Freedom or jail, clips inserted
A baby's bein' born same time a man is murdered
The beginning and end, so far as rap goes
It's only natural, I explain my plateau
And also what defines my name
Yeah, long live the idols, may they never be your rivals
Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible
Now what you're 'bout to hear's a tale of glory and sin
No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin
I used to print out Nas raps and tape 'em up on my wall
My niggas thought they was words, but it was pictures I saw
And since I wanted to draw, I used to read 'em in awe
Then he dropped Stillmatic, rocked the cleanest velour
Fast forward, who thought that I would meet him on tour?
I'm earnin' stripes now nigga, got Adidas galore
Backstage I shook his hand, let him know that he's the man
When he said he was a fan it was too hard to understand
No time to soak up the moment though, cause I was in a jam
Hov askin' where's the record that the radio could play
And I was strikin' out for months, 9th inning feeling fear
Jeter under pressure, made the biggest hit of my career
But at first, that wasn't clear, niggas had no idea
Dion called me when it dropped, sounded sad but sincere
Told me Nas heard your single and he hate that shit
Said you the one, yo why you make that shit?
I can't believe I let Nas down
Damn, my heart sunk to my stomach
I can't believe I let Nas down
I got defensive on the phone
Resentment was in my tone, fuck it
Long live the idols, may they never be your rivals
Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible
Now what you're 'bout to hear's a tale of glory and sin
No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin
I couldn't help but think that maybe I had made a mistake
I mean, you made You Owe Me dog, I thought that you could relate
But while I shot up the charts, you mean tellin' me
That I was not up to par, when I followed my heart
Granted, my heart was tainted by my mind, I kept on sayin'
Where's the hits? You ain't got none
You know Jay would never put your album out without none
And dog, you know how come
Labels are archaic, formulaic with their outcomes
They don't know, they just study the charts
Me, I study the shows, the fans, study their hearts
I had a feelin' I was killin', and this music we were spillin' out
Would change lives forever, fuck the label, put it out
Friday Night Lights blew, that was classic number 2
Now it seemed as if the Nas comparisons was comin' true
Still no release date from the label, are they insane?
Gucc told me play the game to change the game but on the way
I let Nas down, I got no one to blame, I'm ashamed I let Nas down
But this is God's plan, you could never understand, fuck it
Long live the idols, may they never be your rivals
Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible
Now what you're 'bout to hear's a tale of glory and sin
No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin
I always believed in the bigger picture
If I could get them niggas to listen
Outside my core then I can open a door
Reintroduce 'em to honesty, show 'em that they need more
The difference between the pretenders and the Kendrick Lamars
And so, I took the fall like the son of the Lord
On the cross, dyin' for that fake shit you niggas bought
For the past decade
If I should pass please let this be my last essay
Therefore I write from the heart
Apologies to OG's for sacrificin' my art
But I'm here for a greater purpose
I knew right from the start
I'm just a man of the people, not above but equal
And for the greater good I walk amongst the evil
Don't cry mama, this the life I choose myself
Just pray along the way that I don't lose myself
This is for the nigga that said that hip-hop was dead
I went to Hell to resurrect it
How could you fail to respect it?
Lettin' Nas down
I got the phone call quietly I mourned dog, I let Nas down
Yeah, and on this flight may I never lose sight, fuck it
Long live the idols, may they never be your rivals
Pac was like Jesus, Nas wrote the Bible
Now what you just heard's a tale of glory and sin
No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin
