[Intro]
It's way darker this time
[Hook]
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Now I'm in the limelight cause I rhyme tight
Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade
Cole
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Sometimes I'm real like Pac
Sometimes I focus on the flow to show the sk**s I got
Sometimes I focus on the dough
Look at these bills I got
This is a message for some rappers trying to steal my spot
You n***as famous on the internet
I'm real life hot, homie
Get your weight up
Fake n***as get sprayed up
My verbal AK's slay f*ggots
And I don't mean no disrespect whenever I say f*ggot
Okay f*ggot
Don't be so sensitive
If you want to get f**ed in the a**
That's between you and whoever else's dick it is
Pause, maybe that line was too far
Just a little joke to show how h*mophobic you are
And who can blame ya?
Boy Meets World
I'm trying to find a new Topanga
And bang her out, no hanging out
My pops was club hopping back when Rick James was out
And all I get is Trinidad James
Wait a minute that's strange
Sip a bit of champagne, say f** it
If the hoes like it I love it
n***a n***a n***a
Used to watch Rap City Big Tigga Tigga
Rap nerd even copped Rah Diggah Diggah
Pac had a n***a saying f** Jigga, f** Biggie
I was only like eleven so forgive me
A decade later I'd be all up in the city
Tryna get Hov to f** with me
With a burned CD full of jams that was up in my hand
When he said he didn't want it, it was f** him again
One day, he gon' regret playing me
Little did I know
In a year he'd be f**ing paying me
What could you say to me?
I beat the odds like Vegas
I used to rap about haters
Before n***as was hating me
Now they hate to see a young black man with a college degree
f**ing all these little models for free
Pardon me
[Hook]
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Sometimes I brag like Hov
Now I'm in the limelight cause I rhyme tight
Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade
[Verse 2]
I'm the prince of the city, I studied Machiavelli
You n***as couldn't blow with C4 strapped to your belly
I snuck up out the parts where n***as be living heartless
And cannot tell the difference between Iraqi, Israeli
And so I'm wondering really what could you actually tell me
I'm tryna keep my homie from throwing crack in the skully
So, back with this pen to give back for my sins
Took a black president to tell the Japanese sorry
But who the f** gon' tell my n***as sorry
Never seen his pops cause he's sorry
f**ed up education, would ask for reparations
But I'm probably just gon' go and buy Ferraris, vroom
Please forgive him
According to the preacher man he needs Jesus in him
But the Devil run the T.V. so the demons in 'em
I'm in trouble
Did a deal with the Devil, now I'm pleading with him
Like give me my soul
[Bridge]
My n***a
I ain't ever letting you go again
I ain't ever letting go
I ain't ever letting you go again
Please give me my soul
I ain't ever letting go
I ain't ever letting you go again
Please give me my soul
I ain't ever letting go
But the Devil don't play fair
[Refrain]
I'm 'bout to go and join the Illuminati
f** everybody
I'm 'bout to go and join the Illuminati
f** everybody
I'm 'bout to go and join the Illuminati
f** everybody
I'm 'bout to go and join the Illuminati
[Verse 3]
This next three bars is dedicated to the retards
Keep on asking me about the Illuminati
Is you stupid n***a
Young Black millionaire
Old White billionaires
I'm sure that they can do without me
And I ain't really into sacrificing human bodies
Couple more A's I could've been a summa cuma laude
Beyonce told me that she want to cop the blue Bugatti
That sh** is more than what I'm worth
I think she knew it probably
Well this is awkward, awkward
Want to know what else is really awkward, awkward
When n***as buy rings for b**hes I had flings with
I'm praying I don't see 'em at the Oscars, Oscars
[Interlude]
Hey J. Cole, this way hey
Oh hey what's up, what's goin' on with you? Ok
Big smile man, big smile, let me see that crooked smile
J. Cole, J. Cole, this way, look this way
Oh friend hug, friend hug, just keep it friendly
We friends, friends
Re-adjustin' my target audience
Cause it's obvious
I've gone astray, losing my way like Timberlake
Produced by Timbaland on that goddamn FutureSex/LoveSounds
What's playing in my mind
Just the sound of my whole career
Crash and burning
The thing that I mostly fear
Was on track for the first two years
'til I let the Devil steer
Now what have we here
Mask my tears, but I
[Bridge]
My n***a
I ain't ever letting you go again
I ain't ever letting go
I ain't ever letting you go again
Please give me my soul
I ain't ever letting go
I ain't ever letting you go again
Please give me my soul
I ain't ever letting go
But the Devil don't play fair
[Outro]
Allow me to re-introduce myself
My name is Cole
My n***a
Born sinner, the opposite of a winner
Sometimes I brag like Hov