I hit the weed I told myself the last time would be my last
I don't trust my own n-ggas now my mind racing fast
Got my foot up on the gas, got a hundred on the dash
If the police run up on me I aint stopping for they ass
Boy you know my L's dirty if they stop me I'm goin to jail surely
I'll be next to my brother in the cell no bail for me
Man let me out send me back to bitches that smell Purdy (pretty)
And all I gotta do is call once and she'll be all ready
Yeah buddy can't you tell I'm goin thru hell
I don't even open my mail
I'm in the shower with soap on the towel
I need cleansing
Bad bitches all on the prowl they need Benzes
P-ssy n-ggas running they mouth but we aint flinching
The names that need mention
I got dreams bigger then your whole team
You n-ggas so broke yet somehow you so green
I guess this indie started with a penny now I'm getting plenty money
[Chorus:]
One time for the city, yea
Two times for you
Hey
And one time for the city, hey
And two times for you
[J Cole - Verse 2]
Look kid, it's raining outside boy
F-ck an umbrella, n-ggas banging outside boy
They guns dumb bell a n-gga
Tired of telling n-ggas that's a cease rest in peace
We tired of only having just a peace
And f-ck policing, they killing n-ggas what's the reason
His daughter starving and she f-cking freezing
So no wonder why he f-cking squeezing
They out here bussin' leavin' n-ggas stuck in bleedin' on the flo'
Bullets wet you like a semen on a hoe
Breathing slow man I inhale
One day you tryna make rent, next day you in jail
Lord knows he meant well
So I take the pencil and write like a pen pal
Some shit that's darker than the tints up on the windshield
Welcome to sinville where n-ggas on base
Sh-t is looking like an infield
High as a Sprint bill
What you think, that's the reason why this ink in my pen kills
Phoney n-ggas until they are extinct, b-tch I've been real
One time for the city, yea
Two times for you
Hey
And one time for the city, hey
Two times for you
Hey
[Verse 3:]
The more n-ggas sayin'
Cole the wrong one bringin' the city shine
All he ever doin' is paintin' pictures of crime
Tellin' stories of pain, paintin' pictures of dope
Bitch if you listen I'm paintin' pictures of hope
That boy in class embarrassed because he broke
Hopin' the day he won't be the butt of somebody's jokes
See me; I lived it all from dirt-poor in trailer
Worried about my mother and never trustin' my neighbors
To middle-class with a backyard and my own room
To bein' the only black kid in my homeroom
Academically gifted and followed my own rules
Was runnin' the streets hey ma I'll be home soon
Was out chasin' ho's, was out hoopin'
Them n-ggas wasn't ballin' but yet they was foul shootin'
So meet the newest role model who don't know how to fake this sh-t
Never sold a rock and look I made it bitch
[Hook:]
One time for the city, yea
Two times for you
Hey
And one time for the city, hey
And two times for you
Hey
[Outro:]
Girl it's been so long, I've been gone from you
But you ain't gotta worry 'bout the things I do
It's hard but the thought of you would ease my pain
Girl I promise they gon' know our name
Ain't seen you smile in awhile
But I been dreamin' 'bout you
Before I'm Gone
J Cole
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Lyrics by J Cole
03' Adolescence 2012 2Faces 3 Wishes 4 Your Eyez Only A Tale Of 2 Citiez Ain’t That Some Shit Ain’t That Some Shit (interlude) Aint That Some Shit (interlude) Alright Remix Apparently Back To The Topic Be Free Be Freestyle Beautiful Bliss Before I'm Gone Best Friend Bitchez Blow Up Blowin Smoke Born Sinner Breakdown Bring Em In Can I Holla At Ya Can't Get Enough Can't Get Enough Chaining Day Cheer Up Chris Tucker Cole Summer Cole World Cosmic Kev Cost Me A Lot Cousins Crooked Smile Crooked Smile (ft. Tlc) Crunch Time Daddy's Little Girl Daddy's Little Girl Disgusting Dollar And A Dream 3 Drank In My Cup Drank In My Cup Freestyle Enchanted Everybody Dies Farewell Fire Squad Forbidden Fruit Friday Night G.O.M.D Get Free ColeWorld Gladiators God's Gift God's Gift Grew Up Fast Head Bussa Heavy Hello Higher Home For The Holidays How High I'm A Fool I'm On It I'm A Fool I'm On It In the Morning Interlude Intro Is She Gon Pop January 28th Kenny Lofton Kerney Sermon Killers Knock On Wood Freestyle Land Of The Snakes Leave Me Alone Let Nas Down Lights Please Like A Star Lil Niggaz Look In Da Mirror Remix Looking For Trouble Lost Ones Love Me Not Love Yourz Maine On Fire Mama Told Me Miss America Miss America Reprise Mo Money Mr. Nice Watch Never Told Neverland New York Times Niggaz Know No Role Models No Role Modelz Nobody's Perfect Nobody's Perfect Nothing Lasts Forever Pity Power Trip Premeditated Murder Return Of Simba Revenge Of The Dreamers Rich Niggaz Rise Above Rise And Shine Roll Call Run Away S&m Remix S&m Remix See It To Believe It See World She Knows Sideline Story Sparks Will Fly St. Tropez Stay Tears For ODB Temptation The Autograph The Cure The Good Son Part 1 The Reasons Trouble Unabomber Villematic Villuminati Visions Of Home Wet Dreamz Where's Jermaine Where's Jermaine Who Dat Winter Schemes Work Out You Got It
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