J. Cole - The Pessimist lyrics

Ft. J. Cole [Intro] Oh so there’s still hope? I don’t want hope, hope is k**ing 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 n*gga feelin’ hopeless Who am I to change perception? If a n*gga k** a n*gga he’s another statistic If his skin’s a little different they gon’ say it was self defense n*gga feelin’ hopeless Starin’ at the idiom box, riddle me this If a k**er was a n*gga would n*ggas still really care Cause n*ggas worser than Zimmerman livin’ life everywhere n*ggas hopeless Small n*ggas with big tools Couldn’t get to Harvard, hard work, he hard whipped Cause them [?] are hard nights Are hard to live through when you’re 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’ in the hoop, [?] My n*gga, hopeless 25 bands, he was shootin’ out of damn givin’ Cousin threw a couple grand at some dancers Throwin’ back their fat a**, is my gla**es confused? We’re the hopeless America’s dream and nightmare in the same being Even when being polite here n*ggas 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 Watchin’ Love and Hip Hop Atlanta as we speak n*gga we hopeless Okay is [?] They said my broad rollin’ weed now she’s mad at me Cause she seen a scene with Rasheeda [?] [Hook: J Cole] Got a pocket full of lint again, but it makes no difference to me Fallin’ out with my friends again, but it makes no difference to me Goddamn I’m hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless Oh man I’m hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless Got no gas in my tank again, but it makes no difference to me Overdraft at the bank again, but it makes no difference to me Goddamn I’m hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless Lord knows I’m hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless But still I pray [Verse 2: Wale] n*gga feelin’ hopeless Like a penny with a hole in it We as empty as a cortisone 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 12 years, he was told 6 Prolly go back in a minute, ain’t sh** here n*gga so hopeless Thoughts are ravaging in the whole crib Now he post-traumatic and always only on the edge On the pills, some bills, some kids who won’t love n*gga so hopeless A lot of black cops always clap back There’s some foul white cops always on deck Playin’ race card, guarantee you’ll make a blackjack n*gga so hopeless Cause we ain’t ‘posed to ever have sh** And we ain’t vocal as rap n*ggas cause we don’t mope unless we try n*gga hopeless Look at what I go through to show you n*ggas respect money and money respect power And power, we never givin’ ‘em less A n*gga catch, shoot and dribble, we the hopeless Nah you ain’t out here for the culture You finna riot without a purpose You ain’t a mothaf**in’ rider, you a f**in’ token, posin’ n*gga hopeless Of course not literal But why complain about the man When a n*gga with my skin The same problems with them I had Is out there k**in’ n*ggas too? Eat your food, n*gga [Hook: J Cole]