Desperate in the D.C streets Desperate for a better life Hi-top shoes and hip-hop beats Don´t hide the violens and strife Just fourteen and selling crack Fell his spirit slowly die Sees a friend shot in the back But no tear comes to his eye Chorus 1: Desperation Is there hope for these Desperation Wondering what to do Desperation Drives me to my knees Desperation Hope fulfilled in You Desperate in a D.C suite Desperate for a better high Dollars, lust and power compete Then they´ll tell us all a lie "Help us win the war on crime Rid our nation of theis stain" Hypocrite! Worst kind of slime! The mayjor´s smoking crack cocaine Chorus 2: Desperation Must things stay the same Desperation Wondering what to do Desperation Burning like a flame Desperation Only quenched in You Rap: In the ghettos, the barrios and efen the burbs There´s a scen going down that really disturbs My conscience, yeah it gnaws at my guts It´s more thatn insane, it´s stone cold nuts He´s only fourteen and he´s totin´ an uzi His rationale is really a doozie When the action is his, ya´ know he´s chilling Competiton moves in, he starts killing He´s a business man with a market niche His trigger finger´s got a business itch He´s upwardly mobile and jobs are rare His aspiration just ain´t welfare Wants a Lamborgini, maybe a Benz Plenty of bills buy him plenty of friends Wants cash to flash to stash to dash If you´re pressing him, he´s gonna bash You head in, steal you in your face Calling in the guards, put you in your place He´s got serious hotties, cold make you drop Dead in your tracks, but it´s only a prop He´s lunchin´ and hustlin´ to build his pride But a hopeless heart he just can´t hide I pray he´ll find my Lord´s salvation It´s the only hope for his desperation Desperation Is there hope for these Desperation Wondering what to do Desperation Drives me to my knees Desperation Hope fulfilled in You Desperation Must things stay the same Desperation Wondering what to do Desperation Burning like a flame Desperation Only quenched in You Desperation