W.A.L.E. - The Pessimist Lyrics
[Intro]Jerry: Oh so there's still hope?George: I don't want hope, hope is killing me. My dream is to become hopeless. When you're hopeless you don't care, and when you don't care, that indifference, it makes you attractive[Verse 1: Wale]A nigga feelin' hopelessWho am I to change perception?If a nigga kill a nigga he's another statisticIf his skin's a little different they gon' say it was self defenseNigga feelin' hopelessStarin' at the idiom box, riddle me thisIf a killer was a nigga would niggas still really careCause niggas worser than Zimmerman livin' life everywhereNiggas hopelessSmall niggas with big toolsCouldn't get to Harvard, hard work, he hard whippedCause them hardy hah's and hard nightsAre hard to live throughWhen you hopelessWhat we gotta do to be winnin'?Cause all the schools gettin' closedDribble a little, coach, shootin' at a foeCause they chargin' them to hoop at community centerMy nigga, hopeless25 bands, he was shootin' not a damn givin'Cousin threw a couple grand at some dancersThrowin' back their fat ass, is my glasses confused?We're the hopelessAmerica's dream and nightmare in the same beingEven when being polite hereNiggas try to bring me down, the life of a pioneerLightyears worth of hopelessCelebrities celebratin' disgust meThe cerebellum invaded with all these fresh things onWatchin' "Love and Hip Hop : Atlanta" as we speakNigga we hopelessOkay, the Steebie show is onAnd so my broad rollin' weed now she's mad at meCause she seen a scene with Rasheeda baby fatherSaid, "You niggas all hopeless"[Hook: J Cole]Got a pocket full of lint again, but it make no difference to meFallin' out with my friends again, but it make no difference to meGoddamn I'm hopelessOh man I'm hopelessGot no gas in my tank again, but it make no difference to meOverdraft at the bank again, but it make no difference to meGoddamn I'm hopelessLord knows I'm hopelessStill I pray[Verse 2: Wale]Nigga feelin' hopelessLike a Penny with a hole in itWe as empty as a corazón of a widowFrom a soul that she don't know when he's comin' homeHe don't got no limit, hopelessWhat's a purple heart to a hurt head?He done done 12 years, he was told 6Prolly go back in a minute, ain't shit hereNigga so hopelessThoughts are ravaging in the whole cribNow he post-traumatic and always on the edgeOn the pills, some bills, two kids, one legNigga so hopelessA lot of black cops always clap backAnd some foul white cops always on deckPlayin' race card, guarantee you'll make a blackjackNigga so hopelessCause we ain't 'posed to ever have shitAnd we ain't vocal as rapNiggas cause we don't mope unless we trap hitsNigga hopelessLook at what I go through to show youNiggas respect money, money respect powerAnd power, we never given unlessA nigga catch, shoot or dribbleWe are hopelessNah you ain't out here for the cultureYou finna riot, without a purposeYou ain't a motha*****in' rider, you a *****in' token, posin'Nigga hopelessOf course not literalBut why complain about the manWhen a nigga with my skinThe same problems with them I hadIs out there killin' niggas too?Eat your food, nigga[Hook]
