Ludacris - Problems lyrics
They say "Luda, would you rather have the money or the fame?" And I steady try to tell 'em that it all just depends 'Cause every time I make a little more money I seem to be losin' more of my friends So I'd give it all up to repeat life over and they'd say "Dude is a fool" I can't trust another motherf**er livin' in this world and this really got me losin' my cool What would you'd do if you were in my situation And the minute everyone you ever loved to say you looked up? You drink your pain to the bottom of a bottle and the Conjure would have you f**ed up So I'm lookin' for love in all the wrong places, pop pills, drink liquor by the cases Get high, make a woman get low, in the strip club lookin' for familiar faces People know me on a first name basis but all they ever really want's my cash "Let me borrow just a couple hundred dollars and you know that I'm a pay you back", my a** This world so superficial, this world done lost my trust They say "Ludacris, you changin'" but I really don't give a f**! What the hell am I suppose to think? What the hell am I suppose to do? I'm hearin' that the Devil's in disguise and I'm hearin' that the n***a look just like you They know I walk throw the Valley of the Shadow of d**h, I don't go astray And I get down on my knees and pray and I say (Okay, okay, okay) I wish my problems would go away (Okay, okay, okay) I wish my problems would go away, away, away Wish my problems would go away, away, away Doc say I need to change my diet, cause I'm really not eatin' right Mama said I need some peace and quite, cause I'm really not sleepin' right What's the use of havin' all the money and the power in the world if I can't abuse it? Seems like the, only thing that's, keepin' me together is my music If it wasn't for that I think I would lose it; if it wasn't for that I would go crazy When nobody make good on they word and the industry'd make you feel like f** you pay me 'Cause I gotta feed family, some of the same ones that abandoned me That still lookin' for a hand out, 'til you found out that there ain't sh** ya handed me Hah, still mad at me? But I'm tryin' to be the man I plan to be But can't do it if you callin' me for dumb sh**, thinkin' it's innocent, I'm a plea insanity (ohh!) Too many distractions, and it feels like everyday So I get down on my knees and pray and I say (Okay, okay, okay) I wish my problems would go away (Okay, okay, okay) I wish my problems would go away, away, away Wish my problems would go away, away, away I finally made it to the top of the CEO position But when things don't go their way, these artists got all these suspicions So the weed keep me at peace and I think I need an intervention Who the f** put me in charge of makin' all of these decisions? My position got me stressin' like it never did before Not to mention my best friend drowned and d**h was knockin' at his door And it seems like someone in my family is pa**in' away like everyday So I just look up to the sky and get on my knees and pray and I say! (Okay, okay, okay) I wish my problems would go away (Okay, okay, okay) I wish my problems would go away, away, away Wish my problems would go away, away, away