[Intro: ludacris] Ooooh you feel that as i take you to them dirt roads deep in your southern roots When nobody said life was going to be easy and we travel to this emotional roller coaster called life And we have our ups and downs Just keep in mind When you hit rock bottom There aint no where to go but up baby Just all you about how you deal wit it you feel me.. listen here [chorus] When life seems hopeless It make a n***a lose focus Empty beer bottles and roaches, helps to get it off my chest cause Im so stressed and all i here is "f** tha world" [2x] [verse 1: ludacris] Man ever since life been a gamble My life been in shamblez Double edge sword burnin both sides of the candle but cris but you cant handle the truth Dont wanna face reailty So lord accept my apology Please like when police say freeze And i aint do sh** But im down on my knees Its a crooked system but gin straight take the pain away i charge the game And put my problems on layaway A black man but i feel so blue So i smoke green and purple til my dreams come true Then my eyes turn red Sky turns grey Children slangin white in the hood We call it yaay drink old gold Down my yellow brick road Then rewrite my script til my story is untold See i got a little money and my life sped up now Im fallin and i cant get up [chorus 2x] [verse 2: trick daddy] I had to dream about a dope fiend And its strange cause he can bearly write or read but seems to get folkz about anything curious about him I wanted to talk to him but he was to busy fo that But i was more then welcome to walk with him As we walked He talked and i just listen He said theres a big differnce between crackas and n***as See he said white folks look out fo the white folks but uh black folks blang wit tha black folks When they aint enough black roakz When you ooh to make a long story short We need pay more attenion and do things that are more compleset and he told me You kno i woulldnt say something that wouldnt work and i wouldnt damnwaste my time telling something that would hurt you But you would fall for anything If you dont stand for something But thats for certain but n***as dont be listen and that sh** be hurting No all of us but some of us And if we dont hurry up They going to bury each and every one of us And if we dont hurry up [chorus repeat 2x w/ trick daddy] [verse 3: ludacris] Sometimes i cant deal wit my daily issues Just being sober lifes a b**h and i cant control her I wish i could and sometimes to cry on We need a shoulder The goverment stand us up To run us over And in the hood they dont seem to understand God damn whats really got me wondering Is if its a part of a bigger plan man I smell some thing fishy goin on and its way beyond blowin away the smoke from these swisher Goin on it aint much i can do about it but preach the word of telling my people to spend ya money wisely dont be obcared By some things that depresiated like what like a home to open ya eyes to Whats the f**s thats goings on cause the constantly getting rid of us one by one wither its d** or diesase or gun by Gun i aint no saint either i feel that im even doing wrong by usein this chorus to get thru this song [chorus repeat 2x w/ trick daddy] [outro: trick daddy] You know yall going to mess around and complain about slavery that was over 40 50 years ago black folks need to move on Yall keep playin wit a crackerthey going to have yo a** tied up wired up to them back roads south florida and they made Them laws say they cant do anything for you can a church get a amen and god for the thugs.