[J. - Verse 1] Momma I just a man My body still can you feel my hand Don't shed no tears, it won't be long before they out it was me momma may be the last time you see me free ma Don't it cryin' You did best, me I was blessed, know you were stressed tryin' To keep me out the streets, me ducking Tryin' not to make a peek to wake you up out sleep A drunk and high a class, fluncking high school I know you taught me better, somehow I never Said I was playing fire, somehoe I never burned You tried to set me straight, I never permed You tried to show me right but I never turned Lost in a cloud of marijuana, are you dummy Dry your mommy, your not to blame for me See I'm a man, I gotta take whatever for me At times I wonder 'bout my Would it for me if he was around? I still be running round with the lowlife's Bum ass n-ggas no jobs, no Seen them n-ggas killed for no I his life flash before his eyes like a strobe light I pulled the trigger Tryna be hard, I aint mean to the n-gga momma But what's is done I'm on the run, I live my like a movie now it's way too realer Who woulda your baby boy woulda grew up to be a killer
Yeh, now I'm a Guess I'm a They got me in here the killers Yeah I mean the
[J. Cole - 2] I whats in store for me Lately been stressing, pray for blessings, hope that more for me Than just a life N-ggas I used to hoop with is doing triple life Gave up the shot Work on the shot Who woulda thought I used to block this lay ups Now he's in a cell up I wish you well, up Like This life can make a fold like a laundry mat I sip this cognac though to ease my brain from all pain and so that I react slow, in this world n-ggas, fast girls Hoes give up ass while ho n-ggas hold triggers on 'em Hold up that old flag for 'em lines by the do not park sign It's deep, all these cold hearted holding heat I'd rather blast before they a n-gga 'em now boy, don't make me turn into a killer
Yeah, into a Don't make me turn a killer Yeah, to a killer, yeh yeh
[J. Cole - 3] To those who had for me in the past Who woulda thought time would fly by so I remember back in we used to make believe Like it was day Swore that we would make the league, be Saturday morning had to rake the leaves, awww Watch how pile up like a mile up I was the blisters on my than I dial up my best friend Skating ring is where we headed And if a n-gga disrespect, yes we to fight In that shit seemed petty At the time, the was heavy Cause life was all your name You had to scrap with any n-gga that call you lame no doubt, so many n-ggas go they brains blown out Snatched a n-gga and he got his name rolled out in obituaries Another body in a Another young in the penetentiary And he give a f-ck no missionary Rap visionary, paint a picture pictionary Tell you it is, I'm a dictionary I knew a n-gga that threw his d-ck in every chick in every that he went to Went hard like the do Till he met the wrong bitch, man just came ex-convict And he on with that Thriller Shit, around with them killers
yeah, them killers F-cking around with them Say I'm a