Hopeless Chords by Ludacris

[Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Bbm] _ _ You feel that?
As I take you to them dirt roads [Eb] deep down [Fm] in your southern roots
Where nobody said life was gonna be easy
And we travel through [Bbm] this emotional rollercoaster called life
And we have our ups and downs, just keep in mind when you hit rock bottom
Ain't [Fm] nowhere to go but up, baby
It's just all about how you deal with it, you feel me?
Listen here
[Bbm] When life seems hopeless
You make a nigga lose focus
Empty beer bottles and road blips
[Fm] Helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is
Fuck the world
[Bbm] When life seems hopeless
You make a nigga lose focus
Empty beer bottles and road blips
[Fm] Helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is
Fuck the world
[Bbm] Man, ever since life's been a gamble
My life's been in shambles
Double edged sword burning both [Eb] sides of the candle
[Fm] But Chris, you can't handle the truth
Don't wanna face reality, so Lord accept [Bbm] my apology
Please, like when police say freeze
And I ain't do shit, but I'm down [Ebm] on my knees
[Fm] It's a crooked system, but getting straight takes the pain away
I [Eb] charge the game and [Fm] put my problems [Bbm] on layaway
A black man, but I feel so blue
So I smoke green and purple till my dreams [Eb] come true
[Fm] And my eyes turn red, sky turns gray
Children [Ab] slinging white in the hood, we [Bbm] call it yay
Drinking old gold down my yellow brick road
Then rewrite [Fm] my script until my story's [Ebm] untold
[F] See, I got a [Fm] little money and my life's fed up
Now I'm falling [Fm] and I can't get up
[Bbm] When life seems hopeless
You make a nigga lose focus
Empty beer bottles and road [Fm] blips
Helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is
Fuck the world
[Bbm] When life seems hopeless
You make a nigga [Bb] lose focus
Empty [Bbm] beer bottles and road [Eb] blips
[Fm] Helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is
Fuck the world
[Bbm] I had this dream about a dope fiend
And it's strange cause he could barely ride a reed machine
To get folks just about [Fm] anything
Curious about him, I wanted to talk with him
But he said he was too busy for that
But I was more than [Bbm] welcome to walk with him
So as we walked, he talked, and I just listened
He said there's a big [Fm] difference between
[Eb] Crackers and niggas
[Fm] He said white folks look out for the white folks
For the black [Eb] folks
Blame all the [Fm] black folks
When there [Bbm] ain't enough black folks for you
To make a long story short
We need to pay more [Fm] attention
And do [Eb] things that way more convincing
[Fm] And he told me, you know
I wouldn't say something that wasn't working
And I damn sure would waste my [Ab] time
Talking about [Bbm] something that'll hurt you
But you'll fall for anything
If you don't stand for something that's for certain
But [Db] niggas gon' be [Ebm] listening
And that shit be hurting
[Fm] Not all of us, but some of us
And if we don't hurry [Eb] up
They gon' bury [Fm] each and [Bbm] every white man
When life seems hopeless
It make a nigga lose focus
Empty beer bottles and roses
[Fm] It helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is fuck the world
[Bbm] When life seems hopeless
It make a nigga lose focus
Empty beer bottles and roses
[Ebm] It [Fm] helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is fuck [Db] the world
[Bbm] Sometimes I can't deal with my daily issues
Just being sober
Life's a bitch and I [Fm] can't control her
I wish I could
And sometimes to cry on we need a shoulder
The government [Ebm] stands us up [Fm] to run us over
[Bbm] And in the hood
They don't seem to understand God damn
Which really got me wondering
[Fm] If it's part of a bigger plan
Man I smell something fishy going on
And it's way beyond blowing away the smoke
From all these switches [Bbm] going on
And ain't much that I can do about it
But preach the word
Tell my people spend your money wisely
Don't be observed [Fm] by some things that appreciate
Like a home wake up and [Eb] open your eyes
To [Fm] what the fuck [Ebm] is going on
[Bbm] Cause they constantly getting rid of us
One by one whether it's drugs or diseases
Or [Eb] gun by gun [Fm] I ain't no saint either
I feel I'm even doing wrong
By using what's [Eb] in this chorus [Fm] just to get through [Bbm] this song
When life seems hopeless
It make a nigga lose focus
Empty beer bottles and roses
[Fm] It helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is
Fuck the world
[Bbm] When life seems hopeless
It make a nigga lose focus
Empty beer bottles and roses
[Ebm] It [Fm] helps to get it off my chest
Cause I'm so stressed
And all I hear is
Fuck the [Bbm] world You know
Y'all gonna mess around
And keep on complaining about slavery
[Fm] That was over 40, 50 years ago
Black folks need to move on Stay [Bbm] strong
Y'all keep playing with the crack
They gonna have your ass
Somewhere tied up, wild up
On the [Fm] black roads of South Florida
So, you know
And they made the laws
So you shits can't do [Bbm] nothing for you
_ Can the church get an amen
God for the [Eb] thirds too [Fm] Amen _ _ _
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