Lost Cause Lyrics

Song	Lost Cause
Artist	Diamond District
Album	March on Washington
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[00:26.43]	Yeah I came here on a ************p but I flew out on a plane
[00:29.36]	Trade these shackles and a whip for some status and a name
[00:32.49]	And the hassle's still the same, and my ticket's still in coach
[00:35.84]	And my seat is near the toilet, guess this ************t won't ever change
[00:39.18]	What's a black suppose to do, sell some crack and entertain?
[00:42.52]	Get a bachelor in some bull************t and a job below my aim?
[00:45.87]	I was shooting for the star, they're shootin' rockets at the moon
[00:49.21]	Reach in my pockets for my keys, the cop is reachin' for the tools
[00:52.55]	If you can see me on the news, I hope that's cuz I'm on a roll
[00:55.90]	Tryna keep me on a leash but I ain't out here on parole
[00:59.14]	Yeah I'm free to go, freedom reign, free them chains, freedom fries
[01:03.00]	Free to try, only thing promised to me is a free demise
[01:06.14]	This is why my hustle strong, I grew up watching Huxtables
[01:09.69]	My mamma grew up watching kids, her mamma grew up wa************ng clothes
[01:12.93]	Overcomin' obstacles, way before doctor Martin spoke
[01:16.17]	Barack can't give me hope, mamma gave me that 'fore her aqua broke. Yea
[01:19.93]
[01:20.35]	I'm not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[01:22.02]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[01:25.57]	Ain't out here with no sign, I'm looking for one in the streets
[01:28.50]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[01:31.95]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[01:33.72]	Your feeling's in my soul
[01:35.39]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[01:38.63]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[01:42.08]	Ain't nuttin gonna stop me, I ain't out, I'm in control
[01:45.32]	Oh yeah, let's go
[01:46.89]
[01:47.31]	My brother saw enough blood, no decision I don't
[01:49.50]	Three Gs in my closet, that's what made me cold
[01:52.84]	My daddy gone by 12, started stealing my clothes
[01:56.19]	I was put behind that cell and next thing you know
[01:59.43]	My grandma had my bail
[02:01.41]	She said “Son, better's you go”
[02:03.08]	I said ”I ain't going no way grandma, I ain't have no ****”
[02:06.01]	I shoulda called you so, my problem's wrong for sure
[02:09.35]	And something in my soul said we gotta go
[02:12.70]	When I went like, we got to, we got, we got to go
[02:14.89]	The mother********* we got the **
[02:16.15]	Better be out, come on
[02:16.98]	We got to roll, we bout to blow
[02:18.65]	'mon brother, we Al Capone
[02:19.80]	We got to, we got to, we got to go
[02:21.58]	Yall wanna be there, come on
[02:22.94]	Yall wanna be there, we'll be there
[02:24.19]	We should hope we never ever
[02:25.34]	End the day till the *********** eon
[02:26.70]	We don't want these people to roll
[02:28.16]	Then some are D I suppose
[02:29.62]	Yall n*ggas be out the polls
[02:30.77]	Before the revolution got to beat out, seed out, *********** out the ho's
[02:33.07]	Pull it stick it in three of them holes
[02:34.85]	Through DC I propose
[02:36.10]	Then I get you with phonetic
[02:37.25]	Come and take your head, leave out the toes
[02:37.98]	Wouldn't leave me out the cause, this my cause
[02:39.66]
[02:40.18]	I'm not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[02:41.64]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[02:45.09]	Ain't out here with no sign, I'm looking for one in the streets
[02:48.43]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[02:51.88]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[02:53.55]	Your feeling's in my soul
[02:55.22]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[02:58.67]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[03:02.02]	Ain't nuttin gonna stop me, I ain't out, I'm in control
[03:05.15]	Oh yeah, let's go
[03:06.51]
