[DMX - Intro]Fucking AssholesDo it every time manEvery time manEvery time they do it to meYessYessYess[Hook - Adreena Mills]I gotta make it out, or move quicklyCan't allow the past to restrict meBet this time around they won't skip meI am the last hope (The Champ!)Won't hesitate not even for a secondThe hustle has become an obsessionI'm on the frontlines with my weaponI am the last hope[DMX - Verse 1]Damn, I went through it againAfter telling everybody I wouldn't do it againI 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 shit gotta change (forreal!)Even get it right and take one to the brain (blam!)But y'all knew the pain that I went through daily, (woooh)Tryna stay sane through the rain, y'all hear meI'm slippin', fallin', I can't get upBut this time I'm outta control, I don't give a fuck!But for the thugs!, I'm the last hope for the team (come on!)I'm the reason why some niggas, gotta hole in 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 nigga would (come on!)I gotta make it out, or move quicklyCan't allow the past to restrict meBet this time around they won't skip meI am the last hope (The Champ!)Won't hesitate not even for a secondThe hustle has become an obsessionI'm on the frontlines with my weaponI am the last hope[DMX - Verse 2]I gots to do it for me, do it for them, (yeah)I ain't playing with this shit, I'ma do it to winKnow I can do it again, (come on) cause I did it beforeWith little to no effort, and y'all niggas knew the score (for real)First album dropped in may, the second in decemberOver platinum in one year like, y'all don't remember, (come on)Only nigga who's first 5 albums debut at number 1And you wonder why I call you son (my son)I just begun, to get started, but the hardest part of it allIs to climb a slippery wall and, still don't fallBreak down and call up to God, when it get to hardI know you ain't gonn' let me go now! (please) brought me too farShowed me I was as a star, all my lifeI know it, all it right, before I, call it a nightI'mma thank you for it all, the blessings and the cursesAnd I hope you listening, there's a lesson in the versesYeah[Hook - Adreena Mills]I gotta make it out, or move quicklyCan't allow the past to restrict meBet this time around they won't skip meI am the last hope (The Champ!)Won't hesitate not even for a secondThe hustle has become an obsessionI'm on the frontlines with my weaponI am the last hope[DMX - Outro]Does it bother me?Yeah of course it bothers meThat's not who I am, I'm not you know, the person the media portrays me toBe, ya mean?