Ooh you feel that as I take you to them dirt roads   Deep down in your southern roots   When nobody said life was going to 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   It's just all you about how you deal wit it you 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 here is "Fuck da 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 here is "Fuck da world"      Man ever since life's been a gamble   My life been in shambles   Double edge sword burnin' both sides of the candle   But Cris you can't handle the truth      Don't wanna face reality   So Lord 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 lay away      A black man but I feel so blue   So I smoke green and purple 'til my dreams come true   Then my eyes turn red, the sky turns gray   Children slangin' white in the hood, we call it yeah      Drink old gold, down my yellow brick road   Then rewrite my script until my story's untold   See I got a little money and my life sped up   Now I'm fallin' 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 here is "Fuck da 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 here is "Fuck da world"      I had this dream about a dope fiene   And it's strange cause he can barely write or read   But seemed to get folks about anything   Curious about him I wanted to talk to him   But he was to busy for that   But I was more then welcome to walk with him      So as we walked, he talked and I just listen   He said, "There's a big difference between crackas and niggas"   See he said, "White folks look out for the white folks"   But uh black folks blame otha black folks      When they ain't enough black roaks   But yo to make a long story short   We need pay more attention and do things   That's way more convincing and he told me      You know I wouldn't say something that wouldn't work and I   Damn sure wouldn't waste my time telling something that a hurt you   But you would fall for anything if you don't stand for something   But that's for certain but niggas don't be listenin'      And that shit be hurting and uh   Not all of us, but some of us   And if we don't hurry up   They going to bury each and every one 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 here is "Fuck da 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 here is "Fuck da 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 it's really got me wondering if it's a part of a bigger plan   Man I smell something fishy going on   And its way beyond blowin' away the smoke   From all these swishers goin' on      It ain't much I can do about it but preach the word   Tell my people to spend ya money wisely   Don't be obscured by some things that's appreciated   Like a home to open ya eyes to what's the fuck's goings on      'Cause they constantly getting rid of us   One by one whether it's drugs or disease or gun by gun   I ain't no saint either I feel that 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 here is "Fuck da 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 here is "Fuck da world"      You kno' ya'll going to mess around and keep on complaining bout slavery   That was over 40-50 years ago black folks need to move on stay strong   Ya'll keep playin' with a cracker, they going to have yo ass tied up   Wired up on them back roads of South Florida Georgia   And they made them laws, so they can't do nothing for you   Can a church get an Amen? And God for the thugs too Amen