[03:06.82]	This is a call to them folks who got hopes high
[03:08.39]	They heard a lot of things, believe when seen with my own eyes
[03:12.05]	Hell yeah got drive and that's the reason I drove wild
[03:15.18]	But no one's living slow so I switch the pace up one more time
[03:18.73]	Now I’m tryin to get it to the point where my kids’ kids can live it up
[03:21.76]	So I'm taking it's overrated, if you wanna change you gotta give it up
[03:25.21]	And yeah you love to hear the story, feel it's raw for your drums
[03:28.77]	Beat through each lung, old and young and now we overcome
[03:31.90]	Each one, teach one (I'm about that)
[03:33.47]	Buildin' them bridges (I'm about that)
[03:35.14]	Expanding our vision (I'm about that)
[03:36.39]	Switch up your decisions if you want an outcome that's different (I'm about that)
[03:39.84]	Head up, fed up, scared enough and isn't, best believe (I'm about that)
[03:43.50]	Passing on tradition and reaching soul for the seeds (I'm about that)
[03:46.42]	All out, long ride, the very last one to roll out
[03:49.56]	That's sauerkraut, pouting over losses, just the wrong route
[03:52.90]	Me kicking that rhyme and just like that picket sign
[03:55.93]	From '79 until the now, the clock ticking it's time, for Y
[03:59.69]
[04:00.01]	I'm not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[04:02.10]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[04:05.23]	Ain't out here with no sign, I'm looking for one in the streets
[04:08.58]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[04:11.82]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[04:13.59]	Your feeling's in my soul
[04:15.26]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[04:18.82]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[04:21.85]	Ain't nuttin gonna stop me, I ain't out, I'm in control
[04:25.09]	Oh yeah, let's go

[00:26.43]	Yeah I came here on a p but I flew out on a plane
[00:29.36]	Trade these shackles and a whip for some status and a name
[00:32.49]	And the hassle' s still the same, and my ticket' s still in coach
[00:35.84]	And my seat is near the toilet, guess this t won' t ever change
[00:39.18]	What' s a black suppose to do, sell some crack and entertain?
[00:42.52]	Get a bachelor in some bull t and a job below my aim?
[00:45.87]	I was shooting for the star, they' re shootin' rockets at the moon
[00:49.21]	Reach in my pockets for my keys, the cop is reachin' for the tools
[00:52.55]	If you can see me on the news, I hope that' s cuz I' m on a roll
[00:55.90]	Tryna keep me on a leash but I ain' t out here on parole
[00:59.14]	Yeah I' m free to go, freedom reign, free them chains, freedom fries
[01:03.00]	Free to try, only thing promised to me is a free demise
[01:06.14]	This is why my hustle strong, I grew up watching Huxtables
[01:09.69]	My mamma grew up watching kids, her mamma grew up wa ng clothes
[01:12.93]	Overcomin' obstacles, way before doctor Martin spoke
[01:16.17]	Barack can' t give me hope, mamma gave me that ' fore her aqua broke. Yea
[01:19.93]
[01:20.35]	I' m not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[01:22.02]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[01:25.57]	Ain' t out here with no sign, I' m looking for one in the streets
[01:28.50]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[01:31.95]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[01:33.72]	Your feeling' s in my soul
[01:35.39]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[01:38.63]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[01:42.08]	Ain' t nuttin gonna stop me, I ain' t out, I' m in control
[01:45.32]	Oh yeah, let' s go
[01:46.89]
[01:47.31]	My brother saw enough blood, no decision I don' t
[01:49.50]	Three Gs in my closet, that' s what made me cold
[01:52.84]	My daddy gone by 12, started stealing my clothes
[01:56.19]	I was put behind that cell and next thing you know
[01:59.43]	My grandma had my bail
[02:01.41]	She said " Son, better' s you go"
