[00:00.000]Intro:
[00:00.192]Hurt, to think that you lied to me
[00:12.041]Hurt, way down deep inside of me
[00:23.272]And it breaks my heart...
[00:32.688]Verse 1: J. Cole
[00:34.965]Get paid a pretty Penny for my thoughts
[00:37.023]I'm Hardaway with grammar, I'm hot
[00:39.116]They only care 'bout a ***** when he handle the rock
[00:41.890]Or when he dishing the pill, or when he grippin' the steel
[00:45.039]Bailing out my brother, tell the lawyer "get the appeal"
[00:48.203]With the flick of the pen, write the check and he out
[00:51.120]Two years later he be at my shows checking me out
[00:54.263]Know he proud of lil bro and how my records be out
[00:57.273]Flashbacks to childhood when he was deckin' me out
[01:00.321]Now it's clear lil Maine is the best mc out
[01:03.324]Hands down, flow water, can't drown
[01:06.738]My flow father, go harder, Cole smarter
[01:10.159]Shout out to fiends in Queens, I'm team no daughters
[01:12.759]Pre-Hook:
[01:13.247]I seen it all at this young age
[01:15.483]The only thing left to do is die and hit front page
[01:18.726]Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid?
[01:21.713]These hoes be poppin' pills, these ****** be poppin' ****, *****
[01:24.873]Hook:
[01:25.415]Pac on the mic in his prime
[01:27.551]They only care 'bout a ***** when he writing a rhyme, boy
[01:31.176]Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace?
[01:33.656]They only care 'bout a ***** when he stealin' the base
[01:36.647]It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******* them all
[01:39.754]They only care 'bout a ***** when he dunkin' the ball, mane
[01:43.499]And it breaks my heart
[01:46.031]The world's a stage, I'll just play my part
[01:47.978]Verse 2:
[01:48.575]Just caught fire like a young Richard Pryor with unforgettable quotes
[01:51.790]They only care 'bout a ***** when tellin' a joke, or when he's sellin' his ****
[01:56.295]They tell the reverend "Man, I rather get to heaven with coke
[01:59.497]Then live in hell and be broke"
[02:01.128]Shout out to black man who beat the odds by yellin' for hope
[02:03.985]Today he asked if I could Twitter y'all and tell you to vote
[02:06.949]My *****, how could I, knowing what I know
[02:10.135]It's a game of charades, masquerade for the dough
[02:13.200]Read the teleprompter these ****** is actors on the low
[02:16.082]Yeah I voted for the ***** 'cause he got the best show
[02:19.202]Like I got the best flow
[02:20.733]On your mark, set, go
[02:22.401]Mama got us out the hood but we still ghetto
[02:24.951]Pre-Hook:
[02:25.616]I seen it all at this young age
[02:28.375]The only thing left to do is die and hit front page
[02:31.248]Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid?
[02:34.528]These hoes be poppin' pills, these ****** be poppin' ****, *****
[02:37.777]Hook:
[02:38.137]Pac on the mic in his prime
[02:40.528]They only care 'bout a ***** when he writing a rhyme, boy
[02:44.192]Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace?
[02:46.598]They only care 'bout a ***** when he stealin' the base
[02:49.529]It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******* them all
[02:52.552]They only care 'bout a ***** when he dunkin' the ball, mane
[02:56.145]And it breaks my heart
[02:58.822]The world's a stage, I'll just play my part
[03:01.217]Verse 3: Young Jeezy
[03:01.760]I said, you wouldn't know the truth if it was right there in your face
[03:04.607]See I can't explain the feeling when the feds surround your place
[03:07.680]In that PJ Rose, I drink that **** by the case
[03:10.747]Like somebody pray for me, Reverend Run, Pastor Mase
[03:13.796]See I do this for my homie he got caught with a soft eight
[03:16.901]When I say a soft eight, yeah that's two less than ten
[03:19.952]If they let him out today he gon' do it all again
[03:22.870]Say he lost the first time it won't stop until he win
[03:25.940]Street life will have you drunk, I'm talkin Seagram's Gin
[03:28.991]Yeah we screamin' Scarface, but we all know how that ends
[03:32.076]Every word is like ****, you can snort it like lines
[03:35.138]If I said it, then I meant it, they reciting' every line
[03:38.035]If I had to write a book, it would be the Life and Times
[03:41.175]Every verse is that work, you can weigh it like a nine
[03:44.085]You see I lost a lot of ****** and it broke my heart
[03:47.082]Life is staged, I just played my part
[03:49.563]Haha, yeah
[03:50.889]Hook:
[03:51.282]Pac on the mic in his prime
[03:53.369]They only care 'bout a ***** when he writing a rhyme, boy
[03:57.231]Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace?
[03:59.577]They only care 'bout a ***** when he stealin' the base
[04:02.487]It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******* them all
[04:05.568]They only care 'bout a ***** when he dunkin' the ball, mane
[04:09.126]And it breaks my heart
[04:11.783]The world's a stage, I'll just play my part
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