Last Hope lyrics

[Intro: DMX]
They do it every time man
Every time
Every time they do it to me

[Chorus: Adreena Mills & DMX]
I gotta make it out and move quickly
Can't allow the past to restrict me
Bet this time around they won't skip me
I am the last hope, (The Champ!)
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

[Verse 1: DMX]
Damn, I went through it again
After telling everybody I wouldn't do it again
I kinda feel like I let my people down (yup)
But to get them right, I got's to pick myself up (come on)
When I heard this beat and hook, it was so raw (uhh)
Looked in the mirror, didn't like what I saw, (uhh)
All I could say was: ahh man sh*t gotta change (forreal!)
Either get it right or take one to the brain (blam!)
But y'all know the pain that I went through daily, (woooh)
Tryna stay sane through the rain, y'all hear me
I'm slippin', fallin', can't get up
But this time I'm outta control, I don't give a f*ck!
For the thugs!, I'm the last hope for the team (come on!)
I'm the reason why some n*ggas, gotta hope and a dream (come on!)
These cats know what's good, I am the hood (Aii)
I ain't hoping that they don't, I wish a n*gga would (come on!)
[Chorus: Adreena Mills & DMX]
I gotta make it out and move quickly
Can't allow the past to restrict me
Bet this time around they won't skip me
I am the last hope, (The Champ!)
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

[Verse 2: DMX]
I gotts to do it for me, or do it for them, (yeah)
I ain't playing with this sh*t, Im'ma do it to win
Know I can do it again, (come on) cause I did it before
With little to no effort, and y'all n*ggas knew the score (for real)
First album dropped in May, second in December
Over platinum in one year like, y'all don't remember, (come on)
Only n*gga who's first 5 albums debuted at number 1
And you wonder why I call you son (my son)
I just begun, to get started, with 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 gets to hard
I know you ain't gonn' let me go now!!(please) You 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
[Chorus: Adreena Mills & DMX]
I gotta make it out and move quickly
Can't allow the past to restrict me
Bet this time around they won't skip me
I am the last hope, (The Champ!)
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

[Outro: DMX]
Does it bother me?
Yeah off course it bothers me
Cause it's not who I am, I'm not you know, the person the media portrays me to be, ya mean?