[02:03.08]	I said " I ain' t going no way grandma, I ain' t have no "
[02:06.01]	I shoulda called you so, my problem' s wrong for sure
[02:09.35]	And something in my soul said we gotta go
[02:12.70]	When I went like, we got to, we got, we got to go
[02:14.89]	The mother we got the
[02:16.15]	Better be out, come on
[02:16.98]	We got to roll, we bout to blow
[02:18.65]	' mon brother, we Al Capone
[02:19.80]	We got to, we got to, we got to go
[02:21.58]	Yall wanna be there, come on
[02:22.94]	Yall wanna be there, we' ll be there
[02:24.19]	We should hope we never ever
[02:25.34]	End the day till the eon
[02:26.70]	We don' t want these people to roll
[02:28.16]	Then some are D I suppose
[02:29.62]	Yall n ggas be out the polls
[02:30.77]	Before the revolution got to beat out, seed out, out the ho' s
[02:33.07]	Pull it stick it in three of them holes
[02:34.85]	Through DC I propose
[02:36.10]	Then I get you with phonetic
[02:37.25]	Come and take your head, leave out the toes
[02:37.98]	Wouldn' t leave me out the cause, this my cause
[02:39.66]
[02:40.18]	I' m not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[02:41.64]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[02:45.09]	Ain' t out here with no sign, I' m looking for one in the streets
[02:48.43]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[02:51.88]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[02:53.55]	Your feeling' s in my soul
[02:55.22]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[02:58.67]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[03:02.02]	Ain' t nuttin gonna stop me, I ain' t out, I' m in control
[03:05.15]	Oh yeah, let' s go
[03:06.51]
[03:06.82]	This is a call to them folks who got hopes high
[03:08.39]	They heard a lot of things, believe when seen with my own eyes
[03:12.05]	Hell yeah got drive and that' s the reason I drove wild
[03:15.18]	But no one' s living slow so I switch the pace up one more time
[03:18.73]	Now I' m tryin to get it to the point where my kids' kids can live it up
[03:21.76]	So I' m taking it' s overrated, if you wanna change you gotta give it up
[03:25.21]	And yeah you love to hear the story, feel it' s raw for your drums
[03:28.77]	Beat through each lung, old and young and now we overcome
[03:31.90]	Each one, teach one I' m about that
[03:33.47]	Buildin' them bridges I' m about that
[03:35.14]	Expanding our vision I' m about that
[03:36.39]	Switch up your decisions if you want an outcome that' s different I' m about that
[03:39.84]	Head up, fed up, scared enough and isn' t, best believe I' m about that
[03:43.50]	Passing on tradition and reaching soul for the seeds I' m about that
[03:46.42]	All out, long ride, the very last one to roll out
[03:49.56]	That' s sauerkraut, pouting over losses, just the wrong route
[03:52.90]	Me kicking that rhyme and just like that picket sign
[03:55.93]	From ' 79 until the now, the clock ticking it' s time, for Y
[03:59.69]
[04:00.01]	I' m not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[04:02.10]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[04:05.23]	Ain' t out here with no sign, I' m looking for one in the streets
[04:08.58]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[04:11.82]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[04:13.59]	Your feeling' s in my soul
[04:15.26]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[04:18.82]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[04:21.85]	Ain' t nuttin gonna stop me, I ain' t out, I' m in control
[04:25.09]	Oh yeah, let' s go

[00:26.43]	Yeah I came here on a p but I flew out on a plane
[00:29.36]	Trade these shackles and a whip for some status and a name
[00:32.49]	And the hassle' s still the same, and my ticket' s still in coach
[00:35.84]	And my seat is near the toilet, guess this t won' t ever change
[00:39.18]	What' s a black suppose to do, sell some crack and entertain?
[00:42.52]	Get a bachelor in some bull t and a job below my aim?
