[Intro: Yeah, third nigga Cozz & nigga Yeah, yeah, I got to Yeah,
[Verse 1: Jealousy holding hostage the penalty will come and haunt ya Hennessey memories leaving me But the Hennessy makes the melodies So instead of me I'm steady jotting And steady plotting on how to spaghetti toppings You know parmesan, that cheddar, mozzarella The list goes on and on you my heart is dark You know my list is long, I'm a phenomenon It's like these people forgetting It's always the least who ends up getting it So don't tell me no niggas hating What's the if I hear Mr. not a fuck with a joint in his ear Put that on his plate then so long disappear Empty gut I'm hungry man, the guns pointing year I'm feeling like I'm dealing with children boy I'm 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 been quiet for way too long Been patiently can't wait too long dog I've been broke man for way too No hot water for way too You knock the hustle it's way too strong we're way too strong
[Verse 2: J. to the imposters, label me the king My could win Oscars, my niggas turned mobsters My white friends doctors, child Listen how I got this knowledge is Streets taught me, softly nigga watch from the crowd Cause any nigga that's loud, want attention 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 state to state running watch 'em Tryna state troopers, that's the weight watchers Run this dope set this till they say "Gotcha" Or till the fat lady sings, and niggas hate And Oprah niggas Make no mistake that we know the stake still, we hope to make over eight Slim chances, but niggas bet against the and who am I to criticise how you play your cards dawg
2: J. Cole] Cause I beat the odds going way too hard I been getting slept on for way too I been waiting for way too long I been quiet for way too long You know the hustle dawg it's way too strong It's way too I said you can't knock my dawg it's way too strong way too strong
[Verse 3: J. Look, I never admit it, get my brother acquitted Yo' tell the judge I be to pay him off if he's with it My flesh and blood, off to the cell I search for heaven as I see him getting lost in hell Headed for coffin or To try is the ultimate fail But love is wanting more for someone than they for themselves Deep, I I love a lot Because the more I do my thang the more I feel the guilt and shame my brother's not as we was kids screaming "Fuck a cop" Guess he it serious, for me that shit was just for props too skinny to hug the block I comfort in my dreams, of things seen on the screen of fortune and fame Decisions, decisions, the Porsche or the I take a trip back to the 'Ville corpses remain Some of them niggas still breathing but they inside of a genocide Tears fill my eyes
[Hook 3: J. I've been out of touch 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 called my pops back in way too I done make my wait for way too long I wonder if I in my way to own Can't knock my but It's way too strong It's way too
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