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J. Cole - Before I'm Gone |
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I hit the weed I told myself the last time would be my last |
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I don't trust my own n-ggas now my mind racing fast |
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got my foot up on the gas, got a hundred on the dash |
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if the police run up on me I aint stopping for their ass |
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boy you know my L's dirty if they stop me I'm goin to jail surely |
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I'll be next to my brother in the cell no bail for me |
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man let me out send me back to bitches that smell Purdy (pretty) |
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and all I gotta do is call once and she'll be all ready |
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yeah buddy cant you tell im goin thru hell |
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I don't even open my mail |
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I'm in the shower with soap on the towel |
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I need cleansing |
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bad bitches all on the prowl they need Benzes |
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p-ssy n-ggas running they mouth but we aint flinching |
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they names aint even mentioned |
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I got dreams bigger then your whole team |
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You n-ggas so broke but yet somehow you seem so green |
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I guess its envy, started with a penny now i'm getting plenty money |
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one time for the city, yeah |
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two times for you |
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hey |
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and one time for the city, hey |
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two times for you |
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hey |
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Look kid, its raining outside boy |
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f-ck an umbrella, n-ggas banging outside boy |
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they guns dumb bell a n-gga |
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tired of telling n-ggas thats a cease rest in peace |
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we tired of only having just a peace |
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and f-ck policing, they killing n-ggas whats the reason |
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his daughter starving and she f-cking freezing |
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so no wonder why he f-cking squeezing |
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they out here bussin' leavin' n-ggas stuck in bleedin' on the flo' |
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bullets wet you like a semen on a hoe |
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breathing slow man I inhale |
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one day you tryna make rent, next day you in jail |
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lord knows he meant well |
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so I take the pencil and write like a pen pal |
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Some shit that's darker than the tints up on the windshield |
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welcome to sinville where n-ggas on base |
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sh-t is looking like an infield |
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high as a Sprint bill |
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what you think, thats the reason why this ink in my pen kills |
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phoney n-ggas until they are extinct, b-tch I've been real |
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one time for the city, hey |
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two times for you |
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yeah |
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and one time for the city, hey |
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two times for you |
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hey |
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The more n-ggas sayin' |
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Cole the wrong one bringin' the city shine |
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All he ever doin' is paintin' pictures of crime |
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Tellin' stories of pain, paintin' pictures of dope |
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Bitch if you listen I'm paintin' pictures of hope |
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That boy in class embarrassed because he broke |
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Hopin' the day he won't be the butt of somebody's jokes |
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See me; I lived it all from dirt-poorin' and trailer |
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Worried about my mother and never trustin' my neighbors |
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To middle-class with a backyard and my own room |
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To bein' the only black kid in my homeroom |
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academically gifted and followed my own rules |
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Was runnin' the streets hey ma I'll be home soon |
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Was out chasin' ho's, was out hoopin' |
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Them n-ggas wasn't ballin' but yet they was foul shootin' |
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So meet the newest role model who don't know how to fake this sh-t |
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Never sold a rock and look I made it bitch |
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One time for the city, yeah |
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two times for you |
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hey |
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and one time for the city, yeah |
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and two times for you |
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hey |
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Girl it's been so long, I've been gone from you |
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But you ain't gotta worry 'bout the thangs I do |
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It's hard but the thought of you would ease my pain |
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Girl I promise they gon' know our name |
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Ain't seen you smile in awhile |
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But I been dreamin' 'bout you |
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J. Cole - Before I'm Gone |
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