J. Cole - I Get Up lyrics

[Verse 1:] I woke up early in the mornin' hoes blowin up my phone Ain't use to small talkin' when they know I'm Tryna bone, f** em' I'll holla later man, right now my mind else where My moms health care get her out this hell here Alot of n***as fail, but frail n***as won't prevail here We seen it all man n***as can't even spell scared A fresh prince but yo my city ain't no Bel-Air f** if you would sell, I'm worried bout my welfare So farewell to them broke days and bonjour to the most paid Soon as my dough straight I throw the wifey in some dolce and put some chains on my n***as like own slaves I get up look out the window hope the sun shining down on a n***a outhere front lining I hit the streets and see them boys out here locking up some older head So god damn homey hold ya head (And hold ya head) [Chorus:] I get up I see the clouds from my window I pray the sun gon' shine this way And where I go as the wind blow Momma ya son gon' find his way And if I gotta crawl I'm a make to the end though Up to the top if climb my way And tell em' I'm a rise I'm on my... Headed for the sky I'm on my way [Verse 2:] Paint a picture and show the deaf what it's like to listen And speak the words and tell a blind man what he missin' For all my n***as doin' time man up in prison Thought you had to resort to crime man f** the system We raisin' babies up in hades where it ain't' no hope Ain't no fathers don't take no scholarship to slang no dope Politicians hollerin' bout' problems but I ain't gon' vote He talk bout change still we floatin' in the same ol' boat So tell me how I'm suppose to feel when the president spoke When he ain't neva had to struggle ain't neva been broke Ain't even roll through the ghetto ain't neva been close Trustin' this government like trustin' the devil in oath A rebel with quotes I get up Life style of the young black and reckless A generation of n***as strapped and askin' questions Like tell me why ain't got sh** I let this liquor fill my liver with them toxic As I sip [Chorus:] I get up I see the clouds from my window I pray the sun gon' shine this way And where I go as the wind blow Momma ya son gon' find his way And if I gotta crawl I'm a make to the end though Up to the top if climb my way And tell em' I'm a rise I'm on my... Headed for the sky I'm on my way [Verse 3:] Yeah To all my n***as paper chasin' I pray for your patience Just keep the faith that you gon' make it one day you'll be cakin' Takin' this sh** one step at a time That real sh** is stuck in my mind but to that bullsh** I'm deaf and I'm blind Destined to shine I'm a find a way Cause hey Dammit them jobs outthere ain't tryna pay I pray Granted 9 to 5 is how you survive I ain't tryna survive, I'm tryna throw my momma in rides I'm a provide for my seed I'm the soil I teach em' bout' loyalty I teach em' that his skin black like oil that's for royalty I show em' all the things that my pops was neva showin' me Treat em' like a growin' tree with this poetry I get up And show the sons how to lead not to follow The present is our gift but our seeds got tommorow So please n***as raise your kids And help em' overcome that bull sh** they daze us with I blaze the sh** [Chorus:] I get up I see the clouds from my window I pray the sun gon' shine this way And where I go as the wind blow Momma ya son gon' find his way And if I gotta crawl I'm a make to the end though Up to the top if climb my way And tell em' I'm a rise I'm on my... Headed for the sky I'm on my way