[Intro: Yeah, third take & Effect nigga Yeah, yeah, I got to Yeah,
[Verse 1: Jealousy enemies hostage Eventually the penalty will and haunt ya Hennessey memories me nauseous But the Hennessy makes the awesome So instead of me talking I'm jotting And steady plotting on how to gain spaghetti You know parmesan, that cheddar, mozzarella The list goes on and on you my heart is dark You know my is long, I'm a young phenomenon It's these people keep forgetting It's always the expected who ends up getting it So don't tell me no niggas hating the point if I hear Mr. not giving a fuck a joint in his ear Put that on his plate then so long disappear Empty gut I'm hungry man, the guns pointing year I'm feeling I'm dealing with children boy I'm killing already trying to bite styles You break a tooth if you bite I go way too hard
[Hook 1: Cause I've in this hood dog for way too long man I've been for way too long Been waiting can't wait too long dog been broke man for way too long No hot water for way too You knock the hustle it's way too strong Yeah way too strong
[Verse 2: J. to the imposters, label me the king My dreams could win Oscars, my turned mobsters My white friends doctors, child how I got this knowledge is wild Streets taught me, speak softly nigga watch from the Cause any that's loud, just want attention and eventually blaow No fake niggas allowed in my circle You been through the shit I been through it'll hurt ya dawg softly, my nigga moving state to state running late watch 'em Tryna avoid state troopers, the weight watchers Run dope set this cake till they say "Gotcha" Or the fat lady sings, and niggas hate oprahs And Oprah niggas Make no mistake that we know the stake still, we hope to make eight figures Slim chances, but niggas bet against the odds and who am I to criticise how you play your cards
2: J. Cole] Cause I done beat the odds going way too I been slept on for way too long I been waiting for way too long I been quiet dawg for way too You can't know the hustle it's way too strong way too strong I said you can't knock my hustle dawg it's way too way too strong
[Verse 3: J. Look, I admit it, tryna get my brother acquitted Yo' tell the judge I be happy to pay him off if he's it My flesh and blood, hauled off to the I search for heaven as I see him lost in this hell for coffin or jail To never try is the fail But love is more for someone than they want for themselves Deep, I guess I a lot Because the more I do my thang the I feel the guilt and shame that my brother's not Reminisce as we was screaming "Fuck a cop" Guess he took it serious, for me shit was just for props Arms too to hug the block I found comfort in my dreams, of things on the screen of fortune and fame Decisions, decisions, the or the Range I take a trip back to the only corpses remain Some of them niggas still but they dead inside Victims of a Tears my eyes dawg
[Hook 3: J. Cause I've out of touch man for way too long I've been out in for way too long I've been, getting paper for way too long I ain't called my pops in way too long I done my girl wait for way too long I wonder if I in my way to own Can't knock my hustle but way too strong It's way too
[Outro: J. Cozz & Cole Play that