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