[00:45.87]	I was shooting for the star, they' re shootin' rockets at the moon
[00:49.21]	Reach in my pockets for my keys, the cop is reachin' for the tools
[00:52.55]	If you can see me on the news, I hope that' s cuz I' m on a roll
[00:55.90]	Tryna keep me on a leash but I ain' t out here on parole
[00:59.14]	Yeah I' m free to go, freedom reign, free them chains, freedom fries
[01:03.00]	Free to try, only thing promised to me is a free demise
[01:06.14]	This is why my hustle strong, I grew up watching Huxtables
[01:09.69]	My mamma grew up watching kids, her mamma grew up wa ng clothes
[01:12.93]	Overcomin' obstacles, way before doctor Martin spoke
[01:16.17]	Barack can' t give me hope, mamma gave me that ' fore her aqua broke. Yea
[01:19.93]
[01:20.35]	I' m not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[01:22.02]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[01:25.57]	Ain' t out here with no sign, I' m looking for one in the streets
[01:28.50]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[01:31.95]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[01:33.72]	Your feeling' s in my soul
[01:35.39]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[01:38.63]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[01:42.08]	Ain' t nuttin gonna stop me, I ain' t out, I' m in control
[01:45.32]	Oh yeah, let' s go
[01:46.89]
[01:47.31]	My brother saw enough blood, no decision I don' t
[01:49.50]	Three Gs in my closet, that' s what made me cold
[01:52.84]	My daddy gone by 12, started stealing my clothes
[01:56.19]	I was put behind that cell and next thing you know
[01:59.43]	My grandma had my bail
[02:01.41]	She said " Son, better' s you go"
[02:03.08]	I said " I ain' t going no way grandma, I ain' t have no "
[02:06.01]	I shoulda called you so, my problem' s wrong for sure
[02:09.35]	And something in my soul said we gotta go
[02:12.70]	When I went like, we got to, we got, we got to go
[02:14.89]	The mother we got the
[02:16.15]	Better be out, come on
[02:16.98]	We got to roll, we bout to blow
[02:18.65]	' mon brother, we Al Capone
[02:19.80]	We got to, we got to, we got to go
[02:21.58]	Yall wanna be there, come on
[02:22.94]	Yall wanna be there, we' ll be there
[02:24.19]	We should hope we never ever
[02:25.34]	End the day till the eon
[02:26.70]	We don' t want these people to roll
[02:28.16]	Then some are D I suppose
[02:29.62]	Yall n ggas be out the polls
[02:30.77]	Before the revolution got to beat out, seed out, out the ho' s
[02:33.07]	Pull it stick it in three of them holes
[02:34.85]	Through DC I propose
[02:36.10]	Then I get you with phonetic
[02:37.25]	Come and take your head, leave out the toes
[02:37.98]	Wouldn' t leave me out the cause, this my cause
[02:39.66]
[02:40.18]	I' m not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[02:41.64]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[02:45.09]	Ain' t out here with no sign, I' m looking for one in the streets
[02:48.43]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[02:51.88]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[02:53.55]	Your feeling' s in my soul
[02:55.22]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[02:58.67]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[03:02.02]	Ain' t nuttin gonna stop me, I ain' t out, I' m in control
[03:05.15]	Oh yeah, let' s go
[03:06.51]
[03:06.82]	This is a call to them folks who got hopes high
[03:08.39]	They heard a lot of things, believe when seen with my own eyes
[03:12.05]	Hell yeah got drive and that' s the reason I drove wild
[03:15.18]	But no one' s living slow so I switch the pace up one more time
[03:18.73]	Now I' m tryin to get it to the point where my kids' kids can live it up
[03:21.76]	So I' m taking it' s overrated, if you wanna change you gotta give it up
[03:25.21]	And yeah you love to hear the story, feel it' s raw for your drums
[03:28.77]	Beat through each lung, old and young and now we overcome
[03:31.90]	Each one, teach one I' m about that
[03:33.47]	Buildin' them bridges I' m about that
[03:35.14]	Expanding our vision I' m about that
[03:36.39]	Switch up your decisions if you want an outcome that' s different I' m about that
[03:39.84]	Head up, fed up, scared enough and isn' t, best believe I' m about that
[03:43.50]	Passing on tradition and reaching soul for the seeds I' m about that
[03:46.42]	All out, long ride, the very last one to roll out
[03:49.56]	That' s sauerkraut, pouting over losses, just the wrong route
[03:52.90]	Me kicking that rhyme and just like that picket sign
[03:55.93]	From ' 79 until the now, the clock ticking it' s time, for Y
[03:59.69]
[04:00.01]	I' m not a lost cause, I am a far cry
[04:02.10]	But I can still call and get involved, I
[04:05.23]	Ain' t out here with no sign, I' m looking for one in the streets
[04:08.58]	Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat
[04:11.82]	Yeah we still riding to that beat
[04:13.59]	Your feeling' s in my soul
[04:15.26]	And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before
[04:18.82]	Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll
[04:21.85]	Ain' t nuttin gonna stop me, I ain' t out, I' m in control
[04:25.09]	Oh yeah, let' s go

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