[J. Cole - 1] I just killed a man My still trembling can you feel my hand Don't shed no tears, it be long before they find out it was me momma may be the last time you see me free ma Don't spend it You did your best, me I was blessed, know you were stressed To keep me out the streets, me police Tryin' not to make a to wake you up out your sleep A and high fool Skip a class, high school I you taught me better, somehow I never learned Said I was playing with fire, somehoe I burned You tried to set me straight, I never permed You to show me right but somehow I never turned Lost in a of marijuana, are you sane dummy Dry your face mommy, your not to for me See I'm a man, I gotta take came for me At times I wonder my father Would it for me if he was around? Would I still be running round with the Bum ass n-ggas no jobs, no Seen them n-ggas killed for no I watched his life flash before his eyes like a light I pulled the trigger Tryna be hard, I aint mean to kill the n-gga But what's done is I'm on the run, I my life like a movie now it's way too realer Who woulda your baby boy woulda grew up to be a killer
Yeh, now I'm a Guess I'm a They got me in here with the Yeah I mean the
[J. - Verse 2] I wonder in store for me Lately been stressing, pray for blessings, hope there's more for me just a simple life N-ggas I used to hoop with is doing triple life Gave up the jump Work on the john Who woulda thought I used to block n-ggas lay ups Now he's in a cell up I you well, stay up Like life can make a n-gga fold like a laundry mat I sip this cognac though to ease my from all this pain and so that I slow, in this fast world n-ggas, fast girls Hoes give up ass while these ho hold triggers on 'em Hold up old checker flag for 'em Chalk lines by the do not park It's deep, all these cold hearted holding heat I'd rather blast they steal a n-gga Tell 'em now boy, don't me turn into a killer
Yeah, into a make me turn into a killer Yeah, to a killer, yeh yeh
[J. Cole - 3] To those who had for me in the past Who woulda thought time fly by so fast I remember in class we used to make believe it was draft day Swore that we would make the league, be morning had to rake the leaves, awww shit Watch how pile up Seem like a up I was the blisters on my hand than I dial up my friend Skating ring is we headed tonight And if a n-gga disrespect, yes we to fight In that shit seemed petty At the time, the shit was Cause was all about your name You had to scrap with any n-gga would call you lame no doubt, so many n-ggas go they brains blown out Snatched a n-gga and he got his name rolled out in obituaries Another body in a young n-gga in the penetentiary And he give a f-ck no missionary Rap visionary, paint a n-gga pictionary Tell you what it is, I'm a I knew a n-gga that threw his d-ck in every chick in every city he went to Went like the rent do Till he met the wrong bitch, man just came ex-convict And he stay on with that Shit, f-cking around them killers
yeah, them killers F-cking around with them Say I'm a