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 roller coaster 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



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



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



Man, ever since life's been a gamble, my life's 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 lower than accept my apology

Please, like when police say freeze

And I ain't do shit but I'm down on my knees

It's 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 gray



Children slangin' white in the hood, we call it yay

Drinkin' Ol' Gold down my yellow brick road

Then we write my script until my story's untold

See, I got a little money and my life's sped up

Now I'm fallen and I can't get up



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



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



I had a dream about a dope fiend

And it's strange 'cause he get a Bentley right away

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, ‽There's a big difference between crackers and niggazâ€Â

And he said, ‽White folks look out for the white folksâ€Â



But uhh, black folks blame other black folks

When there ain't enough black folks

But yo, to make a long story short

We need to pay more attention



And do things that's way more convincing

And he told me you know

I wouldn't say something

What's working or not



Damn sure, wouldn't waste my time

Tellin' you something that'll hurt you

It's your fault for anything, if you done

Stand for something that's for certain



But niggaz 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



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



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



Sometimes I can't deal with my daily issues just being sober

Life's 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, goddamn

What's really got me wondering, if this part of the bigger plan?

Man, I smell something fishy going on

It's 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 it's drugs or diseases or it's gun by gun

I ain't no saint either, I feel I'm even doing wrong

By using what's in this chorus to get through this song



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



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



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 back roads of South Florida, Georgia, you know

And they made the law, so this shit can't do nothing for you

Can a church get an Amen, God for the thugs too, Amen

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