J. Cole - I Got It lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, Hey, Warmup Hey yeah J. Cole, cause I got it yea Hey warm up, yea hey uh yea Cause I got it [Verse 1] I remember me and my n***as goin' hard on that BlackPlanet sh** Was finna go to college, need a BlackPlanet chick While you was playin' hard like a BlackPlanet Crip Talk that sh** in real life I had to backhand a b**h Remember back in '99 my favorite rap Canibus Bomm Sheltuh was the sh**, Nervous Reck and the clique Put the battery in my back, gamme' the gat and the clip Now these hoes want a n***a phone number and a dick 'Memba back in '98 that's when I first planned this sh** Watch when I hit the streets these new n***as can't exist When ya'll was wearin' rap diapers I was tearin' down cyphers This ain't no overnight I put in time like a life 'Memba back in middle school they used to think that I was hyper Now I throw the Ritalin in my flow, get 'em hyper Watch for vipers, that girl is a snake He gon' wife her, sh** You know powder blue suit, white Nike her Hey she that n***a leftovers You the microwave The b**h done seen more clubs than Tiger, (aye) Get a driver plate, while he drive away Yea you was almost fly but your flight delayed A little late boy Me and my n***as been eatin' off little plates boy And yeah I'm hungry so trust me don't feel safe boy This is Carolina's finest I'm high without the marijuana, honest, I promise [Hook] Yeah, Fayettenam Yea, you know that I got it Yea you know man I'm a sure shot right now homie, I got it [Verse 2] Ay 1996, my own room now, I'm hangin' posters up Holes up in the wall my stepfather said I ain't supposed to But I'm hoop dreamin', hangin up pictures of my idols Jordan was like Jesus, SLAM was like the Bible I used to read it twice and cut the pictures out Had the Jordan free throw dunk tongue stickin' out Focused tryna' figure out, should I leave it here or move it there Even hung them sh**s on the ceiling I had to use a chair Cause I was only like eleven, ain't even had no pubic hair Told my mama when I make the league I promise you a crib And I meant it, was ill wit the pill Real skinny n***a, you couldn't tell me I wasn't a little Penny n***a Pictures of Reggie Miller, even David Robinson Kobe with the half-fro Stackhouse and Iverson Was all over, reflectin' my life, boy, you heard me Top it off I throw on my Carolina jersey, fo' real [Hook] n***a, I thought I was going To Carolina n***a (I got it) I coulda swore I was gunna be a Tarheel, n***a, Dean Smith n***a, You know? It didn't take long though,Figured I'm not balling my n***a [Verse 3] Look I'm 13 now ain't sh** the same Yea n***a still hoopin' but the sh** done changed I got a new love, addicted to rhymin' it's like a new drug Plus a n***a sick with it I'm f**in' whole crews up And all hell, I started studying my idols Pac was like Jesus, The Source was the Bible I used to read it twice and cut the pictures out I know my Mama wonderin', what the f** is this about Cause all that basketball sh** on my wall was gone Replaced it with pictures of some rappers with firearms And plus a couple posters of b**hes posing in thongs, You n***as was mowing lawns I was in here writing songs PUT ME ON I just wanna be the best for real I wasn't doing it for no money or no f**in' girls Back then I knew I was the nicest n***a in the Ville Right now I feel like I'm the illest n***a in the world The World world word [Outro/Hook]