[Intro: Yeah, third nigga Cozz & nigga Yeah, yeah, I got to Yeah,
[Verse 1: Jealousy holding hostage Eventually the penalty will come and ya Hennessey memories leaving me But the Hennessy makes the awesome So instead of me I'm steady jotting And plotting on how to gain spaghetti toppings You know that parmesan, that cheddar, The list on and on you know my heart is strong You my list is long, I'm a young phenomenon It's like these people keep always the least expected who ends up getting it So tell me bout no niggas hating What's the if I hear Mr. not a fuck with a joint in his ear Put that steak on his then so long disappear Empty gut I'm hungry man, the guns pointing this I'm feeling I'm dealing with children boy I'm killing Niggas already to bite styles You break a if you bite down Bitch I go way too
[Hook 1: Cause I've been in this dog for way too long man I've quiet for way too long patiently waiting can't wait too long dog I've broke man for way too long No hot for way too long You knock the hustle it's way too strong Yeah we're way too
[Verse 2: J. to the imposters, label me the king My dreams could win Oscars, my turned mobsters My white doctors, fatherless child Listen how I got knowledge is wild Streets taught me, softly nigga watch from the crowd Cause any nigga that's loud, just want and eventually blaow No fake allowed in my circle dawg You been through half the shit I been it'll hurt ya dawg Tread softly, my nigga moving to state running late watch 'em Tryna state troopers, that's the weight watchers Run this dope set this cake till say "Gotcha" Or till the fat lady sings, and hate operas 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 cards dawg
2: J. Cole] Cause I done beat the odds going way too I getting slept on for way too long I been patiently for way too long I been quiet dawg for way too You can't knock the dawg it's way too strong way too strong I said you knock my hustle dawg it's way too strong way too strong
[Verse 3: J. Look, I never admit it, tryna get my acquitted Yo' the judge I be happy to pay him off if he's with it My flesh and blood, off to the cell I for heaven as I see him getting lost in this hell Headed for or jail To never try is the fail But love is wanting more for someone than want for themselves Deep, I I love a lot Because the more I do my thang the more I feel the guilt and that my brother's not Reminisce as we was kids "Fuck a cop" Guess he took it serious, for me that shit was for props too skinny to hug the block I found comfort in my dreams, of seen on the screen of fortune and fame Decisions, decisions, the Porsche or the I take a back to the 'Ville only corpses remain Some of niggas still breathing but they dead inside of a genocide Tears fill my eyes
3: J. Cole] Cause I've out of touch man for way too long I've been out in for way too long I've been, getting this for way too long I ain't called my back in way too long I make my girl wait for way too long I if I changed, am I way too on? Can't knock my hustle but It's way too It's way too
[Outro: J. Cozz & Cole that back