[Verse 1] Allow me to set the scene first This little nigga no older than seventeen in a Martin Luther King shirt Walkin' down the mean murk, where the fiends lurk And the same dirt’ll find a nigga Even if you tryna' get that clean work He caught eyes with a bad bitch in a jean skirt She gave him a mean smirk, he smiled back He remembered this man...Learn More

[Intro: DJ Green Lantern, DJ Noodles & J. Cole] I feel like we should just, you know, keep the world in suspense no longer Yeah And you know, just put J. Cole on the spot Wooooo! Yeah, is there anyway you can turn me up? Yeah, yeah We got Roc Nation's first artist in here, J. Cole Yeah, hey On the spot Yeah, there's no way to turn me up? Got...Learn More

[Verse 1] Aye baby tell me have you ever seen a nigga chasin' dreams Leavin' everything he love behind to make this cream Kisses his momma on the cheek, say, don't worry I'll be back I gotta get you out this shit, I'm a hurry, I'll speed back You see, that's the type of shit the boy be thinkin' when he dreamin' And he don't pay no mind to them...Learn More

[Intro] Yeah, ugh, yeah 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, ugh 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, ugh Yeah, ugh Yeah, ugh [Verse 1] Miss High Profile, caught you shoppin' on Canal (Yeah) I guess it makes sense, it seems phony as your style Your hair and your nails just as phony as your smile Fake eyelashes, you drew your eyebrows It make a brother ask, do you pride yourself? Your makeup...Learn More

[Produced By J. Cole] [Verse 1] Hey, this is the story of a youngin dreamin' Left his city to see if he could be what he dreamin’ Big city on his own shit But every now and then a nigga get homesick Pick up the phone, holla at my partner he telling me, be warned A lot of shit done changed in the time that you’ve been gone Streets got meaner, the...Learn More

[Verse 1] I hit the weed, I told myself the last time would be my last I don’t trust my own niggas, now my mind racing fast Got my foot up on the gas, got a hundred on the dash If the police run up on me, I ain't stopping for they ass Boy, you know my L's dirty, if they stop me, I'm goin' to jail surely I’ll be next to my brother in the cell, no...Learn More

[Verse 1: J. Cole] Dear Mrs. Bill Collector I know you're just doing your job, no mean to disrespect ya But we been going through this thing since way back I told ya when I get the dough I would pay back But I got problems baby (yeah, if you only knew) I got bigger problems baby So while ya talk about the money that I owe like it's as if I didn't...Learn More

[Verse 1: J. Cole] Baby, you summertime fine I let you get on top, I be the underline, I'm Tryna get beside you like the number nine, dime You fine as hell I guess I met you for a reason, only time can tell But well, I'm wonderin' what type of shit you wantin' Do you like the finer things or you a simple woman? Would you drink with a nigga? Do you...Learn More

[Intro] Yeah Need y’all niggas to feel me, yo Feel my pain Said soft niggas can’t last hard times, yo Believe that shit Yeah (yeah), aye (aye) Real niggas don’t cry Look, yo [Verse 1] Was just a youngin’ with that fresh fade Bird chest, legs skinny That hoop dreaming had me tryna be the next Penny Fresh Pennys on my feet Momma paid for everything...Learn More

[Intro] Yeah... Take y'all back... to them school days, yeah Fayettenam, what up, man? [Verse 1] We came a long way from stick and move Niggas skipping school, just to scrap over bullshit Nigga if you lose, it's a wrap, them hoes clowning It goes down in the lunch room I'm tryna spit this game nigga, fuck food Bust moves to the hallway My niggas...Learn More

[Hook] What's sunshine with no rain What's joy without the pain And I'm still gon' do my thing There ain't no holding me back Aye I'mma get mine, believe that And what's sunshine with no rain And what's joy without the pain [Verse] The city fucked up, even thug niggas getting robbed Know it's bad when the drug dealers getting jobs Same niggas...Learn More

[Intro] (Coast to Coast Instrumentals) I don't know what the hell that is Should have just called Puff for the fucking instrumental Fuck it, no time for that boy! Cole World [Verse 1] They say we living in troubled times Aye, do you see the trouble signs? Aye, lifes a bitch, and I'm cuffing mines My dough in flipmode, what up to Busta Rhymes I...Learn More