A nigga feelin' hopeless
Who am I to change perception?
If a nigga kill a nigga he's another statistic
If his skin's a little different they gon' say it was self defense
Nigga feelin' hopeless
Starin' at the idiom box, riddle me this
If a killer was [Am7]a nigga would niggas still ɾeally care
Cause niggas worser than Zimmerman livin' life everywhere
Niggas hopeless
Small [Em]niggas with big tools
Couldn't get to [C7]Harvard, hard work, he hard whipped
Cause them [A]hardy hah's and [Bm]hard nights
Are hard to [C7]live through
When you [A7hopeless
What we gotta do to [C7]be [Am]winnin'?
Cause all [Em]the schools gettin' closed
Dribble a little, coach, shootin' at a foe
Cause they chargin' them [A]to [C7]hoop at community center
My nigga, hopeless
25 bands, he was [Am7]shootin' not a damn givin'
Cousin threw a couple grand [Bm]at some dancers
Throwin' back their fat ass, is my [A]glasses confused?
We're the hopeless
America's dream and [Bm]nightmare in the same being
Even when being polite here
Niggas tɾy to [C7]bring me down, the life of a pioneer
Lightyears worth of hopeless
Celebrities celebratin' disgust me
The cerebellum invaded with all [Em]these fresh things on
Watchin' "Love and [Bm]Hip Hop : Atlanta" as we speak
Nigga we hopeless
Okay, the Steebie show is on
And so my [A]broad ɾollin' weed now she's mad at me
Cause she seen a scene with Rasheeda baby father
Said, "You niggas all [Em]hopeless"
Got a pocket full of lint again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Fallin' out with my [A]friends again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Goddamn I'm hopeless
Oh man I'm hopeless
Got no gas in my [A]tank again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Overdraft at the bank again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Goddamn I'm hopeless
Lord knows I'm hopeless
Still I pray
Nigga feelin' hopeless
Like a Penny with a hole in it
We as empty as a corazón of a widow
From a soul that she don't know when he's comin' home
He don't got [Fm7]no limit, hopeless
What's a purple heart to [C7]a hurt head?
He done done 12 years, he was [Am7]told 6
Prolly go back in a minute, ain't shit here
Nigga so hopeless
Thoughts are ɾavaging in the whole crib
Now he post-tɾaumatic and [Bm]always on [C7]the edge
On the pills, some bills, two kids, one leg
Nigga so hopeless
A lot of black cops always clap back
And some foul white cops always on [C7]deck
Playin' ɾace card, guarantee you'll make a blackjack
Nigga so hopeless
Cause we ain't 'posed to [C7]ever have shit
And we ain't vocal as ɾap
Niggas cause we don't mope unless we tɾap hits
Nigga hopeless
Look at what I go through to [C7]show you
Niggas ɾespect money, money ɾespect power
And power, we never given unless
A nigga catch, shoot or dribble
We are hopeless
Nah you [A7ain't out here for [Dm7]the culture
You finna ɾiot, without a purpose
You ain't a mothafuckin' ɾider, you [A7a fuckin' token, posin'
Nigga hopeless
Of course not literal
But why complain about the man
When a nigga with my [A]skin
The same problems with them [A]I had
Is out there killin' niggas too?
Eat your food, nigga
Got a pocket full of lint again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Fallin' out with my [A]friends again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Goddamn I'm hopeless
Oh man I'm hopeless
Got no gas in my [A]tank again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Overdraft at the bank again, but it make no difference to [C7]me
Goddamn I'm hopeless
Lord knows I'm hopeless
Still I pray
