[00:00.077]Intro:

[00:00.248]Hurt, to think that you lied to me

[00:12.160]Hurt, way down deep inside of me

[00:23.507]And it breaks my heart...

[00:27.213]Verse 1: J. Cole

[00:35.347]Get paid a pretty Penny for my thoughts

[00:37.147]I'm Hardaway with grammar, I'm hot

[00:39.175]They only care 'bout a ****** when he handle the rock

[00:42.004]Or when he dishing the pill, or when he grippin' the steel

[00:45.132]Bailing out my brother, tell the lawyer "get the appeal"

[00:48.360]With the flick of the pen, write the check and he out

[00:51.231]Two years later he be at my shows checking me out

[00:54.154]Know he proud of lil bro and how my records be out

[00:57.180]Flashbacks to childhood when he was deckin' me out

[01:00.251]Now it's clear lil Maine is the best mc out

[01:03.182]Hands down, flow water, can't drown

[01:06.802]My flow father, go harder, Cole smarter

[01:10.152]Shout out to fiends in Queens, I'm team no daughters

[01:13.102]Pre-Hook:

[01:13.467]I seen it all at this young age

[01:15.621]The only thing left to do is die and hit front page

[01:18.727]Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid?

[01:21.787]These hoes be poppin' pills, these ******s be poppin' ******, ******

[01:25.012]Hook:

[01:25.477]Pac on the mic in his prime

[01:27.680]They only care 'bout a ****** when he writing a rhyme, boy

[01:31.593]Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace?

[01:33.775]They only care 'bout a ****** when he stealin' the base

[01:36.932]It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******g them all

[01:39.907]They only care 'bout a ****** when he dunkin' the ball, mane

[01:43.701]And it breaks my heart

[01:46.339]The world's a stage, I'll just play my part

[01:48.997]Verse 2:

[01:49.421]Just caught fire like a young Richard Pryor with unforgettable quotes

[01:52.202]They only care 'bout a ****** when tellin' a joke, or when he's sellin' his *******

[01:56.546]They tell the reverend "Man, I rather get to heaven with coke

[01:59.637]Then live in hell and be broke"

[02:01.183]Shout out to black man who beat the odds by yellin' for hope

[02:04.174]Today he asked if I could Twitter y'all and tell you to vote

[02:07.094]My ******, how could I, knowing what I know

[02:10.429]It's a game of charades, masquerade for the dough

[02:13.371]Read the teleprompter these ******s is actors on the low

[02:16.340]Yeah I voted for the ****** 'cause he got the best show

[02:19.380]Like I got the best flow

[02:20.847]On your mark, set, go

[02:22.315]Mama got us out the hood but we still ghetto

[02:25.284]Pre-Hook:

[02:26.140]I seen it all at this young age

[02:28.493]The only thing left to do is die and hit front page

[02:31.575]Should I knock on wood and pray like God forbid?

[02:34.682]These hoes be poppin' pills, these ******s be poppin' ******, ******

[02:37.829]Hook:

[02:38.373]Pac on the mic in his prime

[02:40.509]They only care 'bout a ****** when he writing a rhyme, boy

[02:44.516]Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace?

[02:46.744]They only care 'bout a ****** when he stealin' the base

[02:49.505]It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******g them all

[02:52.584]They only care 'bout a ****** when he dunkin' the ball, mane

[02:56.434]And it breaks my heart

[02:59.101]The world's a stage, I'll just play my part

[03:01.096]Verse 3: Young Jeezy

[03:01.799]I said, you wouldn't know the truth if it was right there in your face

[03:05.122]See I can't explain the feeling when the feds surround your place

[03:08.117]In that PJ Rose, I drink that ****** by the case

[03:10.804]Like somebody pray for me, Reverend Run, Pastor Mase

[03:13.996]See I do this for my homie he got caught with a soft eight

[03:16.964]When I say a soft eight, yeah that's two less than ten

[03:20.228]If they let him out today he gon' do it all again

[03:23.011]Say he lost the first time it won't stop until he win

[03:26.100]Street life will have you drunk, I'm talkin Seagram's Gin

[03:29.176]Yeah we screamin' Scarface, but we all know how that ends

[03:32.226]Every word is like *******, you can snort it like lines

[03:35.275]If I said it, then I meant it, they reciting' every line

[03:38.155]If I had to write a book, it would be the Life and Times

[03:41.321]Every verse is that work, you can weigh it like a nine

[03:44.363]You see I lost a lot of ******s and it broke my heart

[03:47.393]Life is staged, I just played my part

[03:49.605]Haha, yeah

[03:51.153]Hook:

[03:51.577]Pac on the mic in his prime

[03:53.547]They only care 'bout a ****** when he writing a rhyme, boy

[03:57.345]Kenny Lofton, you feelin' my pace?

[03:59.625]They only care 'bout a ****** when he stealin' the base

[04:02.655]It's like I'm Wilt the Stilt, I'm ******g them all

[04:05.743]They only care 'bout a ****** when he dunkin' the ball, mane

[04:10.206]And it breaks my heart

[04:11.785]The world's a stage, I'll just play my part

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