作词 : Jermaine Cole/Olubowale Akintimehin/Osinachi Nwaneri 作曲 : Jermaine Cole/Olubowale Akintimehin/Osinachi Nwaneri The Pessimist -Wale 、J.Cole Oh so there's still hope 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 A ni**a feelin'hopeless Who am I to change perception If a ni**a kill a ni**a he's another statistic If his skin's a little different they gon'say it was self defense Ni**a feelin'hopeless Starin'at the idiom box riddle me this If a killer was a ni**a would ni**as still really care Cause ni**as worser than Zimmerman livin'life everywhere Ni**as hopeless Small ni**as with big tools Couldn't get to Harvard hard work he hard whipped Cause them hardy hah's and hard nights Are hard to live through When you hopeless What we gotta do to be winnin' Cause all the schools gettin'closed Dribble a little coach shootin'at a foe Cause they chargin'them to hoop at community center My ni**a hopeless 25bands he was shootin'not a damn givin' Cousin threw a couple grand at some dancers Throwin'back their fat a**is my glasses confused We're the hopeless America's dream and nightmare in the same being Even when being polite here Ni**as try to bring me down the life of a pioneer Lightyears worth of hopeless Celebrities celebratin'disgust me The cerebellum invaded with all these fresh things on Watchin'Love and Hip Hop Atlanta as we speak Ni**a we hopeless Okay the Steebie show is on And so my broad rollin'w**d now she's mad at me Cause she seen a scene with Rasheeda baby father Said You ni**as all hopeless Got a pocket full of lint again but it make no difference to me Fallin'out with my friends again but it make no difference to me Goddamn I'm hopeless Oh man I'm hopeless Got no gas in my tank again but it make no difference to me Overdraft at the bank again but it make no difference to me Goddamn I'm hopeless Lord knows I'm hopeless Still I pray Ni**a feelin'hopeless Like a Penny with a hole in it We as empty as a corazon of a widow From a soul that she don't know when he's comin'home He don't got no limit hopeless What's a purple heart to a hurt head He done done 12years he was told 6 Prolly go back in a minute ain't sh*t here Ni**a so hopeless Thoughts are ravaging in the whole crib Now he post-traumatic and always on the edge On the pills some bills two kids one leg Ni**a so hopeless A lot of black cops always clap back And some foul white cops always on deck Playin'race card guarantee you'll make a blackjack Ni**a so hopeless Cause we ain't 'posed to ever have sh*t And we ain't vocal as rap Ni**as cause we don't mope unless we trap hits Ni**a hopeless Look at what I go through to show you Ni**as respect money money respect power And power we never given unless A ni**a catch shoot or dribble We are hopeless Nah you ain't out here for the culture You finna riot without a purpose You ain't a mothaf**kin'rider you a f**kin'token posin' Ni**a hopeless Of course not literal But why complain about the man When a ni**a with my skin The same problems with them I had Is out there killin'ni**as too Eat your food ni**a Got a pocket full of lint again but it make no difference to me Fallin'out with my friends again but it make no difference to me Goddamn I'm hopeless Oh man I'm hopeless Got no gas in my tank again but it make no difference to me Overdraft at the bank again but it make no difference to me Goddamn I'm hopeless Lord knows I'm hopeless Still I pray
