last hope

dmx

fucking assholes

do it every time man

every time man

every time they do it to me

yess

yess

yess

i gotta make it out

or move quickly

can't allow the past to restrict me

bet this time around they won't skip me

i am the last hope

won't hesitate not even for a second

the hustle has become an obsession

i'm on the frontlines with my weapon

i am the last hope

damn

i went through it again

after telling everybody i wouldn't do it again

i kinda feel like i let my people down

but to get them right

i got's to pick myself up

when i heard this beat and hook

it was so raw

looked in the mirror

didn't like what i saw

all i could say was: ahh man shit gotta change

even get it right and take one to the brain

but y'all knew the pain that i went through daily

tryna stay sane through the rain

y'all hear me

i'm slippin'

fallin'

i can't get up

but this time i'm outta control

i don't give a fuck!

but for the thugs!

i'm the last hope for the team

i'm the reason why some niggas

gotta hole in a dream

these cats know what's good

i am the hood

i ain't hoping that they don't

i wish a nigga would

i gotta make it out

or move quickly

can't allow the past to restrict me

bet this time around they won't skip me

i am the last hope

won't hesitate not even for a second

the hustle has become an obsession

i'm on the frontlines with my weapon

i am the last hope

i gots to do it for me

do it for them

i ain't playing with this shit

i'ma do it to win

know i can do it again

cause i did it before

with little to no effort

and y'all niggas knew the score

first album dropped in may

the second in december

over platinum in one year like

y'all don't remember

only nigga who's first 5 albums debut at number 1

and you wonder why i call you son

i just begun

to get started

but the hardest part of it all

is to climb a slippery wall and

still don't fall

break down and call up to god

when it get to hard

i know you ain't gonn' let me go now! brought me too far

showed me i was as a star

all my life

i know it

all it right

before i

call it a night

i'mma thank you for it all

the blessings and the curses

and i hope you listening

there's a lesson in the verses

yeah

i gotta make it out

or move quickly

can't allow the past to restrict me

bet this time around they won't skip me

i am the last hope

won't hesitate not even for a second

the hustle has become an obsession

i'm on the frontlines with my weapon

i am the last hope

does it bother me?

yeah of course it bothers me

that's not who i am

i'm not you know

the person the media portrays me to

be

ya mean?