[Intro: Yeah, third take & Effect nigga Yeah, yeah, I got to Yeah,
[Verse 1: Jealousy holding hostage Eventually the penalty will and haunt ya memories leaving me nauseous But the Hennessy the melodies awesome So instead of me talking I'm jotting And steady plotting on how to spaghetti toppings You that parmesan, that cheddar, mozzarella The goes on and on you know my heart is dark You know my list is long, I'm a phenomenon It's like people keep forgetting It's always the least expected who ends up it So don't tell me bout no niggas the point if I hear Mr. not a fuck with a joint in his ear Put that steak on his plate then so long Empty gut I'm man, the guns pointing this year I'm feeling I'm dealing with children boy I'm killing Niggas trying to bite styles You break a tooth if you down I go way too hard
[Hook 1: Cause been in this hood dog for way too long man I've been for way too long Been patiently waiting 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 way too strong
2: J. Cole] Death to the imposters, label me the My could win Oscars, my niggas turned mobsters My white friends doctors, 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 attention and eventually No fake niggas in my circle dawg You been through half the I been through it'll hurt ya dawg Tread softly, my moving state to state running late watch 'em Tryna avoid state troopers, that's the weight Run this set this cake till they say "Gotcha" Or till the fat lady sings, and niggas hate And Oprah hate Make no mistake that we know the still, we hope to make over eight figures chances, but niggas bet against the odds and who am I to criticise how you play your cards dawg
[Hook 2: J. Cause I done the odds going way too hard I been getting on for way too long I been waiting for way too long I quiet dawg for way too long You can't the hustle dawg it's way too strong way too strong I said you can't knock my hustle it's way too strong It's way too
3: J. Cole] Look, I never it, tryna get my brother acquitted Yo' tell the judge I be happy to pay him off if with it My flesh and blood, hauled off to the I search for as I see him getting lost in this hell Headed for coffin or To try is the ultimate fail But love is wanting for someone than they want for themselves Deep, I I love a lot Because the more I do my the more I feel the guilt and shame that my brother's not Reminisce as we was kids "Fuck a cop" Guess he took it serious, for me that shit was just for Arms too skinny to hug the I comfort in my dreams, of things seen on the screen of fortune and fame Decisions, decisions, the Porsche or the I a trip back to the 'Ville only corpses remain Some of niggas still breathing but they dead inside of a genocide Tears fill my eyes
[Hook 3: J. Cause I've been out of man for way too long I've been out in for way too long I've been, getting this paper for way too I ain't my pops back in way too long I done make my girl for way too long I if I changed in my way to own knock my hustle but It's way too strong It's way too
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