J. Cole
1ABVE SESSIONS | PASS
[Verse: Pass]
Feel like I been living out them Yeezy slides
Reminiscing on watching TheBox and TV Guide
Smoking weed till I’m beady-eyed
Ride wit’ my brother and letting the whole CD ride
We the gods, even if we gotta even odds
Never take me out my peace I gotta keep it mob
A piece of pride got us dying can’t even see the signs
Might be preaching to the choir, gotta leave the weak behind
Eyеs low, sleep-deprived, feet to fire
Walking on coal, thе heat rising but my sneakers fine
Yeah, but keep in mind I ain’t tripping but I just need some time
I’m tryna redefine this here and what it means to mine
Ginger tea and a blunt for breakfast
Used to be dumb and reckless, young and restless
And I analyze ya’ idols I be unimpressed wit’
And I strategize, my daughter and my son protected
Rolling up, fill my lungs, got this one perfected
Can’t rush what’s coming, no running from the lesson
Pro-Black, Pro Club black tee and a Black & Mild
Walk in these black Air Forces you couldn’t last a mile
Figured it out, I ain’t never gon’ wait my turn again
Had to burn some bridges, had to learn to swim
Gotta know what the purpose is, I had to search within
Gotta come to terms wit’ it, being distant from certain friends
And if a Big Bang is how the universe begin
And when this shit change and it’s over was it worth it then?
Ended when the curtains blended, I’ll be right in front
Whole world on fire, shit let me light this blunt
My patna DB from Richmond said this enrichment
Tryna miss a sentence and leave a dent wit’ this imprint
Been giving out game but they don’t listen
Been pouring out my heart, got holes in it
But it’s, still, eyes on the prize and the profit
On the side for the optics, might just slide while they watching
Why it’s a problem when, I am my environment’s product
Throwing, signs in the sky like I’m flying through Gotham
I got ‘em, wait, hold up, rest in peace to DOOM
Came to say my piece and I’ll be leaving soon
Before I eat the shrooms I gotta read the room
Dial in this frequency so I can be in tune
I know all of this dirt ain’t finna be for nothing
Before I leave this earth I gotta leave instructions
I been spending bread, tryna lift a curse
Liquor works, all my friends are dead, lil’ introverts
We in it first, believe it if I said it in a verse
The inner workings of the system dirty, we gon’ win it first
Come burn something if you wanna learn something
You ain’t peep this Oakland game then you ain’t heard nothing
Yeah, said you ain’t heard nothing, yeah
You ain’t heard nothing, ay