J. Cole
Climate Control

(Verse one)
Let's get straight to it -
I've been gone for a minute
Moved to L.A. by myself -
Ain't been home for a minute, no

I ain't tell nobody I was going -
I just did it
Mama, dry your tears -
I'm dead wrong - I admit it

On second thought
How dead wrong is it
That I went after my dream
And you had those feelings?

If that was anybody else
I would accuse 'em of hating
But it was you so I kept quiet
And just kept on living

Fast forward to my hotel room -
Got white hoes in it
It got me saying, "Uhh!"
Feeling like No Limit
When they asked if I rolled
I said, you talking 'bout Swishers?
They filled the pool up with X
And we just hopped on it

She popping pills and pussy -
I just hopped on it
Got to straighten out my life -
I need a hot comb in it, yeah

No role models
But I'm here right now
I guess that Cole World
Ain't really so dear right now, huh?

Only my true fans will catch that
Not a setback - I just took a step back
Trusting people got my heart turning jet black
Don't know where my ex at - just glad that I left that

One time for them Grand Blanc Woes
Can't wife them - all of Grand Blanc knows
You might find her going to school for make up
Dating someone new - just always after a break up

Her mother's a beautician and her father is retired -
Took the GM buyout 'cause he didn't want the pay cut
So he was out work - she was out lurking
She perfect 'cause he think that she a virgin
Guess tricks just ain't for kids after all, my n***a
A [?] better than the circus
Feeling way too good - way too good to be true
Answered my phone - Called out the blue

Said, "I ain't trying tell you what to do, but be careful
This girl got videos - she famous like you"
Far from a school boy but that was my cue
Fool me one time - that's shame on you

Fool, Just Chuck - just chuck - just chuck up the deuce
Wanting me to come around here and cut up the noose
See, I would but the way my dreams set up;
Same game - new players - it's a well known truth

(Spoken word)
Ay, hell yeah - Ay, fuck -
Man I don't - I don't care, bruh
Ay, listen - fuck 'em up, bruh
Long as that bottles coming around - listen, I'm good

I'm straight - Which one we on now?
Which one - which one is it?
Ayo Meek, from one real n***a to another, bro
I appreciate the shit you did, bro
You helped out my city in a time of need
You was one of the first mugs
To help out my city in a time of need
-

Ay, I don't know if you know too many Flint n***as
But
A real Flint n***a, bro - appreciates shit
We appreciate when somebody do some shit for us

'Cause we ain't never have shit -
I ain't never have shit
And that's why I fuck with you
Any time you want to come through the city, bro just let me know

We gon' get - We can get can bitches, bro
We can chill, go through the hood, smoke
Or, uh, man, anything bro - just let me know
For real, n***a

(Verse two)
Look, I used to be that n***a that would hop up on a track
Spill my whole soul for a little feedback
Left the scene - Now my fans said they really need that
'Cause these new rappers drop and they don't believe that

And I don't trust 'em, neither
If I'm sleep, don't awake me 'cause I'm obviously dreaming
Of a world that ain't constantly scheming
Had a couple friends leave me dry like the cleaners - they was fake as fuck

For every loss I ever took, I'm out to make it up
And my story so real that I can't make it up
More lead in our water than it is in the gauges tucked
Just felt the need to bring that up

Man, it's just something 'bout them Flint City streets
Keeping n***as locked down like they police
Middle of the winter and they carrying that heat
Tryna see another season 'cause they want us all extinct and I know it now

(Bridge)
I used to be a used to
I used to be a used to
I used to grind in the dirt
I used to cry 'til it hurt, oh

(Verse three)
Aw yeah, aw yeah
Uh, the game five is my free throw
I beat the game then delete the game
I see some of y'all might need a cheat code

Some of y'all might need to reload
Go rewrite that shit you just rewrote
It's not gonna work for me - trust me, man
I've been up all night just studying

Y'all hit the booth with y'all buddies
And they're gonna cosign on everything - and I do mean everything
Yes men are not best, man -
Who the fuck are they marrying?

My bars go over they head
The ref just might hit me with carrying
I walk with a limp - I should walk with a shovel
'cause all of these beats I keep burying

Gifted like Christmas
I come straight to your door like I'm caroling
Actually, I'm kidding - that's never me
I get high 'til I'm back in '70s

See, I'm passing a lot of these rappers
I outlasted a lot of these rappers
You lucked up then you fucked up -
Call that shit a lottery rapper

I'm tired of these rappers - Who's signing these rappers?
I do this for real - they just tryna be rappers
I look down - like fucks sake -
Man, even my condom's a wrapper, dog - How does that happen?

No, dog, how does that happen?
They might just get hit with my chico
She might just get hit with my chico, uh
Ha, she might just get hit with my -

(Verse four)
Look, uh, 1510 West Dayton right next to Civic Park
As I look back on my childhood - to begin - was dark
Could've been the Ritalin that they prescribe to every household
Who had a mother always working with no father in the household

I'm off the hook like the house phone
I tried to call God on it - the line was busy so started rapping to the dial tone
This child gone - Too gone to answer when they ask a n***a
I'm gone, so I'm just wrecking shit from now on

I'm kind of hating, too, dog - but it's too late for you
On that XXL Freshman class - Knowing you? Like '82
Would've made more sense it said Freshman Class of '82
Should've told the public grab someone younger and just say it's you

Peoples rapper - Yeah, the people said Bibby was slaying you
On that Freshman freestyle - senioritis had it's way with you
You might've slipped a disc, boy - I still ain't gon' play with you
My life feel like a movie - I'm feeling like Terminator 2

I was calling you in Cali but you must've hit deny though
Slim chance of success - I figured it was worth a try though
So while you was having fun tryna hit it off with models
I was living in my truck pissing in a fucking bottle

Got stranded in the desert when I crashed my Silverado
Now I'm whipping off to Compton in '97 Tahoe
Michigan plates made the Jakes flick me on Redondo
And I would've raised hell but this cop was actually fine though

And why you speaking on Flint like you was really with the shits?
Boy, you rap about the struggle like you was really living it
You wasn't with us on the strip - Seen the Jakes then we dipped
Middle of the nights - shells flew and we was jumping over whips

A drunk and high fool sneaking in my mama crib
'Til I found myself later sneaking in my mama pills
Popping pills like they M&Ms - for I second started to feel like I was Eminem
The voices tell me, "finish him"

(Verse five)
Uh, I'm at this cliff -
They try and push me
Fuck it - I already plan on jumping, dog -
It's nothing, dog - no friend involved

Beautiful death -
I flip the script and do a summersault
Screaming, "fuck the world"
And telling Lucifer I'm coming for him

Broken ties
As I approach the tides
I'm letting go just like that Frozen song -
I'm froze inside

You want the truth? -
I look at the youth and see no hope inside
Our role models
Said it's cool to pack tools and open fire

Think I'm reacting to this poison I was fed
So don't test me
Test that water, dog
They fill that shit with lead