J. Cole - Smallville lyrics

[Intro] Ten times removed, I forget about where it all began [Verse 1] Yeah, no Zack and Kelly but tell me and to The Max we go And treat these verses like Margarito and Pacquiao Teachers thought I'd never come out my shell and well Now I hop on beats and go pistachio They'll never steal my dreams like Leo DiCaprio So before the madness grow, I speak what they have to know In a town that was small, I crashed in the lawn The effect that I met was like a splash in the pond See I, rap for my mom in the back of the car she said Boy, you crazy, Momma's little baby I always told her I would drop a project one day Now I'm takin' off, my project's on the runway From suburbs of young nerds to projects that see gun play To models on the runway, it'll reach ‘em all in some way They hit my brother with ten years He said don't leave I said, there's no weave baby brother I've been here [Refrain] Ten times removed, I forget about where it all began So this is my beginning I look to the sky, with a cape on my back And they tell me the sky, is the limit But I don't know why, and when I finally fly I'm gonna show em all, this is my beginning I look to the sky with a cape on my back And they tell me the sky is the limit But I don't know why, But I don't know why [Verse 2] July baby but cooler than an October boy With more lines than a zebra wearin' corduroys On my high horse, I should go to Troy Set my flight course, as my wings deploy Postcards and Polaroids But not enough time to buy a stamp and show my boys In Japan eatin' fish that's coy with little soy Then I'm off to London watchin' this bridge that we built destroy Don't take advantage of the simple joys My Ma text all the time but I miss her voice And I know you wish you caught me before I flew off But I was runnin' red lights like Rudolph Just so I can zoom off, like takin' Nike shoes off Hit the stage that I grace to amuse y'all Wanna be a pilot, you gotta learn to fly And you wanna be a star, your home in the sky That's why [Refrain] [Verse 3] Look, my RCA blast and some j**els that I cut like Cartier Soon as I stepped outta the chamber like the RZA Bobbin' to my Digital sh** Plan to lash at all the haters with this physical whip My lyrics flow like, how much more can lyrical get When all I try to do is put they soul on spiritual lift The pastor tell it, I'm abusin' my miracle gift When I just do like him and use it just to get me some chips So if the rappin' this male do, just happen to help you And fell through the cracks, and it happen to fit Watch it connect your soul, my hustle like Russell I just hope my grind connects with the globe And then bring some more label reps to my home Then I can pa** the cake to the next n***a on Fly maneuvers, Metropolis is on I say bye to, but I will never be gone [Refrain]