[J. - Verse 1] Momma I killed a man My still trembling can you feel my hand Don't no tears, it won't be long before they find out it was me momma This may be the last you see me free ma spend it cryin' You did your best, me I was blessed, know you were tryin' To me out the streets, me ducking police Tryin' not to make a peek to wake you up out your A drunk and fool a class, fluncking high school I know you taught me better, I never learned Said I was with fire, somehoe I never burned You tried to set me straight, somehow I never You tried to me right but somehow I never turned Lost in a of marijuana, are you sane dummy Dry your face mommy, not to blame for me See I'm a man, I gotta whatever came for me At times I wonder 'bout my Would it change for me if he was Would I still be running round the lowlife's Bum ass n-ggas no jobs, no Seen them n-ggas for no price I watched his life flash his eyes like a strobe light I the trigger momma Tryna be hard, I aint mean to kill the n-gga But what's is done I'm on the run, I live my life like a now it's way too realer Who thought 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 I mean the killers
[J. Cole - 2] I whats in store for me Lately been stressing, for blessings, hope that there's more for me Than just a life N-ggas that I used to hoop with is triple life Gave up the jump on the john shot Who woulda thought I used to block n-ggas lay ups Now in a cell layed up I wish you well, up insomniacs This life can a n-gga fold like a laundry mat I sip this cognac to ease my brain from all this pain and so that I react slow, in this fast n-ggas, fast girls Hoes up ass while these ho n-ggas hold triggers on 'em Hold up that old flag for 'em lines by the do not park sign It's deep, all these cold hearted n-ggas heat I'd blast before they steal a n-gga 'em now boy, don't make me turn into a killer
Yeah, a killer Don't make me turn a killer Yeah, to a killer, yeh yeh
[J. Cole - 3] To those who had love for me in the Who woulda thought would fly by so fast I remember back in class we used to believe it was draft day Swore that we make the league, be rich morning had to rake the leaves, awww shit Watch how they up Seem like a up I was the blisters on my than I dial up my best friend ring is where we headed tonight And if a n-gga disrespect, yes we to fight In retrospect shit seemed petty At the time, the was heavy Cause was all about your name You had to scrap with any n-gga would call you lame Ashamed no doubt, so many go they brains blown out Snatched a n-gga chain and he got his name out in obituaries Another in a cemetary Another n-gga in the penetentiary And he don't give a f-ck no 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 that he went to hard like the rent do Till he met the bitch, man just came home ex-convict And he stay on that Thriller Shit, f-cking around them killers
yeah, with them F-cking around with them Say I'm a