[Intro: Yeah, third take Cozz & Effect Yeah, yeah, I got to Yeah,
[Verse 1: holding enemies hostage Eventually the penalty come and haunt ya Hennessey memories leaving me But the Hennessy makes the melodies So instead of me talking I'm steady And steady on how to gain spaghetti toppings You know that parmesan, that cheddar, The goes on and on you know 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 expected who up getting it So don't tell me no niggas hating What's the point if I Mr. not giving a with a joint in his ear Put that steak on his then so long disappear Empty gut I'm hungry man, the guns pointing year I'm feeling like I'm with children boy I'm killing Niggas trying to bite styles You break a tooth if you bite I go way too hard
[Hook 1: Cause I've been in hood dog for way too long man I've been quiet for way too patiently waiting can't wait too long dog I've been man for way too long No hot water for way too You can't knock the it's way too strong Yeah we're way too
2: J. Cole] Death to the imposters, me the king My dreams could win Oscars, my niggas mobsters My friends doctors, fatherless child Listen how I got this knowledge is Streets me, speak softly nigga watch from the crowd Cause any that's loud, just want attention and eventually blaow No fake niggas allowed in my dawg You been through half the shit I been through hurt ya dawg Tread softly, my nigga moving state to state late watch 'em avoid state troopers, that's the weight watchers Run this set this cake till they say "Gotcha" Or till the fat lady sings, and niggas oprahs And Oprah hate Make no mistake we know the stake still, we hope to make over eight figures Slim chances, but niggas bet against the odds and who am I to criticise how you play your cards
2: J. Cole] Cause I done beat the going way too hard I been slept on for way too long I patiently waiting for way too long I been quiet for way too long You can't know the hustle it's way too strong It's way too I said you can't my hustle dawg it's way too strong It's way too
[Verse 3: J. Look, I admit it, tryna get my brother acquitted Yo' the judge I be happy to pay him off if he's with it My flesh and blood, hauled off to the I search for heaven as I see him getting lost in this Headed for coffin or To try is the ultimate fail But is wanting more for someone than they want for themselves Deep, I guess I a lot the more I do my thang 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 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 only corpses of them niggas still breathing but they dead inside Victims of a Tears fill my dawg
3: J. Cole] Cause been out of touch man for way too long I've out in Hollywood for way too long I've been, this paper for way too long I ain't called my pops in way too long I make my girl wait for way too long I wonder if I in my way to own knock my hustle but It's way too strong It's way too
J. Cole] Cozz & Cole that back