[J. - Verse 1] I just killed a man My body still trembling can you feel my Don't shed no tears, it won't be long before they find out it was me This may be the last you see me free ma Don't spend it You did your best, me I was blessed, you were stressed tryin' To keep me out the streets, me ducking Tryin' not to make a peek to you up out your sleep A drunk and high Skip a class, fluncking high I you taught me better, somehow I never learned I was playing with fire, somehoe I never burned You tried to set me straight, somehow I never You tried to show me right but I never turned Lost in a of marijuana, are you sane dummy Dry your face mommy, your not to for me See I'm a man, I gotta whatever came 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 no jobs, no life Seen them killed for no price I watched his life before his eyes like a strobe light I pulled the momma Tryna be hard, I aint mean to kill the momma But what's is done I'm on the run, I my life like a movie now it's way too realer Who woulda thought baby boy woulda grew up to be a killer
Yeh, now I'm a I'm a killer They got me in with the killers Yeah I mean the
[J. Cole - 2] I whats in store for me Lately been stressing, for blessings, hope that there's more for me Than just a simple N-ggas that I used to hoop with is doing life up the jump shot Work on the shot Who woulda thought I used to block this lay ups Now he's in a cell up I you well, stay up insomniacs This life can make a n-gga like a laundry mat I sip this cognac though to ease my brain all this pain and so that I react slow, in this fast Slow n-ggas, fast Hoes give up ass while these ho hold triggers on 'em Hold up that old flag for 'em Chalk by the do not park sign It's deep, all these cold n-ggas holding heat I'd rather before they steal a n-gga Tell 'em now boy, don't make me turn a killer
Yeah, into a make me turn into a killer Yeah, to a killer, yeh yeh
[J. Cole - 3] To those who had love for me in the Who woulda thought would fly by so fast I remember back in class we used to make Like it was day Swore that we make the league, be rich morning had to rake the leaves, awww shit Watch how pile up like a mile up I was the blisters on my hand than I up my best friend Skating ring is we headed tonight And if a n-gga disrespect, yes we ready to In that shit seemed petty At the time, the was heavy life was all about your name You had to scrap with any that would call you lame Ashamed no doubt, so many n-ggas go brains blown out Snatched a n-gga and he got his name rolled out in obituaries Another in a cemetary young n-gga in the penetentiary And he don't give a no missionary Rap visionary, paint a n-gga pictionary Tell you what it is, I'm a I knew a n-gga that threw his d-ck in every chick in city that he went to hard like the rent do Till he met the wrong bitch, man came home ex-convict And he stay on with Thriller Shit, f-cking around with killers
yeah, them killers F-cking around with killers Say I'm a