~HOPE~

~hopes just a word but i dont have it~
~with the life i lead its like a could unable to grab it~
~a full house family no food to eat~
~stampin our feet the only way we obtain heat~
~but yet i attend church to recieve a blessin~
~only later that day to find my moneys lessended~
~come christmas my children neva heard of prancer~
~no money its all spent fightin my sons cancer~
~no tv jus silence through the third story~
~come home at nine wit no food left for me~
~and yet i pray my only vent of hope~
~second job stuck to sellin dope~
~all these troubles yet no solutions~
~my life is earth and im the pollution~
~jus when i thought it was all wrong it turned~
~we won a lottery all the things i yearned~
~theyre in reach now the moneys there~
~my wife warned me this would happen but i didnt care~
~i lost my faith the last thing i had~
~the one thing i last learned from dad~
~well look at him i said~
~he died wit no money poor and cold in bed~
~he left my mother with nothing~
~but now i got my chance were finally something~
~fuck hope i had it all life and whered it get me~
~i prayed enough now look wat he sent me~
~millions in cash now theres no need~
~she tried tellin me im speakin greed~
~yeah ok well fuck you then i neva need you~
~i work all day to come home and neva see you~
~where have you been and what you done~
~all you did was add to the struggle so it weighed a ton~
~id deal wit 2 bosses then to hear you yellin~
~how the fuck do i control how much drugs theyre sellin~
~i only get paid wat i earn and its not much~
~but now i got it all well neva be stuck~
~so i left i was done talkin~
~i had to cash in the ticket so i began walkin~
~over to the shop rite and walk up to the counter~
~handed the ticket this time hope hit me a grounder~
~im sorry sir not a winner but try again~
~hope is the last thing left for men~