J. Cole - 03' Adolescence Remix lyrics

Intro: Am I good to go? Know i'm saying sh** get hard It's a lot of lessons but uh Verse: I grew up in this city falling victim to women The ones who throw themselves at you and then pretend that they didn't A life lesson I learned to never ever lust with them b**hes Cause they mistake that for love but inside my feelings missing Believe in god that's beneficial, ain't been to church in a while, But I could see not praising him could turn ya life around I knew n***as who had college scholarships and turned em down Cause they thought the block was gone feed the whole damn crowd Look at em now they see me man, damn they look around Pick ya head up, its people in the clouds, who looking down, That's on you Far as my city goes sh** im the truth, spit these words through the wire like shaka, but I sin too I ain't perfect but im worth it, making better effort for certain, Days ain't getting longer, a f** a new years my life get shorter f**ed up part about it, been knowing this stuff since shorties, And you lie in raps, that sh** get boring And your hoes ain't foreign you know it We both go back to middle-cla** homes at the end of days Ain't special, plenty people a love to see me let up But I can't I gotta grip, pause that I gotta spit, haachuu How these n***as think they really it, like really b**h What message you spreading for children who listening Don't need my daughter claiming she got baking soda and plenty bricks As life descends I fall amends to the benz, his face and that 100 be the reason so many be dead They say money root of all evil sh** it's starts with yourself Be thinking that you can't get it, but he got it so you rob him That ain't the way life work, but your train of thoughts been burnt Thats from the smoking, arguing, yelling and sh** it's hard to focus Being kosher when so many around me be acting like you owe them But bro damn I miss you, f** happened im still convinced you Didn't shoot yourself in the head and two times at that I seen you at your funeral sh** that was a shot to my heart Now I go hard not for me But for your son and my daughter And im show him how to be a man, in the ropes if he caught up Then he can call me But its crazy right now sh** he about to be 3 I guess Im planning the future, a safety rafts on me Just being cautious, but cautiously taking steps through this life Cause I could end up like so many if a n***a didn't try But I got reasons and goals to apply, its cosigned from my mind Hey don't get caught in the system, see it's a loop of lies We fixed to mind the fact that 8 dollars a hour worth our life Thats everyday, 9 to 5 or 5 to 9 Wasting this time, but too confined to these payless jobs, when know what we want Its just the cycle of circles fog in the mist that i'm sparking Im just another n***a who trying to spread this f**ing message Like forward text's, most people just can't confess it But I guess I ain't them Feds question no talking, my city frostbit But not frosted but I know these n***as flakes Riding with jakes in the backseat, with ya hood on think you that slick You silly rick, considering I seen you before you got in it My spidey sense was tingling, I could smell a snitch a mill of me Literally, don't got energy for this lyrical conspiracy Bourne identity bout to be released to the world That's if the verbs as good as they percentage be boy Its residual joy, for the boy Im like what decisions could k** a n***a Like pac said you could only do it once And since im here b**h Imma live it, thats straight up Motherf** the police, my mind be free f** a louis v, Ferragamo family gotta eat Like pronto before I do that's real sh**, who wouldn't feel this Like sober births of pregnant b**hes, want mills for generations But happiness gets misplaced, said just be patient That's what they all say man, that's what they all say man, Damn (Outro) Things change rearrange And so I realize It ain't always for the better Just live your life n***as gone backstab Just keep your pipe Cause you would never let another end your own life Uh you would never let another end your own life