[Intro: Yeah, third take Cozz & Effect Yeah, yeah, I got to Yeah,
[Verse 1: holding enemies hostage Eventually the penalty will and haunt ya memories leaving me nauseous But the Hennessy the melodies awesome So of me talking I'm steady jotting And steady on how to gain spaghetti toppings You know that parmesan, cheddar, mozzarella The list on and on you know my heart is dark You my list is long, I'm a young phenomenon It's like these people keep It's always the expected who ends up getting it So tell me bout no niggas hating What's the point if I Mr. not a fuck with a joint in his ear Put steak on his plate 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 trying to bite styles You break a tooth if you down I go way too hard
[Hook 1: Cause I've been in this hood dog for way too man I've been for way too long Been patiently waiting can't too long dog been broke man for way too long No hot for way too long You can't knock the hustle way too strong Yeah we're way too
[Verse 2: J. Death to the imposters, label me the My dreams win Oscars, my niggas turned mobsters My friends doctors, fatherless child Listen how I got this is wild taught me, speak 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 half the shit I been through it'll hurt ya dawg Tread softly, my nigga moving state to state running late 'em Tryna avoid state troopers, that's the watchers Run this dope set cake till they say "Gotcha" Or till the fat lady sings, and niggas oprahs And Oprah niggas Make no mistake that we know the stake still, we to make over eight figures Slim chances, but niggas bet the odds 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 patiently waiting for way too I been quiet for way too long You can't the hustle dawg it's way too strong way too strong I said you can't my hustle dawg 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 he's 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 try is the ultimate fail But love is more for someone than they want for themselves Deep, I guess I a lot Because the more I do my thang the more I the guilt and shame that my brother's not Reminisce as we was screaming "Fuck a cop" Guess he took it serious, for me shit was just for props Arms too skinny to hug the I found comfort in my dreams, of things seen on the screen of and fame Decisions, decisions, the Porsche or the I take a trip back to the 'Ville corpses remain Some of niggas still breathing but they dead inside Victims of a Tears fill my dawg
3: J. Cole] Cause I've been out of touch man for way too I've out in Hollywood for way too long I've been, getting this for way too long I ain't my pops back in way too long I done make my girl for way too long I wonder if I in my way to own Can't my hustle but It's way too strong It's way too
[Outro: J. Cozz & Cole Play back