Album Name

2014 Forest Hills Drive

Artist

J. Cole

Genre

랩/힙합

Release Date

2014.12.09

Release Agency

Sony Music

03` Adolescence - J. Cole
I grew up a fuckin' screw up
Tie my shoe up
wish they was newer
Damn need somethin' newer
In love with the baddest girl
in the city I wish I knew her
I wish I won't so shy
I wish I was a bit more fly
I wish that I could tell her
how I really feel inside
That I'm the perfect nigga
for her but then
maybe that's a lie
She like a certain type of nigga
and it's clear I'm not that guy
Ball player star player
I'm just watchin' from the side
On the bench cause
my lack of confidence
won't let me fly
I ain't grow up with my father
I ain't thinkin' bout that now
Fast forward four years
or so from now I'll probably cry
When I realize what I missed
but as of now my eyes are dry
Cause I'm tryna stay alive
In the city where too many niggas die
Dreamin' quiet tryna
dodge a suit and tie
Who am I Aye who am I Yeah
Things change rearrange
and so do I
It ain't always for
the better dawg I can't lie
I get high cause the lows
can be so cold
I might bend a little bit
but I don't fold
One time for my mind
and two for yours
I got food for your thoughts
to sooth your soul
If you see my tears fall
just let me be
Move along nothing to see
I always did shit the hard way
my niggas slangin' in the hallway
Burnt CD's and trees
like this was broadway
Times Square
Kept the dimes there in the locker
Some Reggie Miller
With more brown hairs
than Chubacca
Whispers that he got it
for the low low
Sell a dime for a dub them
white boys ain't know no better
Besides what's twenty dollars
to a nigga like that
He tell his pops he need
some lunch and
he gon' get it right back
I peep game
Got home snatched my mama
keychain took her whip
The appeal too ill to refrain
I hit the boulevard pull up
to my nigga front door
His mama at home she
still let em' hit the blunt though
I told her hello and sat
with my nigga and laughed
And talked about how we gon'
smash all the bitches in class
I complimented how I see
him out here getting
his cash and just asked
What a nigga gotta do
to get that Put me on
He just laughed
when he seen I was sure
17 years breathing
his demeanor said more
He told me Nigga you know
how you sound right now
You won't my mans
I would think that you
a clown right now
Listen you everything
I wanna be that's
why I fucks with you
So how you looking up to me
when I look up to you
You bout to go get a degree
I'ma be stuck with two choices
Either graduate to weight
or selling number two
For what A hundred bucks
or two a week
Do you think that you would know
what to do if you was me
I got four brothers
one mother that don't love us
If they ain't never want us
why the fuck they
never wore rubbers
I felt ashamed to have
ever complained
about my lack of gear
And thought about
how far we done came
From trailer park to a front yard
with trees in the sky
Thank you mama dry your eyes
there ain't no reason to cry
You made a genius
and I ain't gon' take it for granted
I ain't gon' settle for lesser
I ain't gon' take what they handed
Nah I'm gon' take
what they owe me and
show you that I can fly
And show ol' girl
what she missing
The illest nigga alive
Aye who am I
Things change rearrange
and so do I Aye who am I
It ain't always for the better dawg
I can't lie Aye who am I
I get high cause the lows
can be so cold
I might bend a little bit
but I don't fold
One time for my mind
and two for yours
I got food for your thoughts
to sooth your soul
If you see my tears fall
just let me be
Move along nothing to see
I never felt better