[Verse 1: J. Cole] It ain't hard to tell, I excel and prevail Young n***as raising hell but talk well Make sales, and managed to evade jail Blessed on the road to success, wasn't paid well But here we are, breathing, f** demons Never get caught sleeping, I'd rather be caught dreaming Now me and my n***as be flying across seas Laughing at the days we used to rack tall T's Now we rock shows up in London, wondering How they even heard of me Never did occur to me if I get to the top one day Lotta n***as gonna be sending shots some way Could it be the words that I jot then say Across the bed, hoes you never got complain One day, though, some day is on One day you're here, next day you're gone [Verse 2: Alexis Jordan] Wake up with the fear of living for another day Tell myself that it's nothing that I can't take Your strength is the sickness I can't hide I try to be invisible to him Make no noise, tip toe through everything Hell's fury feeds the fear inside [Hook: Alexis Jordan] It's like acid rain in a hurricane Might hear your call to bring you cover It's a crown of thorns leaving me torn Might hear your call to bring you cover [Verse 3: Alexis Jordan] I made choices that I cannot live with I regret not choosing over him I'm suffocating in this life Don't know if I can survive this weather And you turn up with your arms and umbrella I send a farewell tonight [Hook] [Verse 4: J. Cole] My life could be a movie, dawg; let me write the script It would be something truly never read like a crypt Little n***a with clothes full of hoes like a pimp Far from a flower but I rose like a blimp Now who we gonna cast for the roles in this flick? Only bad hoes getting chose for the tricks Who gonna play the lead, though? Will Smith? Maybe Second thought, f** it, can't nobody ever play me [Bridge 1: J.Cole] Yo, some day is on, one day you're here, next day you're gone Yo, some day is on, one day you're here, next day you're gone Yo, some day is on, one day you're here, next day you're gone Yo, some day is on, one day you're here, next day you're gone One day you're here, next day you're gone [Bridge 2: Alexis Jordan] I know the risk has come, I know I can run into your arms I know you'll come to save me from harm [Hook]