[00:00.36]Uh, yeah

[00:04.19]I said it won’t be long (no)

[00:08.50]‘fore we out here baby

[00:12.39]Gotta get you up out here baby

[00:14.44]Said it won’t be long

[00:17.82]‘fore we out here baby

[00:22.95]We up out here baby

[00:25.08]I say a prayer and look up in the sky

[00:27.84]Thank God even though a ***** headed to this tired day job

[00:31.26]Will my eyes stay wide still I know I’m gonna blow

[00:33.61]This is music for my ****** cause I know you want more

[00:36.17]Cause that old s**t fake but this new s**t real

[00:38.80]J. Cole not Jay but this that Blueprint feel

[00:41.53]Hey Cole is you crazy that's some big boots to fill

[00:44.11]Yeah straight out the Ville and the shoes fit well

[00:46.77]Seen heaven, seen hell, seen ****** get killed

[00:49.38]Knew every detail still never would tell

[00:51.85]Scared of the repercussion, scared of them people bussin'

[00:54.64]Bullets be hittin’ *****’s you swear they could be percussion

[00:57.09]****** be holding triggers before they could read instructions

[00:59.70]Oh God, never did our fathers teach us nothing

[01:02.34]No law, but became a man on my own

[01:05.01]Showed my momma I could stand on my own

[01:06.86]I said it won’t be long (no)

[01:11.31]‘fore we out here baby

[01:15.11]Gotta get you up out here baby

[01:17.23]Said it won’t be long

[01:21.76]‘fore we out here baby

[01:25.53]We up out here baby

[01:27.71]Dear mama, your son hurting

[01:30.15]Living in this cold World where ****** shun virgins

[01:32.98]And praise hoes

[01:33.89]As days go by shawty 19 years old

[01:36.36]No clothes for her baby yet she stay so fly

[01:38.74]Tell me why mamma do you cry

[01:40.62]Is it cause you know my teacher be feeding me lies

[01:43.22]Is it cause you know that Preacher is greedy inside

[01:45.84]Cause racism is alive I see the disguise

[01:48.33]Mamma I know it hurts

[01:49.64]It hurts me to watch you go to work barely hanging on

[01:52.69]Some rich man getting richer while you slaving for him

[01:54.99]So whats the options for him

[01:56.40]A young ***** from the hood without a pops at home

[01:58.91]Surrounded by no good

[02:00.15]And soon no good becomes so good quick

[02:02.48]A little drug money got him feeling so hood rich

[02:05.18]Killing your hood with the same s**t Ronald Reagon filled up your hood with

[02:09.20]And it’s still in your hood s**t

[02:10.45]I’m feeling no good mamma

[02:11.71]I’m sick of my soul

[02:12.70]Is there a better life for us I just sit and I hope

[02:15.31]I just hope and I pray

[02:16.54]It’ll change one day I’ll make a change one way

[02:19.24]And mamma I can fly you out this cold world

[02:21.54]This cold life, it’s all wrong

[02:24.27]There’s no right

[02:25.39]It's hard to see the good when there’s no light

[02:28.05]Just grab onto me, trust me hold tight!

[02:30.47]I said it won’t be long (no)

[02:34.73]‘fore we out here baby

[02:38.71]Gotta get you up out here baby

[02:40.54]Said it won’t be long

[02:45.34]‘fore we out here baby

[02:48.90]We up out here baby

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