[J. - Verse 1] I just killed a man My body still trembling can you my hand Don't shed no tears, it won't be before they find out it was me momma This may be the last time you see me ma Don't spend it You did your best, me I was blessed, know you stressed tryin' To me out the streets, me ducking police Tryin' not to a peek to wake you up out your sleep A drunk and fool Skip a class, high school I know you taught me better, somehow I never Said I was playing with fire, I never burned You tried to set me straight, I never permed You tried to show me right but somehow I turned Lost in a cloud of marijuana, are you dummy Dry face mommy, your not to blame for me See I'm a man, I gotta take whatever for me At times I wonder 'bout my Would it change for me if he was I still be running round with the lowlife's Bum ass no jobs, no life Seen n-ggas killed for no price I watched his life flash before his eyes like a strobe I the trigger momma Tryna be hard, I mean to kill the n-gga momma But what's done is I'm on the run, I live my life like a movie now 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 the killers Yeah I the killers
[J. Cole - 2] I whats in store for me Lately been stressing, pray for blessings, hope that more for me Than just a simple that I used to hoop with is doing triple life Gave up the shot Work on the shot Who woulda thought I used to block this lay ups Now he's in a layed up I you well, stay up Like This life can make a n-gga fold a laundry mat I sip this cognac though to ease my brain from all this and so that I slow, in this fast world Slow n-ggas, girls Hoes give up ass these ho n-ggas hold triggers on 'em Hold up that old flag for 'em Chalk lines by the do not park It's deep, all these cold hearted holding heat I'd rather before they steal a n-gga Tell 'em now boy, don't make me into a killer
Yeah, into a make me turn into a killer Yeah, to a killer, yeh yeh
[J. - Verse 3] To those who had for me in the past Who thought time would fly by so fast I remember back in 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 like a mile up I was the blisters on my hand I dial up my best friend Skating ring is we headed tonight And if a n-gga disrespect, yes we ready to In retrospect that shit seemed At the time, the shit was Cause life was all about your You had to with any n-gga that would call you lame Ashamed no doubt, so many n-ggas go they brains out Snatched a n-gga chain and he got his name out in obituaries Another in a cemetary Another young in the penetentiary And he don't give a f-ck no Rap visionary, paint a picture n-gga Tell you what it is, I'm a I knew a n-gga that threw his in every chick in every city that he went to hard like the rent do Till he met the wrong bitch, man just came home And he stay on with that Shit, around with them killers
yeah, with killers around with them killers Say I'm a