, I wouldn't say something that wasn't worth it And I damn sure wouldn't waste my time tellin you something that'll hurt you Its your fault for anything if you done stand for something thats for certain But niggas don't be listenin and that shit be hurtin Not all of us but some of us And if we don't hurry up, they gon bury each and every life of us [Hook] [Ludacris] Sometimes I can't deal with my daily issues just being sober Lifes a bitch and I can't control her I wish I could and sometimes to cry on we need a shoulder The government stand us up to run us over And in the hood, they don't seem to understand, god damn What's really got me wondering if this part of the bigger plan? Man I smell something fishy going on Its way beyond blowing away the smoke from all of swishas going on There ain't much that I can do about it (no) But preach the word, tell my peoples spend your money wisely (yup) Don't be absurd by somethings that are fishy (Like what) Like at home, wake up and open your eyes to what the fuck is going on Cause they constantly getting rid of us (yup) One by one, whether its drugs or diseases or its gun by gun I ain't no saint either, I feel I'm even doing wrong By using whats in this chorus to get through this song [Hook] [Trick Daddy] You know, y'all gonna mess around and keep on complaining Bout slavery and umm that was over 40-50 years ago, you know Black folks need to move on No stay strong and umm, y'all keep playing with us crackers They gonna have your ass somewhat tied up, wired up Of the backroads of South Florida, Georgia you know And they make it so God can't do nothing for you Can a church get an Amen God for the thugs too Amen