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