Ace Hood - Hope

[00:02.45] I feel you [00:15.78] To every girl who ain't never had a daddy, and every boy who ain't never have a mother [00:19.74] To that pretty woman lost in the world, who seem to think another man won't love her [00:24.02] All the homies locked up in the pen, who can never seem to dodge that trouble [00:28.92] Hold your head up high cuz there's better days, hard times I was praying for them better ways [00:32.18] I don't know a niggas struggle but I know pain [00:34.17] Cold world but a nigga trying to maintain [00:37.94] Still praying for a little change [00:39.06] Bills due and I can't pay [00:41.75] Or when your money low when your rent late [00:42.74] And doc say granny gone after thirty days [00:44.50] You don't even know the half of my heartache [00:46.46] Too many I done lost is a heartbreak [00:47.91] And they wonder why this young nigga goin' hard I done came too far from my boulevard [00:51.87] Couple war wounds, few battle scars, but I'm still here living gotta thank God. [00:56.13] It's a cold world, it don't love you [00:59.78] Funny what a little faith and a hope do [01:00.41] Lord [01:01.84] And I know my momma praying for me, [01:05.52] And my granny praying for me, [01:07.01] I'm hustling for my family and that's every day and night, [01:08.76] And the day I witnessed my daughter born it was the greatest day of my life, my life. [01:15.96] Yeah take a look in my eyes, look how far a nigga came [01:22.75] You can search my soul, you understand my pain [01:26.11] Nigga trust nobody, and that probably never change [01:30.17] With a little bit of hope, you can reach your dreams [01:34.22] For anybody who done ever had a dream, you are just like me [01:39.29] Still beleving in myself even when them niggas hated and they told me that it could not be [01:43.73] You's a muhfuckin' lie, motivate a nigga when you see him on the block [01:47.72] Tell me how it feel when you struggle with the bills, and your momma take pills, and you never seen your pop. [01:51.77] That put a dent right into my childhood, [01:53.49] Still praying that I want to live good. [01:55.30] Selling dope get you hoes and them nice cars, [01:57.81] I'm just thinking if I really should. [01:59.42] Small city young nigga with a mindset [02:01.42] Ain't never trying to be another convict [02:03.80] See I can't lose, and I won't quit [02:05.49] As long as God in my heart then I'm conscious [02:07.96] Remember when they said I wouldn't be shit? [02:09.46] People doubted that I ever had a gift [02:11.25] Who the fuck are you to judge me nigga? I will never let them sink my ship [02:15.31] Through the trials and tribulations, nigga still I stand, thank God in advance [02:21.17] Growing up I wanted to be like Jordan, [02:28.12] Even though I couldn't really afford it. [02:29.93] Who's to say I can't be an Obama, [02:30.65] A Tiger Woods worth about a billion dollars? [02:33.24] Everybody wanna sell a little coke, [03:06.91] Cuz it's cool to them niggas you know. [03:07.65] Nobody wanna be another judge. [03:08.98] Young niggas only looking for the plug (hope) [03:13.13] Watch your momma doing dope [03:13.86] Daddy locked in the pen [03:15.65] And you on your own [03:17.59] Gotta keep your head up [03:20.02] When you're tired and fed up [03:21.16] Better days gon' come [03:24.07] Better days gon' come [03:25.45]