The Pessimist

[Intro: Jerry Seinfeld & George Costanza] 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 [Verse 1: Wale] Uh, a nigga feelin' hopeless Uh, who am I to change perception? If a nigga kill a nigga he's another statistic If his skin's a little different, they gon' say it was self-defense Nigga feelin' hopeless Uh, starin' at the idiot box, riddle me this If a killer was a nigga would niggas still really care Cause niggas worser than Zimmerman livin' life everywhere Niggas hopeless Small niggas with big tools Couldn't get to Harvard, hard work, he hard whipped Cause them hardy har'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 nigga hopeless 25 bands he was shootin', not a damn givin' Cousin threw a couple grand at some dancers Throwin' back their fat ass, is my glasses confused? We're the hopeless America's dream and nightmare in the same being Even when being polite here Niggas try to bring me down, the life of a pioneer Lightyears worth of hopeless Celebrity celebrating disgusts me The cerebellum invaded with all these fresh things on Watchin' "Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta" as we speak Nigga we hopeless Okay, the Steebie show is on And so my broad rollin' weed now she's mad at me Cause she seen a scene with Rasheeda baby father Said, "You niggas all hopeless" [Chorus: J. Cole] 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, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless Aw man, I'm hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, 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, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless Lord knows I'm hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, still I pray [Verse 2: Wale] Nigga feelin' hopeless Like a penny with a hole in it We as empty as a corazón 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 shit here Nigga 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 Nigga 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 Nigga so hopeless Cause we ain't 'posed to never have shit And we ain't vocalise rap Niggas cause we don't promote unless we drop hits Nigga hopeless Look, look at what I go through to show you Niggas respect money, money respect power And power, we never given unless a nigga 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 mothafuckin' rider, you a fuckin' token, posin' Nigga hopeless, of course not literal But why complain about The Man when a nigga want my skin? The same problems with them I had is out there killin' niggas too Eat your food, nigga... A nigga feeling hopeless [Chorus: J. Cole] 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, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless Aw man, I'm hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, 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, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless Lord knows I'm hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, hopeless, still I pray