J. Cole
Stole Summer (Let ’Em Know)
Now I know that you been waiting
And I thank you for your patience
I'm sorry for the wait
I had a lot up on my plate
And I ain't talking a buffet
They say
I had a shot and I just took a pump fake
But wait, who ever gave you the crystal ball?
You barely read at all and now you think you reading palms?
I had enough of being what you people sleeping on
I can't be comfortable with being someone's comforter
I'm finna be the bomb, you don't see the fuse?
I promise when this tape drop you gon feel the boom!
But I guess once again it's time to prove it
I told you on Illusions that I ain't never losing
So don't ever think I've lose love for the craft
Dark clouds turn to blue sky's on this path
Where you never smell the stench of a lost
Cause success is my cologne,you can smell what I got on
When I walk into a room, cause baby I'm a winner
My writtens resemble kennels or a prison cause spittin
A money driven n***a
So for the cash, I be in that Kardashin' like I'm Bruce Jenner
Before Kris took his last name
Lost in my thoughts and still looking for that damn train
I ain't never quitting
I seen my Mom work a job that she hated just so I could have some dinner
Raising a son and two girls with no father figure
And stayed strong so the world's what I gotta give her
And Momma we was meant to win
I make it big you ain't never paying rent again
You whack rappers need to take heed
Who force feed people bullshit and mislead
But n***a I ain't buying the lies
So you betta keep the receipts for all that deceit
Look this shit is like riding a bike and right now
I know I'm on that ten speed
They can't believe that, but this ain't Ripley's
I'm spittin' the naked truth making bad bitches strip tease
Man this industry is full of shark
And they're attracted to the flow cause they know I let the pen bleed
It's time to make the top of the charts
And that shit ain't never been walk in the park
Especially when you bring light to the dark
Man been hella dope from the start
So you don't need a stethoscope to know
That everything you hearings coming straight from the heart
And this is straight for the art and the craft
Man I'm tryna take ya thoughts out the trash
Before you crash
So I show you to a path that you never thought that you had
In my mind, its get rich time
I know you see it in the air like a crip sign
But I ain't never banged a gang
I'm just taking about my reign as I change the game