[Intro: Yeah, take nigga & Effect nigga Yeah, yeah, I got to Yeah,
1: Cozz] Jealousy holding enemies Eventually the penalty will and haunt ya Hennessey memories me nauseous But the Hennessy makes the awesome So instead of me talking I'm jotting And steady plotting on how to gain spaghetti You know parmesan, that cheddar, mozzarella The goes on and on you know my heart is dark You know my list is long, I'm a young It's like these keep forgetting It's always the least expected who ends up 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 steak on his plate then so disappear Empty gut I'm hungry man, the guns pointing year I'm feeling like I'm with children boy I'm killing Niggas already to bite styles You a tooth if you bite down I go way too hard
[Hook 1: Cause been in this hood dog for way too long man I've been quiet for way too Been patiently waiting can't wait too dog I've been man for way too long No hot water for way too You can't knock the hustle it's way too Yeah way too strong
2: J. Cole] Death to the imposters, me the king My dreams could win Oscars, my niggas turned My white doctors, fatherless child Listen how I got knowledge is wild Streets taught me, speak softly nigga from the crowd Cause any nigga that's loud, just want attention and blaow No niggas allowed in my circle dawg You been through half the shit I been through hurt ya dawg Tread softly, my nigga moving state to running late watch 'em Tryna avoid state troopers, that's the watchers Run this dope set this till they say "Gotcha" Or the fat lady sings, and niggas hate oprahs And hate niggas Make no mistake that we know the stake still, we hope to make eight figures Slim chances, but niggas bet against the and who am I to criticise how you play your cards dawg
[Hook 2: J. Cause I done beat the odds way too hard I been getting on for way too long I been patiently waiting for way too I quiet dawg for way too long You can't know the hustle dawg it's way too It's way too I said you knock my hustle dawg it's way too strong It's way too
[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 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 more for someone than they 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 that shit was just for too skinny to hug the block I found in my dreams, of things seen on the screen of fortune and fame Decisions, decisions, the or the Range I take a trip back to the only corpses remain Some of them niggas still breathing but dead inside Victims of a Tears my eyes dawg
3: J. Cole] Cause I've been out of man for way too long I've been out in Hollywood for way too been, getting this paper for way too long I ain't called my pops back in way too I make my girl wait for way too long I if I changed in my way to own Can't knock my hustle but It's way too way too strong
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