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Blowin Smoke 03' Adolescence 03\u2019 Adolescence 03’ Adolescence 2012 2014 Forest Hills Drive (Freestyle) 2face 2Faces 3 Wishes 4 Your Eyez Only A Star Is Born A Tale of 2 Citiez Ain't That Some Shit Ain't That Some Shit (Interlude) Ain’t That Some Shit Ain’t That Some Shit (interlude) All I Want is You Alright Remix Apparently Back To The Topic Back To The Topic Freestyle Bas - Ceelo With the G's Bas - Golden Goals Bas - Lit Feat. J. Cole and KQuick Be (Freestyle) Be Free Be Freestyle Before I'm Gone Best Friend Bitchez Black Friday Black Friday (Alright Remix) Blow Up Blowin Smoke Born Sinner Breakdown Bring Em In Bun B For President Bun B. For President Caged Bird Can I Holla At Ya Can I Live Can You Feel My Heart Can't Cry Can't Get Enough Can\u0092t Get Enough Carolina On My Mind Chaining Day Chance Change Cheer Up Chris Tucker Cole Summer Cole World College Boy Cosmic Kev Freestyle Cost Me A Lot Cousins Crooked Smile Crooked Smile Crunch Time D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu Daddy's Little Girl Dead Presidents Dead Presidents II Disgusting Dolla And A Dream Dolla And A Dream II Dollar & A Dream Dollar & A Dream Tour Vlog Dollar And A Dream 3 Dollar And A Dream II Dollar And A Dream III Dollar and a Dream, Pt. 3 Dreams Enchanted Everybody Dies Everybody Dies (Lil Yachty & Lil Uzi Vert Diss) Everybody Gotta Die False Prophets (Be Like This) Farewell Fire Squad Foldin' Clothes Folgers Crystals For Whom The Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tows Forbidden Fruit Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights (Intro) G.O.M.D Get Away Get Free ColeWorld Get It God's Gift Goin Off Good Game Green light Green Ranger Grew Up Fast Grown Simba Head Bussa Heartache Heavy Hello Higher Hold It Down Hold It Down Holdin’ Me Back Home For The Holidays Homecoming Horns & A Halo House Of Blues How High I Do My Thing I Get Up I Really Mean It I'm A Fool I'm Comin I'm Coming Home I'm On It I'm The Man Immortal In The Morning Interlude Intro Intro (2014 Forest Hills Drive) Intro (The Warm Up) Is She Gon Pop It Won't Be Long J Cole - Bitchez Feat. Bas & Omen J Cole - Blowin Smoke J Cole - Crooked Smile (Original) J Cole - Lil' Niggaz (Snippet) J Cole - Revenge of the Dreamers J. Cole 3 Wishes Track 6 from J. Cole's 'Truly You... J. Cole Ain't That Some Shit Track 13 off of Cole'... J. Cole Born Sinner feat. James Fauntleroy. Track ... J. Cole Chaining Day Track 12 off of Cole's sophom... J. Cole Cole Summer Freebie from Cole before the r... J. Cole Head Bussa Track 4 from J. Cole's 'Truly Y... J. Cole Land Of The Snakes Track 3 off of Cole's '... J. Cole Maine On Fire Off of Funk Flex's mixtape '... J. Cole Mo Money (Interlude) Track 5 or the Interl... J. Cole Niggaz Know Off of Cole's sophomore album ... J. Cole Power Trip is a new single featuring R&B s... J. Cole Rich Niggaz Track 9 off of Cole's sophomor... J. Cole Runaway Track 7 off of Cole's sophomore al... J. Cole She Knows Track 8 off of Cole's sophomore ... J. Cole Trouble Track 6 from Cole's sophomore albu... January 28th Just To Get By Kenny Lofton Kerney Sermon (Skit) Killers Knock Knock Knock On Wood Knock On Wood (EP) Knock The Hustle Ladies Land of the Snakes Last Call Leave Me Alone Let Nas Down Lights Please Lights Please Like A Star Lil Ghetto Nigga Lil Niggaz Lit Looking For Trouble Losing My Balance Lost Ones Louis Vuitton Love Me Not Love Yourz Maine On Fire Metaphor Mighty Crazy Miss America Miss America Reprise Mo Money Mo Money (Interlude) Mr Nice Watch Mr. Nice Watch My Nigga Just Made Bail Neighbors Never Told Neverland New York Times New York Times * Niggaz Know No Holdin Me Back No Holding Me Back No Role Modelz Nobody's Perfect Nobody\u2019s Perfect Note to Self Nothing Last Forever Nothing Lasts Forever Nothing Like It Omen - Henny Flow Omen - Motion Picture On Top Of The World Pass Me By Pity Playground Power Trip Power Trip (feat. Miguel) Power Trip (Single) Premeditated Murder Problems Purple Rain Quote Me Ragamuffin (Remix) Rags To Riches (At The Beep) Real Shit Relaxation Return Of Simba Revenge of the Dreamers Rich Niggaz Rise Above Rise And Shine Roll Call Roll Call (EP) Royal Flush Runaway School Daze See It To Believe It See World Serenade She Knows She Knows (feat. Amber Coffman) She's Mine Pt. 1 She's Mine Pt. 2 Show Me Something Sideline Story Simba Sky Boy Song For The Ville Sparks Will Fly Split It Up Split You Up St. Tropez Stay Stay (2009) Sxsw Freestyle Tears For ODB The Autograph The Badness The Come Up The Cure The Good Son Pt. I The Good Son, Pt. 1 The Lost Ones The One The Plan The Reasons The Storm Throw It Up Til' Infinity Til\u2019 Infinity Too Deep For The Intro Treasure Davis - May The Bitter Man Win Feat. J. C... Trouble True Love Unabomber Unabomber (EP) Ville Mentality Villematic Villuminati Visions Of Home Visionz of Home Water Break (Interlude) We On Welcome Wet Dreamz Where's Jermaine? (Skit) Who Dat Who Dat? Who's World Is This Wildfire Winter Schemes Winter Schemes (feat. Wale) Winter's Gone Work Out Work Out (Single) World Is Empty You By My Side Baby You Got It
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