[00:00.000] 作词 : Jermaine Cole/Olubowale Akintimehin/Osinachi Nwaneri [00:00.157] 作曲 : Jermaine Cole/Olubowale Akintimehin/Osinachi Nwaneri [00:00.314]The Pessimist -Wale 、J.Cole [00:19.323]Oh so there's still hope [00:21.123]I don't want hope hope is killing me [00:25.173]My dream is to become hopeless [00:27.673]When you're hopeless you don't care [00:28.993]And when you don't care that indifference it makes you attractive [00:35.301]A ni**a feelin'hopeless [00:37.980]Who am I to change perception [00:39.369]If a ni**a kill a ni**a he's another statistic [00:41.499]If his skin's a little different they gon'say it was self defense [00:44.146]Ni**a feelin'hopeless [00:46.865]Starin'at the idiom box riddle me this [00:48.905]If a killer was a ni**a would ni**as still really care [00:51.63]Cause ni**as worser than Zimmerman livin'life everywhere [00:53.282]Ni**as hopeless [00:56.142]Small ni**as with big tools [00:57.511]Couldn't get to Harvard hard work he hard whipped [00:59.668]Cause them hardy hah's and hard nights [01:01.288]Are hard to live through [01:02.337]When you hopeless [01:04.857]What we gotta do to be winnin' [01:05.847]Cause all the schools gettin'closed [01:07.316]Dribble a little coach shootin'at a foe [01:08.944]Cause they chargin'them to hoop at community center [01:11.74]My ni**a hopeless [01:13.733]25bands he was shootin'not a damn givin' [01:15.722]Cousin threw a couple grand at some dancers [01:17.581]Throwin'back their fat a**is my glasses confused [01:19.759]We're the hopeless [01:22.489]America's dream and nightmare in the same being [01:24.799]Even when being polite here [01:26.128]Ni**as try to bring me down the life of a pioneer [01:28.288]Lightyears worth of hopeless [01:31.428]Celebrities celebratin'disgust me [01:33.388]The cerebellum invaded with all these fresh things on [01:35.597]Watchin'Love and Hip Hop Atlanta as we speak [01:37.617]Ni**a we hopeless [01:39.836]Okay the Steebie show is on [01:41.475]And so my broad rollin'w**d now she's mad at me [01:43.634]Cause she seen a scene with Rasheeda baby father [01:46.152]Said You ni**as all hopeless [01:47.302]Got a pocket full of lint again but it make no difference to me [01:51.702]Fallin'out with my friends again but it make no difference to me [01:54.881]Goddamn I'm hopeless [01:59.791]Oh man I'm hopeless [02:05.161]Got no gas in my tank again but it make no difference to me [02:09.501]Overdraft at the bank again but it make no difference to me [02:12.981]Goddamn I'm hopeless [02:17.411]Lord knows I'm hopeless [02:21.681]Still I pray [02:22.170]Ni**a feelin'hopeless [02:24.590]Like a Penny with a hole in it [02:26.39]We as empty as a corazon of a widow [02:28.308]From a soul that she don't know when he's comin'home [02:30.237]He don't got no limit hopeless [02:33.766]What's a purple heart to a hurt head [02:35.766]He done done 12years he was told 6 [02:37.394]Prolly go back in a minute ain't sh*t here [02:39.874]Ni**a so hopeless [02:42.684]Thoughts are ravaging in the whole crib [02:44.604]Now he post-traumatic and always on the edge [02:46.663]On the pills some bills two kids one leg [02:48.521]Ni**a so hopeless [02:51.480]A lot of black cops always clap back [02:53.510]And some foul white cops always on deck [02:55.429]Playin'race card guarantee you'll make a blackjack [02:57.598]Ni**a so hopeless [03:00.278]Cause we ain't 'posed to ever have sh*t [03:02.428]And we ain't vocal as rap [03:04.108]Ni**as cause we don't mope unless we trap hits [03:06.668]Ni**a hopeless [03:09.317]Look at what I go through to show you [03:11.47]Ni**as respect money money respect power [03:12.997]And power we never given unless [03:14.387]A ni**a catch shoot or dribble [03:15.697]We are hopeless [03:17.607]Nah you ain't out here for the culture [03:19.977]You finna riot without a purpose [03:21.657]You ain't a mothaf**kin'rider you a f**kin'token posin' [03:24.565]Ni**a hopeless [03:25.805]Of course not literal [03:27.214]But why complain about the man [03:28.454]When a ni**a with my skin [03:29.453]The same problems with them I had [03:31.72]Is out there killin'ni**as too [03:32.761]Eat your food ni**a [03:51.874]Got a pocket full of lint again but it make no difference to me [03:56.134]Fallin'out with my friends again but it make no difference to me [03:59.403]Goddamn I'm hopeless [04:04.92]Oh man I'm hopeless [04:09.661]Got no gas in my tank again but it make no difference to me [04:13.900]Overdraft at the bank again but it make no difference to me [04:17.389]Goddamn I'm hopeless [04:21.839]Lord knows I'm hopeless [04:26.89]Still I pray
